Tricholoma griseoviolaceum

Tricholoma griseoviolaceum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. It was described as new to science in 1996.[1]

Tricholoma griseoviolaceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Tricholoma
Species:
T. griseoviolaceum
Binomial name
Tricholoma griseoviolaceum
Shanks (1996)

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

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Shanks KM. (1996). "New species of Tricholoma from California and Oregon". Mycologia. 88 (3): 497–508. doi:10.2307/3760890. JSTOR 3760890.
  2. ^ 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.