02/Sep/23, 3:16 PM
Jaapani Aed, Kadriorg, Tallinn, Harju County
Urban park zone with birch (Betula spp.) plantations
59°26'30.9"N 24°47'52.5"E
🔆 Overcast with some rain
Original Instagram postTricholoma fulvum
Birch Knight
- Scientific identification
- Tricholoma fulvum (DC.) Bigeard & H.Guill.
- Family
- Tricholomataceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Tricholoma
Names across languages
- English: Birch Knight
- German: Gelbblättriger Ritterling
- Estonian: Kollakaspruun heinik
- Russian: Рядовка жёлто-бурая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2023-09-02.
Hymenium
Gills that are white to cream, adnate to emarginate, not particularly crowded.
Cap
4-8 cm in diameter. Convex becoming broadly convex to nearly flat in age, dry and slightly scaly, colors ranging from yellow-brown to reddish-brown.
Hymenium Attachment
Adnate to emarginate.
Stipe
Cylindrical, firm, usually lighter at the top and darkening towards the base, often with white to off-white fibrils.
Fruit body
5-12 cm tall.
Spore print
Spore Print: White.
Ecology
Mycorrhizal, growing exclusively under birch in deciduous and mixed forests.
Edibility
Edible, but not highly regarded. Some caution advised as it can be confused with toxic species.
Microscopy
5-8 x 3-5 µm, elliptical, hyaline.
Odour
Mild to somewhat mealy.
Overview
Recognized by its yellow-brown to reddish-brown cap and its presence in both deciduous and coniferous woodlands. The adnate to emarginate gill attachment and the white spore print are also indicators.
1909). Fl. Champ. Supér. France (Chalon-Sur-Saône) 1: 89.
Field encounters
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