Tricholoma griseoviolaceum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. It was described as new to science in 1996.[1]
| Tricholoma griseoviolaceum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Tricholoma |
| Species: | T. griseoviolaceum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tricholoma griseoviolaceum Shanks (1996)
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The cap ranges from 4–10 cm (1.6–3.9 in) in diameter; it is purplish gray with a dark center, and brownish gray in age. The stalk is 6–12 cm (2.4–4.7 in) long and 1–2 cm wide.[2] The flesh is whitish gray. The spores are white. The odor and taste resemble cucumbers.[2] Its edibility is unknown.[2]
Similar species include Tricholoma atroviolaceum, T. portentosum, and T. virgatum.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Shanks KM. (1996). "New species of Tricholoma from California and Oregon". Mycologia. 88 (3): 497–508. doi:10.2307/3760890. JSTOR 3760890.
- ^ a b c d Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.