Tricholoma muricatum

Tricholoma muricatum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. It was described as new to science in 1996.^[1] It tends to grow near pines.^[2]

Tricholoma muricatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tricholomataceae
Genus:	Tricholoma
Species:	T. muricatum
Binomial name
Tricholoma muricatum Shanks (1996)

The cap has a radial arrangement of fibres and is grooved near the edge. The gills are orange-white. The stipe is brown-orange.^[2]

A very similar species is the European Tricholoma pessundatum, which differs only in microscopic details.^[2] Other similar species include T. aurantium, T. fracticum, T. fulvum, T. manzanitae, T. nictitans, T. populinum, T. stans, and T. ustale.^[2] All of these species, including T. muricatum, are inedible.^[2]

See also

• List of North American Tricholoma
• List of Tricholoma species

References

1. Shanks KM. (1996). "New species of Tricholoma from California and Oregon". Mycologia. 88 (3): 497–508. doi:10.2307/3760890. JSTOR 3760890.
2. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.