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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)
Tricholoma
(knight toadstools)
Tricholoma colossus
(Giant Knight)
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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Tricholoma colossus (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Giant Knight)

1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Endangered
2007 (Draft) Red Data List EN/B

Suggested Literature

Tricholoma colossus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)		 AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)		 TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)		 Tricholoma
(knight toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Tricholoma colossus is associated with:

fruitbody Pinus sylvestris ssp. scotica - Caledonian Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil]

Associated with Tricholoma colossus:

Tricholoma colossus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)		 Tricholoma
(knight toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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