White knight
A species of Tricholoma Scientific name : Tricholoma album Genus : Tricholoma
White knight, A species of Tricholoma
Scientific name: Tricholoma album
Genus: Tricholoma
Description
The cap is 3–7.5 cm (1.2–3.0 in) wide and white with a pale yellow tinge, and more yellow or ochre in the centre as the fruit body ages. Convex with a slight boss, the cap is broadly conical in shape with inrolled margins. The white to pale yellow or ochre-tinged stipe is 3–8.5 cm (1.2–3.3 in) high and 0.8–1.5 cm wide and has no ring. There is no ring or volva. The mushroom has a prominent unpleasant sweet smell reminiscent of honey and radishes, and has an acrid and disagreeable taste. The thick gills are widely spaced with finely serrated edges. The spore print is white, the oval or oblong spores 5–7 μm long by 3.5–5 μm wide. 
Colors
Brown
Yellow
White
Habitat
Association with oak
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General Info
Toxicity
White knight is toxic, ingestion may lead to a series of symptoms. It's best to stay away from this mushroom.
Habitat
Association with oak
Growth Form
Mycorrhizal
Sporocarp Height
3–8.5 cm
Cap Diameter
3–7.5 cm
Endangered Species
No
Habit
Mycorrhizal
Substrate
On soil
Smell
Smell unpleasant sweet; taste acrid and disagreeable
Spore Print
White
Species Status
Widespread, not common
How to identify it?
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Gilled fungi Family
Pale-spore mushrooms Genus
Tricholoma Species
White knight 
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