Tricholoma pullum

Tricholoma pullum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. Described as new to science in 1989, it is found in eastern North America.[1]

Tricholoma pullum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Genus:
Tricholoma
Species:
T. pullum
Binomial name
Tricholoma pullum
Ovrebo (1989)

Description

The cap is initially convex to somewhat conical before flattening out in age; it attains a diameter of 4.5–15 cm (1.8–5.9 in) wide. The cap surface is dry and densely fibrillose (as if made of tightly packed fibers) in the center. The flesh is greyish white in the cap, lacks any distinct odor, and has a bitter or acrid taste. The gills are narrowly attached to the stipe, but often recede from the stipe as the mushroom matures. Their color is pinkish gray to greyish buff. Interspersed between the gills are numerous lamellae (short gills) that are not arranged in distinct tiers. The stipe measures 3–8 cm (1.2–3.1 in) long by 1–2.5 cm (0.4–1.0 in) thick, and is roughly the same thickness throughout its length. Its surface is smooth to silky, and whitish, although older specimens can develop yellowish tints.[2]

The spore print is white. Spores are ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline (translucent), and measure 6.5–8 by 5–6 µm. The basidia are four-spored. Cheilocystidia are cylindrical to club-shaped, smooth, hyaline to dark grey, and measure 25–35 by 8–25 µm.[2]

Similar species

Distinctive characteristics of Tricholoma pullum fruit bodies include the dark tray cap, dark gray tints on the gill edges, and the bitter or acrid taste. Tricholoma virgatum is somewhat similar in appearance, but can be distinguished by its pointed umbo, lack of greyish tints on the gill edges, and its preferred habitat of coniferous and mixed woods.[2] The European species Tricholoma hordum has smaller fruit bodies with more distantly spaced gills, which have a pinkish coloration.[1]

Habitat and distribution

Fruit bodies of Tricholoma pullum grow on the ground scattered or in groups under hardwood trees, particularly beech and oak. It is found in northeastern North America, and usually fruits in September and November.[2]

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See also

References
  1. Ovebro CL. (1989). "Tricholoma, subgenus Tricholoma, section Albidogrisea: North American species found principally in the Great Lakes region". Canadian Journal of Botany. 67 (11): 3134–52. doi:10.1139/b89-393.
  2. Bessette A, Miller OK Jr, Bessette AR, Miller HR (1995). Mushrooms of North America in Color: A Field Guide Companion to Seldom-Illustrated Fungi. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. pp. 90–1. ISBN 0-8156-2666-5.
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