(Pseudotricholoma metapodium) (Fr.) Sánchez-García & Matheny
©Per Fadnes
Pseudotricholoma
metapodium is a large, fleshy
tricholomatoid fungus. The cap can be up to 10 cm in diameter. The gills are
pale and serrated (Tricholoma gills), and
gets red when touched. The stem is up to 7 cm, thick, white - gray and
fibrillose. It clearly smells farinaceous and should be easy to determine in
the field. The spores are ellipsoid and approx. 7 x 3.5 μm. They stain
blue with iodine (amyloid spores). The genus contains 3 species, but for the
time being this is the only one found in Norway. Ecology/Indicatorvalue Porpoloma metapodium grows almost always in old pastures and is considered a
good indicator of valuable grasslands and grows together with many other rare
and redlisted species. Fructification in Norway: From beginning of August to medio
October. |
Redlistcategory: EN – endangered
Other Nordic countries:
Sweden |
Denmark |
Finland |
VU – vulnerable |
EN – endangered |
EN – endangered |
References:
Vesterholt, J. 2012. Porpoloma. I Knudsen, H. & Vesterholt, J. (red)
Funga Nordica. Agaricoid,
boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gastroid
genera. Nordsvamp – Copenhagen. s 487.