Observation 5115: Tricholoma dryophilum (Murrill) Murrill
When: 2007-11-22
Collection location: Los Altos, California, USA [Click for map]
No specimen available
Notes:
Found in deep shade under a coast live oak tree. The second photo shows slashes in the gills, which did not produce any latex.
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| I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 3.14 | 1 | ||||||
| Promising | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Could Be | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Doubtful | -1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
2.27 | 75.82% | |||||||
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Either Tricholoma ustale or T. dryophilum
By: Nathan Wilson (nathan)
2007-11-22 21:30:04 PST (-0800)
The only reliable way to tell the difference is to put your tongue on the surface of the cap. If it’s bitter, then it’s T. ustale, otherwise it’s T. dryophilum.
A good place to start…
By: Joshua Birkebak (Shua)
2007-11-22 18:38:33 PST (-0800)
It looks like a tricholoma… I am not very good at these though! It looks kinda like a populina… that si something that can be common up here in Seattle but the habitat is obviously off.
T. dryophilum is common with Live Oak in California and starts out with a pale creamy colored cap that darkens in an irregular blotchy manner whereas T. ustale is uncommon (at least to me) and the cap starts out with a dark brown disc and brownish margin.
Also T. ustale is NOT farinaceous, but T. dryophilum does smell farinaceous.