Tricholoma scalpturatum (Fr.) Quél.
(Yellowing Knight)

Interactions where Tricholoma scalpturatum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root QuestionableMinor Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholoma scalpturatum/Tricholoma scalpturatumyellowing knightfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesliverootMinor
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root QuestionableMajor Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholoma scalpturatum/Tricholoma scalpturatumyellowing knightfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/FagusbeechesliverootMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandQuestionable Helianthemum nummularium Common Rockrose Malvales: Cistaceae Notes and Records (Nov 2010), Henrici, A., 2010
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholoma scalpturatum/Tricholoma scalpturatumyellowing knightfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum nummularium/Helianthemum nummulariumcommon rockroseliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Questionable [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholoma scalpturatum/Tricholoma scalpturatumyellowing knightfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesliveroot

Author & YearTitleSource
Henrici, A., 2010Notes and Records (Nov 2010)Field Mycology Vol 11 (4): 141-143.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Tricholoma scalpturatum (Yellowing Knight) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tricholoma scalpturatum (Yellowing Knight) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTricholoma scalpturatum (Yellowing 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tricholoma scalpturatum (Yellowing Knight)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Riva, A. 1998 Tricholoma (Fr.) Staude Fungi Non Delineati Pars V.

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jargeat, P. et al 2010 Phylogenetic species delimitation in ectomycorrhizal fungi and implications for barcoding: the case of the Tricholoma scalpturatum complex (Basidiomycota) Molecular Ecology Vol 19 (23): 5216-5230.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Tricholoma scalpturatum (Yellowing Knight):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 46 images of Tricholoma scalpturatum (Yellowing Knight)

A mealy smelling and tasting toadstool with silvery to grey radially-fibrillose caps and pale gills that slowly turn yellowish when bruised. These medium-sized toadstools are common in woodland (broad-leaved and coniferous) and scrub where they are usually associated with willows (Salix).

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