Biology:Tricholoma resplendens

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Tricholoma resplendens
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T. resplendens
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Tricholoma resplendens
(Fr.) P.Karst. 1876

Tricholoma resplendens is a fungus of the genus Tricholoma native to Europe and North America. It was originally described as Agaricus resplendens by Elias Magnus Fries in 1857, and was given its current name by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1876.

The species has no odor, and is part of a group of Tricholoma species containing toxins which can cause severe gastrointestinal upset.[1]

References

  1. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. pp. 128. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7840809 entry