Yellowing Knight - Tricholoma scalpturatum
The cap is conical initially, flattening to a convex shape. Measuring 4 to 7 cm in diameter, it is covered with scales, it is paler than many other tricholomas, and has crowded white or pale grey gills which often slowly stain lemon yellow when bruised.
In woodland (broad-leaved and coniferous) and scrub where they are usually associated with pine or beech.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Gilroes Cemetery
10 October 2012
David Nicholls
Gilroes Cemetery
10 October 2012
David Nicholls
Gilroes Cemetery
10 October 2012
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- Common names
- Yellowing Knight
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Tricholomataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 10/10/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 06/11/2022 (Bell, Melinda)
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Leicester Botanical Gardens
17 October 2012
