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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Tricholoma terreum. Tricholoma terreum

Synonyms

Agaricus terreus

Biostatus

Present in region - Exotic

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Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Basidiomata pileate. Pileus greyish to brownish black, 20–90 mm in diameter, slightly felted to sub squamulose, hemispherical becoming umbonate, margin incurved; flesh thin, smoky grey. Gills emarginate, moderately crowded, smoky grey, becoming paler with age. Stipe cylindrical, slightly tapering towards the base, whitish, fibrillose, hollow, annulus absent, 25–80 mm long. Basidiospores elliptical, 0-septate, 6–7 × 4–5 μm, smooth, hyaline, non-amyloid; spore print white.
Distribution: Distribution: Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Nelson, Marlborough, Buller, North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Otago Lakes, Dunedin, Southland.; 1st Record: Chu-Chou & Grace (1987).