How to identify it?
Cap
Cap 6-20 cm across, convex, becoming flat; off-white to light yellow-brown; surface covered with dark red-brown scales. Flesh thick, soft, white, becoming pale brownish. Odour distinct spicy-aromatic.
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Scientific Classification
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Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Gilled fungi Family
Pale-spore mushrooms Genus
Tricholoma Species
Matsutake