Species: Girdled Knight (Tricholoma cingulatum)
Family: Gilled Mushrooms (TRICHOLOMATACEAE)
Category: Fungi
Location: One Sighting
A. Fungi
More extensive information on fungi can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Gilled Mushrooms (TRICHOLOMATACEAE)
This large family of mushrooms contains a variety of types, and may actually be a “wastebasket taxon”, a group that includes species that do not readily fit into other more definable groups.
C. Girdled Knight (Tricholoma cingulatum)
It has a finely scaly grey or grey-brown cap with a distinct ring on the stem. It has unusually narrow oval spores. It is usually associated with willows.
