Tricholoma myomyces is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma, usually considered to be a synonym of Tricholoma terreum. The species was first described scientifically by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1794 as Agaricus myomyces,[3] and later transferred to the genus Tricholoma by Danish mycologist Jakob Emanuel Lange in 1933.[4] It is found in Europe and northern North America.[5]

Tricholoma myomyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Division:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
T. myomyces
Binomial name
Tricholoma myomyces
(Pers.) J.E.Lange (1933)
Synonyms[2]

Almost all modern sources consider T. myomyces to be a synonym of T. terreum,[6][7][8] but there are some exceptions. Bon mentions that T. myomyces has been defined for lowland mushrooms with white gills and a fleecy cap.[9] Courtecuisse separates it on a similar basis: the cap surface is felty and the gills are whitish and more crowded.[10] Moser distinguished T. myomyces on the basis that the gills should go yellow.[11]

The gray cap is 2–5 cm wide. The whitish stalk is 2–5 cm long and .5–1 cm wide. It has white spores.[12]

One similar species is Tricholoma moseri.[12]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Gray S.F. (1821). A Natural Arrangement of British Plants. London, UK: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. p. 608.
  2. ^ "Tricholoma myomyces (Pers.) J.E. Lange 1933". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  3. ^ Persoon C.H. (1794). "Dispositio methodica fungorum". Neues Magazin für die Botanik, Römer (in Latin). 1: 81–128 (see p. 100).
  4. ^ Lange J.E. (1933). "Studies in the agarics of Denmark. Part IX. Tricholoma, Lentinus, Panus, Nyctalis". Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 8 (3): 1–44.
  5. ^ Phillips R. "Tricholoma myomyces". Rogers Plants. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  6. ^ "Tricholoma terreum page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  7. ^ "Tricholoma terreum (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., 1871 Synonyms". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. GBIF. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  8. ^ "Tricholoma terreum (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., 1871 Synonyms". Dyntaxa (in Swedish). Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  9. ^ Marcel Bon (1987). The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-Western Europe. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 154. ISBN 0-340-39935-X.
  10. ^ Courtecuisse, R.; Duhem, B. (2013). Champignons de France et d'Europe (in French). Delachaux et Niestlé. p. 194. ISBN 978-2-603-02038-8. Also available in English.
  11. ^ Meinhard Moser (1983). Keys to Agarics and Boleti. Translated by Simon Plant. London: Roger Phillips. pp. 129–130. ISBN 0-9508486-0-3.
  12. ^ a b Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
edit