Tricholoma pessundatum

 Tricholoma pessundatum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. First described as Agaricus pessundatus by Elias Magnus Fries in 1821, it was transferred to the genus Tricholoma by Lucien Quélet in 1872.[2]

Tricholoma pessundatum
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Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Fungi
Division:Basidiomycota
Class:Agaricomycetes
Order:Agaricales
Family:Tricholomataceae
Genus:Tricholoma
Species:
T. pessundatum
Binomial name
Tricholoma pessundatum
(Fr.) Quél. (1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus pessundatus Fr. (1821)
  • Gyrophila equestris var. pessundata (Fr.) Quél. (1886)
  • Gyrophila pessundata (Fr.) Quél. (1888)

The species has as sour meal odor, and contains toxins which can cause severe gastrointestinal upset.[3]

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