Tricholoma pessundatum

Tricholoma pessundatum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. First described as Agaricus pessundatus by Elias Magnus Fries in 1821, it was transferred to the genus Tricholoma by Lucien Quélet in 1872.^[2]

Tricholoma pessundatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tricholomataceae
Genus:	Tricholoma
Species:	T. pessundatum
Binomial name
Tricholoma pessundatum (Fr.) Quél. (1872)
Synonyms[1]
Agaricus pessundatus Fr. (1821) Gyrophila equestris var. pessundata (Fr.) Quél. (1886) Gyrophila pessundata (Fr.) Quél. (1888)

The species has as sour meal odor, and contains toxins which can cause severe gastrointestinal upset.^[3]

A very similar species to the European mushroom is Tricholoma muricatum, which differs only in microscopic details.^[4]

See also

• List of North American Tricholoma
• List of Tricholoma species

References

Tricholoma pessundatum Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnexed or free
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is poisonous or can cause allergic reactions

1. "Tricholoma pessundatum (Fr.) Quél. :77, t. 95, 1872". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
2. Quélet L. (1872). "Les Champignons du Jura et des Vosges". Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation de Montbéliard (in French). 5 (2): 43–332 (see p. 77).
3. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
4. 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.