Soapy Knight
Tricholoma saponaceum (Fr.) P.Kumm.
Also called: Soapy Trich
Safety first
This mushroom is listed as poisonous. Eating it can make you seriously ill.
Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.
Edibility
Poisonous Source: Wikipedia: Tricholoma saponaceum
Classification from Wikipedia: Tricholoma saponaceum. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.
Photos
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Photo: Dutza K.. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Michael Tidwell. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Mark Wagner. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Dutza K.. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 20 |
| February | 2 |
| March | 0 |
| April | 3 |
| May | 19 |
| June | 60 |
| July | 211 |
| August | 283 |
| September | 199 |
| October | 175 |
| November | 62 |
| December | 19 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Quebec 80 records · Foraging rules
- Colorado 79 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 78 records · Foraging rules
- Wyoming 59 records · Foraging rules
- California 52 records · Foraging rules
- Alaska 51 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 41 records · Foraging rules
- Idaho 30 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 25 records · Foraging rules
- Utah 22 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 19 records · Foraging rules
- New York 14 records · Foraging rules
- Massachusetts 13 records · Foraging rules
- Nova Scotia 12 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 11 records · Foraging rules
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- Minnesota10 records
- North Carolina10 records
- Arizona9 records
- Alberta9 records
- Tennessee9 records
- New Mexico9 records
- West Virginia8 records
- Vermont7 records
- Maine6 records
- Connecticut4 records
- Illinois4 records
- Florida4 records
- Texas3 records
- Virginia3 records
- Montana3 records
- Louisiana2 records
- Pennsylvania2 records
- New Brunswick2 records
- Ohio1 records
- Alabama1 records
- Wisconsin1 records
- New Jersey1 records
- New Hampshire1 records
Identification traits
| Cap shape | convex |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | gills |
| Ecology | mycorrhizal |
| Stem features | bare |
| Spore print color | white |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Tricholoma saponaceum, also known as the soap-scented toadstool, soapy tricholoma, soapy trich, soapy knight or soap tricholoma is an inedible mushroom found in woodlands in Europe and North America.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
Recent finds
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