Tricholoma

Taxobox
name = "Tricholoma"

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image_caption = Matsutake
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Tricholomataceae
genus="Tricholoma"
genus_authority = Fries
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
type_species = "Tricholoma equestre" The genus "Tricholoma" contains a large number of fairly fleshy white-spored gilled mushrooms which are found worldwide generally growing in woodlands. These are ectomycorrhizal fungi, existing in a symbiotic relationship with various species of coniferous or broad-leaved trees. The generic name derives from the Greek "trichos"/τριχος 'hair' and "loma"/λωμα 'hem', 'fringe' or 'border',cite book | last = Nilson|first= Sven |coauthors= Olle Persson | year = 1977 | title = Fungi of Northern Europe 2: Gill-Fungi | publisher = Penguin|isbn=0-14-063006-6|pages=p. 24] although only a few species (such as "T. vaccinum") have shaggy caps which fit this description.

Some well-known species are the East Asian "Tricholoma matsutake", also known as "matsutake" or "songi", and the North American species "Tricholoma magnivelare", also known as "ponderosa mushroom", "American matsutake", or "Pine mushroom". Some are safe to eat, yet there are a few poisonous members, such as "T. pardinum", "T. tigrinum" and "T. equestre".

Many species originally described within Tricholoma have since been moved to other genera. These include the Wood blewit ("Clitocybe nuda"), previously "Tricholoma nudum", blewit ("Clitocybe saeva"), previously "Tricholoma personatum", and St George's mushroom ("Calocybe gambosa") previously "Tricholoma gambosum".

pecies list

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*"
*" (aka "T. sculpturatum")
*" - golden "Tricholoma"
*" - dove-coloured "Tricholoma "
*" (previously "T. flavovirens") - Man-on-Horseback
*"
*"
*" - aka "Calocybe gambosa"
*" - matt knight-cap
*"
*" - pine mushroom, American matsutake
*" - matsutake
*"
*"
*"
*"
*"
*" - soap-scented toadstool
*"
*"
*" - sulphur "Tricholoma", gas agaric
*" (= "T. myomyces") - grey knight-cap
*"
*"
*" - scaly "Tricholoma" , scaly agaric
*" - streaked "Tricholoma"

External links

* [http://www.mushroomexpert.com/tricholoma.html Mushroom Expert - The Genus Tricholoma]
* [http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Tricholoma_magnivelare.html Mykoweb profile of "T. magnivelare"]
* [http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/mycology/ MYCOLOGY/bionet.mycology Archives]

References

*Marcel Bon : "The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe" (Hodder & Stoughton 1987). ISBN 0-340-39935-X
*Régis Courtecuisse, Bernard Duhem : "Guide des champignons de France et d'Europe" (Delachaux & Niestlé, 1994-2000). ISBN 2-603-00953-2