Tricholoma muscarium is a mushroom found in Japan.[1]

Tricholoma muscarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Tricholoma
Species:
T. muscarium
Binomial name
Tricholoma muscarium
Kawam. ex Hongo (1959)
Synonyms
  • Tricholoma muscarium Kawam. (1954)

Toxicity

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Tricholoma muscarium contains ibotenic acid and tricholomic acid and is considered to be an edible mushroom in Japan.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Takemoto, Tsunematsu; Nakajima, Tadashi (1964). "Studies on the Constituents of Indigenous Fungi. I". Yakugaku Zasshi. 84 (12): 1183–1186. doi:10.1248/yakushi1947.84.12_1183. PMID 14266548.
  2. ^ Beuchat, Larry R., ed. (1987). Food and beverage mycology (2nd ed.). New York, N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 9780442210847.