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Tricholoma inamoenum

gassy knight

Tricholoma inamoenum — 2024-08-19
Scientific identification
Tricholoma inamoenum (Fr.) Gillet
Family
Tricholomataceae
Class
Agaricomycetes
Genus
Tricholoma

Names across languages

  • English: gassy knight
  • German: Lästiger Ritterling
  • Finnish: Löyhkävalmuska
  • Estonian: Haisev heinik
  • Russian: Рядовка вонючая

The scientific profile

From the latest record: 2024-08-19.

Hymenium

Gills, white to cream, becoming slightly yellowish with age

Cap

Convex to flat, sometimes with a shallow depression in the center, smooth and dry, white to pale cream in color, sometimes with a yellowish tint at the center

Hymenium Attachment

Adnate to slightly sinuate

Stipe

Cylindrical, often tapering toward the base, white or pale cream in color, with a smooth to slightly fibrous surface

Spore print

Spore print is white

Ecology

Mycorrhizal, typically found in coniferous forests, associated with pines and other conifers, it grows solitary or in small groups among moss and needles

Edibility

Inedible, unpleasant odor and taste

Fruit body

Fruit body 5–10 cm

Dimensions

Cap size 3–8 cm

Odour

Odour is unpleasant, reminiscent of coal gas or rotten rubber

Microscopy

Spores smooth, elliptical, 8.1-13.0 × 5.5-8.2 µm, basidia typically 4-spored, 40-55 × 9-12 µm

Overview

Small to medium-sized mushroom that is notorious for its unpleasant odor

1874). Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 112 (’1878′).

Field encounters

19/Aug/24, 4:15 PM

Suurupi looduskaitseala, Harjumaa, Estonia

Mixed forest, under spruce dominant trees, in moss

59°27'03.9"N 24°21'22.3"E

🔆 Sunny weather with occasional clouds, light shade

Original Instagram post

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