Tricholoma dryophilum
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| Tricholoma dryophilum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Tricholoma |
| Species: | T. dryophilum |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricholoma dryophilum (Murrill) Murrill (1913) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Melanoleuca dryophila Murrill (1913) | |
Tricholoma dryophilum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. First described as a member of the genus Melanoleuca by William Alphonso Murrill in 1913, he transferred it to Tricholoma later that year.[2]
The cap is up to 14 centimetres (5+1⁄2 in) wide. It grows on the North American West Coast under oak trees.[3] It is toxic.