Species details
Unpleasant knight
Tricholoma inamoenum
Poisonous
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Description
A pale Tricholoma with a very unpleasant, penetrating odour; the Slovenian source lists it as poisonous.
Identification features
The cap is pale whitish to grey-yellow or ochre, dry and smooth to slightly fibrous. Gills are pale and the stem whitish. The strongly unpleasant smell is an important feature.
Identification checklist
Check the pale dry cap, light gills and especially the strong unpleasant odour. Grey and pale Tricholoma are difficult to identify.
Detailed features
- Cap
- The cap is pale whitish to grey-yellow or ochre, dry and smooth to slightly fibrous.
- Hymenophore
- The gills are pale and the stem is whitish.
- Stem
- Gills are pale and the stem whitish.
- Smell
- The strongly unpleasant smell is an important feature.
Habitat
Grows in woodland, especially in cooler sites and with conifers, mainly in autumn.
Fruiting period
September, October, November
Ecology
- Notes
- Grows in woodland, especially in cooler sites and with conifers, mainly in autumn.
How to separate similar species
Tricholoma lascivum is also inedible and unpleasant-smelling. Because of similarity, do not make food decisions from a photograph.
Similar species
- Tricholoma lascivum
- Sulphur knight (Tricholoma sulphureum) DANGEROUS
- White knight (Tricholoma album)