19/Oct/24, 1:49 PM
Soodla jõgi, Harjumaa, Estonia
Pine-spruce-birch wooded heath, near spruces, in moss
59°23'13.2"N 25°23'33.7"E
🔆 Clear sky, shaded spot
Original Instagram postTricholoma vaccinum
scaly knight
- Scientific identification
- Tricholoma vaccinum (Schaeff.) P.Kumm.
- Family
- Tricholomataceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Tricholoma
Names across languages
- English: scaly knight
- German: Bärtiger Ritterling
- Finnish: Partavalmuska
- Estonian: Habeheinik
- Russian: Рядовка бородатая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-10-19.
Hymenium
Gills, crowded, pale cream to light brown, often becoming darker with age
Cap
Initially convex, becoming broadly convex to flat with age, reddish-brown to cinnamon-brown, covered in coarse, fibrous scales
Hymenium Attachment
Adnexed to emarginate
Stipe
Cylindrical, somewhat fibrous, reddish-brown to pale brown, covered with fine fibrils, base slightly bulbous, lacking a ring
Spore print
Spore print white
Ecology
Mycorrhizal, with spruces (rarely with other conifers), in coniferous woodlands, alone, scattered, or gregariously, autumn
Edibility
Inedible, due to its bitter taste
Fruit body
Fruit body medium-sized, stipe 4–10 cm long, 1–2 cm thick
Dimensions
Cap 3–10 cm in diameter
Chemical reactions
KOH negative, gray, purplish, or reddish to brown on cap surface
Odour
Odour mealy, sometimes fruity and sweet
Taste
Taste mealy, bitter
Microscopy
Spores broadly ellipsoid, smooth, 5–8 x 4–5.5 µm, inamyloid, basidia 4-sterigmate
Overview
A medium-sized, reddish-brown mushroom with a scaly cap and fibrous stipe
1871). Führ. Pilzk. (Zerbst): 133.
Field encounters
12/Oct/24, 1:12 PM
Soodla jõgi, Harjumaa, Estonia
Pine-spruce-birch wooded heath, near spruces, in moss
59°23'12.7"N 25°23'34.2"E
🔆 Occasional sun, partly cloudy, open spot
Original Instagram postSource hashtags
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