Yellow knight
Tricholoma equestre
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Tricholoma equestre
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Tricholomataceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed, Flat
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Autumn
- Habitat
- Conifer forest
- Spore print
- White
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Serious poisonings in France around the year 2000, some of them fatal, led to a ban on its sale there.
- Its genus name Tricholoma comes from Greek words meaning hair and fringe.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q312756 · All fungi · All entries