Tricholoma ustale (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(Burnt Knight)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTricholoma ustale (Burnt Knight)
GenusTricholoma (knight toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tricholoma ustale (Burnt Knight) :
1: Tricholoma ustale (Burnt Knight)
2 Oct 2004 OSGR: SX16 50° 30’ N, 4° 40’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
under Beech
Image 1: Caps - in situImage 2: LSImage 3: Side view - in situImage 4: Two young caps - in situ - half sunshineImage 5: Two young caps - in situ - shadeImage 6: Two young caps - in situ - sunshineImage 7: Undersides showing gills and stipes
2: Tricholoma ustale (Burnt Knight)
9 Oct 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
In 1m by 2m ring round 16 year old Pine
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: Cap and upper stem: LSImage 4: Cap underside showing gillsImage 5: CollectionImage 6: Collection (2)Image 7: Fruitbody - LSImage 8: Fruitbody - side viewImage 9: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 10: Fruitbody - young - side viewImage 11: GillsImage 12: Gills (2)Image 13: Gills and upper stipeImage 14: In situImage 15: Stipe - close-upImage 16: SporesImage 17: Spores (2)
3: Tricholoma ustale (Burnt Knight)
1 Nov 1980 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Caps - in situImage 2: Caps - in situ (2)Image 3: CollectionImage 4: GillsImage 5: LSImage 6: Side view - lain downImage 7: Side views - in situImage 8: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 9: Cap cuticle hypha - highly magnifiedImage 10: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 11: DescriptionImage 12: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Riva, A. 1998 Tricholoma (Fr.) Staude Fungi Non Delineati Pars V.

Tricholoma ustale (Burnt Knight) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tricholoma ustale (Burnt Knight)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tricholoma ustale (Burnt Knight)
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