Tricholomopsis decora

Tricholomopsis decora, commonly known as prunes and custard,[1] is a species of gilled mushroom in the genus Tricholomopsis. It occurs in North America and in Britain, and it grows in conifer forests.[2] It is regarded as nonpoisonous.[3]

Tricholomopsis decora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Tricholomopsis
Species:
T. decora
Binomial name
Tricholomopsis decora
(Fr.) Singer 1939
Synonyms
  • Agaricus decorus Fr.1821
  • Clitocybe decora (Fr.) Gillet, 1874
  • Cortinellus decorus (Fr.) P. Karst., 1879
  • Tricholoma decorum (Fr.) Quél., 1883
  • Gyrophila decora (Fr.) Quél., 1886
  • Pleurotus decorus (Fr.) Sacc., 1887
  • Dendrosarcus decorus (Fr.) Kuntze, 1898
  • Tricholoma rutilans var. decorum (Fr.) Maire, 1916
Tricholomopsis decora
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or depressed
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

References
  1. Phillips R (2013). Mushrooms. Macmillan. ASIN B00F0KT89O.
  2. "Tricholomopsis decora in Mycobank".
  3. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.


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