Tricholoma vaccinum

Tricholoma vaccinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Tricholoma
Species:
T. vaccinum
Binomial name
Tricholoma vaccinum
(Schaeff.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms[5]
  • Agaricus vaccinus Schaeff. (1774)
  • Agaricus rufolivescens Batsch (1783)[1]
  • Agaricus rufus Pers. (1798)[2]
  • Gyrophila vaccina (Schaeff.) Quél. (1886)[3]
  • Tricholoma vaccinium[4]
Tricholoma vaccinum
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is adnate or sinuate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is not recommended

Tricholoma vaccinum, commonly known as the russet scaly tricholoma, the scaly knight, or the fuzztop, is a fungus of the agaric genus Tricholoma. It produces medium-sized fruit bodies (mushrooms) that have a distinctive hairy reddish-brown cap with a shaggy margin when young. The cap, which can reach a diameter of up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in) wide, breaks up into flattened scales in maturity. It has cream-buff to pinkish gills with brown spots. Its fibrous, hollow stipe is white above and reddish brown below, and measures 4 to 7.5 cm (1.6 to 3.0 in) long. Although young fruit bodies have a partial veil, it does not leave a ring on the stipe.

Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, Tricholoma vaccinum is found in northern Asia, Europe and North America. The fungus grows in a mycorrhizal association with spruce or pine trees, and its mushrooms are found on the ground growing in groups or clusters in late summer and autumn. Although some consider the mushroom edible, it is of poor quality and not recommended for consumption. The ectomycorrhizae of T. vaccinum has been the subject of considerable research.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Batsch 1783 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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