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Tricholoma album (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., 1871 (White Knight)

Date: 4 October 1998
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 04/10/1998[B]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: under Oak; Gean, Birch nearby
Identification Notes: Taste: bitter, but only briefly.
Smell: unpleasant, sweetish radish; strongly mealy on cutting.
Stem: white, spotting cinnamon.
Often in small clumps.
Gills rather crowded.
Cap: yellowish to D in centre with age.
Spores with large oil drop.

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magnified photograph Fruitbodies 21 Kb 328 by 301 pixels
magnified photograph Fruitbodies 500 by 343 pixels
magnified photograph Fruitbody - LS 11 Kb 258 by 356 pixels
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magnified photograph Gills - close-up 500 by 230 pixels
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microscope photograph Spores 22 Kb 330 by 326 pixels

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