Species:
Tricholoma scalpturatum
Scientific name:
Tricholoma scalpturatum
Arabic name:
فطر الرصاصي الأهدب الفاتح اللون
French name:
Tricholome jaunissant
English name:
Yellowing Knight
Habitat:
Solitary to clustered in hardwood forests.
Surrounding vegetation:
Usually found under broad-leaf trees such as oaks; occasionally in pine woodland.
Ecological niche:
Mycorrhizal, in broad-leaf woodland (populus & oak) ; occasionally in pine woodland.
Chromosome Number:
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Genome size:
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Cap:
Caps are broadly convex, retaining a downturned margin and a very shallow umbo.
Gills / pores:
Moderately well spaced apart, they are adnate to emarginate, broad, white then yellowing with age.
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Stem:
More or less cylindrical, often with a faint cortina-like ring zone created by a veil.
Dimensions:
Moderately well spaced apart, they are adnate to emarginate, broad, white then yellowing with age.
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Color(s):
Cap, stem and gills are white- grey, and tend to become yellowish with age.
Texture, other traits:
Stem is fibrous.; cap has a fibrous surface, and dense scales at its center.
Spore print
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