Tricholoma eucalypticum

Tricholoma eucalypticum belongs to section Genuina. This section is easy to recognize, mainly due to the robust, brownish appearance of their species, almost always smooth-sticky cap surface and mealy smell, just like T. batschii. Remember, Tricholoma has white spores (unlike Cortinarius, Agaricus or Entoloma). Also, it has sinuate gills that attach to the stipe (unlike the unconnecting-free gills in Amanita and Pluteus, or the running down gills in Clitocybe and Leucopaxillus).  

T. eucalypticum is a mysterious name, thought by many to belong to the genus Lyophyllum. There are, however, several species in Tricholoma sect. Genuina, associated with Eucalyptus. Because it’s such a mysterious group, no one knows how many of these species exist in Europe, where in the continent they occur and what impacts they may have on our ecosystems and economies.

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Tricholoma eucalypticum is mycorrhizal with eucalyptus; if possible, favor Eucalyptus pure habitats.