Tricholoma pessundatum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. First described as Agaricus pessundatus by Elias Magnus Fries in 1821, it was transferred to the genus Tricholoma by Lucien Quélet in 1872.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Tricholoma |
| Species: | T. pessundatum
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| Tricholoma pessundatum | |
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The species has as sour meal odor, and contains toxins which can cause severe gastrointestinal upset.[3]
A very similar species to the European mushroom is Tricholoma muricatum, which differs only in microscopic details.[4]
See also
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editTricholoma pessundatum | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnexed or free |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is poisonous or can cause allergic reactions |
- ^ "Tricholoma pessundatum (Fr.) Quél. :77, t. 95, 1872". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
- ^ Quélet L. (1872). "Les Champignons du Jura et des Vosges". Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation de Montbéliard (in French). 5 (2): 43–332 (see p. 77).
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.