Sulphur Knight - Tricholoma sulphureum
Cap is sulphur yellow, often with reddish-brown or olive tints; convex, usually with a wavy margin, sometimes flattening or becoming slightly depressed, but retaining an umbo; matt; 3 to 8cm across. It used to be referred to as the Gas Works Mushroom because of its strong pungent odour.
In deciduous and mixed woods, usually with Oak or Beech.
Late Summer to Autumn.
Widespread but local in distribution.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Hazel Graves
Broombriggs Farm
01 November 2023
Hazel Graves
Broombriggs Farm
01 November 2023
Melinda Bell
Moira Junction
22 October 2022
bright yellow gills
Melinda Bell
Moira Junction
22 October 2022
cap like suede
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Tricholomataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 10
- First record:
- 11/11/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 11/11/2023 (Timms, Sue)
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David Nicholls
Swithland Wood
11 November 2012
Melinda Bell
Moira Junction
22 October 2022
