Tacked knight typically grows in coniferous forests, often forming symbiotic relationships with the trees. This mushroom features a cap that can vary in color, and its gills are spaced and attached to the stem. Tacked knight emerges in the colder months of the year and is known for being quite sturdy in texture.
Cap Diameter:
4 - 10 cm
Odor:
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
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Attributes
Toxicity and Edibility
Similar Species
Tips for Finding
Clean and Preserve
Common Questions
General Info About Tacked knight
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Attributes of Tacked knight
Cap Diameter
4 - 10 cm
Height
3 - 6 cm
Cap
Cap 5 - 12 cm broad; convex, expanding to nearly plane; brown to reddish-brown; viscid when moist, appressed fibrillose; margin inrolled, wavy, becoming decurved to nearly plane
Cap Shape
Central Bump
Cap Surfaces
Slimy or slightly sticky, Visible lines or stripes
Gills
Adnexed; close, moderately broad; cream-colored, becoming pale-buff, the edges often developing brownish discolorations
Gill Attachment
Notched
Stem
3 - 6 cm tall, 1 - 3.5 cm thick; stuffed to hollow, equal, narrowed to enlarged at the base; cream-colored with buff-brown fibrils; discoloring darker brown from handling or in age
Stem Shapes
Cylindrical
Flesh
Thick; firm; pallid; unchanging
Ring
Ringless
Spore Print Color
White
Odor
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
Body Color
Brown
Red
Cream
Flesh Bruises
The flesh or milk does not discolor when bruised or cut.
