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White tricholomoid

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  • November 1, 2020 at 6:02 pm #31892
    adampembs
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      Found in soil along old traxck with scrub and broadleaves trees, mainly oak, hawthorn and blackthorn, alder, willow present too.

      Smell is quite pleasant, perfumed.

      Cap diameter 55mm.

      Spores 5.5 – 6.7 x 4.2-6

      I’m getting Tricholoma album with Funga Nordica but would appreciate a second opinion as its not a familiar species for me.

      November 2, 2020 at 12:09 pm #43588
      Lancashire Lad
      Keymaster

        Hi Adam,

        Can’t say that I’ve personally noticed a perfumed smell with T.album. (I generally get more of a potato/starch like smell).

        Although in “The Genus Tricholoma” (Morten Christensen & Jacob Heilmann-Clausen), they do mention “aromatic to sweet, recalling honey”, & “sometimes a raphenoid component, more farinaceous when cut”.

        You mention Oak, and they state that in their experience T.album is specifically associated with Oak.

        With single specimens, on macro looks, I find it difficult to differentiate from Lyophyllum connatum, and the spores of both species are pretty similar in both size and shape too.

        On First-Nature, for T.album, there is mention of gills with coarsely toothed edges, and pronounced hilar appendage on the spores. – Neither of those characteristics are mentioned in “The Genus Tricholoma”, although the spore drawing does show rather obvious hilar appendages.

        Regards,

        Mike.

        November 2, 2020 at 2:25 pm #43589
        adampembs
        Keymaster

          Apart from the spores being a tad wide, it’s a good match. The perfumed smell fits, in Fungi of Temperate Europe, it’s listed as Leucocybe connata. Violet with ferrous sulphate. Must renew my stock!

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