Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Tricholoma album (Schaeff.) P. Kumm.
Synonyms: Agaricus albus
Marchog Gwyn
Tricholoma raphanicum
Common Name: White Knight


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Tricholoma albumPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (5)
Betula (4)
Fagus sylvatica (4)
Betula pubescens (3)
Betula pendula (3)
Picea (2)
Quercus petraea (2)
Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (8)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (13)
Soil Mossy (6)
Soil Grassy (3)
Soil Leaves (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
August (4)
September (21)
October (15)
November (3)