| Tricholoma sejunctum (Sow.:Fr.) Quél. |
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common name(s) : Deceiving Knight, Emarginate Tricholoma
edibility : inedible
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The cap is lemon yellow, olive-green, greenish, conical at first, then convex and later expanded, sometimes slightly umbonate; its margin is often upturned and very thin. The cap surface is smooth, greasy to the touch, with darker radial fibrils, viscid when damp, shiny when dry. The stem is white, flushed with yellowish with age, sometimes rooting, without ring. The flesh is white, slightly yellow, unchanging; its taste is mealy to bitter, rarely mild; the odour is mealy; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white, yellowish when bruised or at their edge, emarginate, rather distant (nb of gills per 90° ~ 25 ). The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in deciduous or coniferous woods, on a rather acid or calcareous soil, with oak, chestnut, beech, pine, spruce. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : Cap with a yellow to greenish surface, with radiating darker fibrils, looking much like the deathcap (Amanita phalloides); mealy odour and bitter taste Tricholoma sejunctum is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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