Tricholoma murrillianum

Tricholoma murrillianum is a species of mushroom-forming fungus found in North America also known as the ponderosa mushroom, pine mushroom, and Western matsutake. It produces a choice edible mushroom but can be confused with the poisonous Amanita smithiana.

Tricholoma murrillianum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Tricholoma
Species:
T. murrillianum
Binomial name
Tricholoma murrillianum
Singer (1942)
Tricholoma murrillianum
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate or adnexed
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is choice
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