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Tricholoma
Tricholoma is a genus of fungus that contains a large number of fairly fleshy white-spored gilled mushrooms which are found worldwide generally growing in woodlands. These are ectomycorrhizal fungi, existing in a symbiotic relationship with various species of coniferous or broad-leaved trees. The generic name derives from the Greek trichos (τριχος) meaning hair and loma (λωμα) meaning fringe or border, although only a few species (such as T. vaccinum) have shaggy caps which fit this description.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tricholoma
subgenusTricholoma

Terrea
subgenusTerrea

Sericeicutis
subgenusSericeicutis

Pardinicutis
subgenusPardinicutis

Tricholoma subresplendens
speciesTricholoma subresplendens

Tricholoma vernaticum
speciesTricholoma vernaticum

Tricholoma arvernense
speciesTricholoma arvernense
Tricholoma apium
speciesTricholoma apium

Tricholoma fumosoluteum
speciesTricholoma fumosoluteum
Tricholoma atroviolaceum
speciesTricholoma atroviolaceum

Tricholoma robustipes
speciesTricholoma robustipes

Tricholoma brunneoluteum
speciesTricholoma brunneoluteum

Tricholoma austrocolossus
speciesTricholoma austrocolossus

Tricholoma nigrum
speciesTricholoma nigrum

Tricholoma grave
speciesTricholoma grave

Tricholoma luridum
speciesTricholoma luridum

Tricholoma floridanum
speciesTricholoma floridanum

Tricholoma subaureum
speciesTricholoma subaureum

Tricholoma borgsjoeense
speciesTricholoma borgsjoeense

Tricholoma niveipes
speciesTricholoma niveipes

Tricholoma viridifucatum
speciesTricholoma viridifucatum

Tricholoma pseudoterreum
speciesTricholoma pseudoterreum

Tricholoma sp. 'saponaceum-PNW20'
speciesTricholoma sp. 'saponaceum-PNW20'

Tricholoma kakishimejioides
speciesTricholoma kakishimejioides

Tricholoma fusipes
speciesTricholoma fusipes

Tricholoma acris
speciesTricholoma acris

Tricholoma cortinatellum
speciesTricholoma cortinatellum

Tricholoma insigne
speciesTricholoma insigne

Tricholoma costaricense
speciesTricholoma costaricense

Tricholoma subumbrinum
speciesTricholoma subumbrinum

Tricholoma huronense
speciesTricholoma huronense

Tricholoma sp. 'AZ04'
speciesTricholoma sp. 'AZ04'

Tricholoma radicans
speciesTricholoma radicans
Tricholoma persicinum
speciesTricholoma persicinum
Tricholoma hordum
speciesTricholoma hordum

Tricholoma fagnani
speciesTricholoma fagnani

Tricholoma sp. 'IN18'
speciesTricholoma sp. 'IN18'

Tricholomataceae sp. 'PR02'
speciesTricholomataceae sp. 'PR02'
Tricholoma alpinum
speciesTricholoma alpinum
Tricholoma testaceum
speciesTricholoma testaceum

Tricholoma megalophaeum
speciesTricholoma megalophaeum

Tricholoma cortinatum
speciesTricholoma cortinatum

Tricholoma sp. 'FL03'
speciesTricholoma sp. 'FL03'
Tricholoma tumidum
speciesTricholoma tumidum
Tricholoma sp. 'IN13'
speciesTricholoma sp. 'IN13'
Tricholoma albidulum
speciesTricholoma albidulum
Tricholoma jalapense
speciesTricholoma jalapense
Tricholoma farinaceum
speciesTricholoma farinaceum
Tricholoma sienna
speciesTricholoma sienna
Tricholoma ustaliforme
speciesTricholoma ustaliforme
Tricholoma grande
speciesTricholoma grande
Tricholoma zangii
speciesTricholoma zangii
Tricholoma meridianum
speciesTricholoma meridianum
Tricholoma fractipes
speciesTricholoma fractipes
Tricholoma farinolens
speciesTricholoma farinolens

Tricholoma olivaceobrunneum
speciesTricholoma olivaceobrunneum
Tricholoma cartilagineum
speciesTricholoma cartilagineum
Tricholoma crenulatum
speciesTricholoma crenulatum
Tricholoma militare
speciesTricholoma militare
Tricholoma aurantiophyllum
speciesTricholoma aurantiophyllum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Kinpu: An Illustrated Manual of Fungi (vol. 1)
Sakamoto Kōnen · 1835 · p.7

Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms
James Sowerby · 1797 · p.528

Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet
J.H. Léveillé; plates by Paulet · 1855 · p.396

Iconography of the Mushrooms of Paulet
J.H. Léveillé; plates by Paulet · 1855 · p.274
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62484.