Tricholoma yatesii is a species of gilled mushroom.[2] Index Fungorum and Mycobank state that the current official name of this species is Melanoleuca yatesii.[3][4] It is extremely similar to Tricholoma equestre but it grows in mycorrhizal association with Quercus (oak trees and shrubs) rather than with Pinus.[5] T. yatesii is a California mushroom, with a handful of observations from Oregon and Washington.[2] In general it is currently "not possible to provide complete or definitive coverage of Tricholoma" in North America, so T. yatesii (and cousins) remain comparatively poorly known to both science and the general public.[6]

Tricholoma yatesii
San Luis Obispo County, California, 2020
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Tricholoma
Species:
T. yatesii
Binomial name
Tricholoma yatesii
Synonyms[1]

Melanoleuca yatesii

William A. Murrill's original description (of what was then called Melanoleuca yatesii) was "Pileus regular, convex, solitary, 5-8 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, viscid, sulfur-yellow, becoming brownish at the center on drying, margin concolorous, entire, incurved on drying; context rather thin, white to pale-yellow; lamellae sinuate-adnexed, rather broad, ventricose, not crowded, apparently pale-yellow when fresh, somewhat discolored on drying; spores ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 5X3 μ; stipe equal, shining, subglabrous, sulfur-yellow, becoming nearly white when dry, 6-10 cm long, 8-12 mm thick."[7] Tricholoma yatesii is named after H. S. Yates, who collected the type species under introduced eucalyptus and endemic Monterey cypress in Berkeley, California.[2][8]

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References edit

  1. ^ Murrill, W. A. (1914). "News, Notes and Reviews". Mycologia. 6 (5): 264–269. doi:10.1080/00275514.1914.12020975. JSTOR 3753597.
  2. ^ a b c "Tricholoma yatesii". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  3. ^ "Index Fungorum - Names Record". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  4. ^ "Mycobank 227194". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  5. ^ "California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide". californiamushrooms.us. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  6. ^ Trudell, Steve (Winter 2012). "The Genus Tricholoma in North America" (PDF). FUNGI. Vol. 5, no. 5.
  7. ^ Murrill, W.A (1914). "Agaricales, Agaricaceae (pars)" (PDF). North American Flora. 10 (1): 1–76 – via mykoweb.com.
  8. ^ Bigelow, H.E. (1979). "A contribution to Tricholoma" (PDF). Sydowia Beih. 8: 54–62 – via mykoweb.com.