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Charbonnier
Tricholoma portentosum
Also called: Sooty head, Streaked tricholoma
In Spanish: Capuchina, Tortullo, Seta de charol, Carbonera · In Catalan: Fredolic gros, Fredolic llenegat, Xaberniscle negre, Xavarnol, Carbonera · In Basque: Ziza ilun hankahorixka, Ziza beltz · In Galician: Tortullo, Pel de rato grande
Photo: Dan Molter (shroomydan) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Jan Kops / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Photo: Giacomo Bresadola / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Photo: Aorg1961 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Aorg1961 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Aorg1961 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
A steel-grey cap with violet or olive tints, radially fibrous and slimy in damp weather. Gills and flesh white with a yellowish cast, and a mealy smell. A firm late mushroom that often pushes up straight through the needle litter.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Tricholoma portentosum (Fr.) Quél. (1873)
- Family
- Tricholomataceae
- Edibility
- Edible
- Season
- Oct–Dec
- Usual altitude
- 372–1,698 m
- Under which trees
- Pine
- Dangerous look-alike
- Man on horseback · Tricholoma equestre
- IUCN Red List
- Not evaluated (NE)
Where it grows
Pinewoods on sandy soil, often alongside the grey knight. November to January; it takes light frosts.
Confused with
- Man on horsebackTricholoma equestredangerous
Yellow gills and cap. Repeated consumption in quantity has been linked to cases of rhabdomyolysis.
When it has been found
Finds recorded in Spain, by month: 275 in all, from GBIF. They show when it fruits, and also when people go looking.
Where it has been found
Each square is an area of about 20 km with recorded finds; the darker, the more finds. It does not pinpoint patches: for where it is coming up now, see the forecast map.
Where it comes up
Areas where this species is scoring highest right now.
- Berguedà ComarcasGood · peak excellent
- Ripollés ComarcasGood · peak excellent
- Els Ports and the Maestrat Mountain rangesGood · peak excellent
- Solsonés ComarcasModerate · peak excellent
- Lluçanès ComarcasModerate · peak excellent
- Gúdar-Javalambre ComarcasModerate · peak excellent
- Sierra de Albarracín ComarcasModerate · peak excellent
- Osona ComarcasModerate · peak excellent
In guides and news
- Weekend 17–18 October: good-condition area up for all five leading species
State of the forest
- Cataluña, 17–18 October: conditions better than a week ago
State of the forest
Sources
The usual altitude and the trees come from our own fit of the model to those finds and to the Spanish Forest Map (Mapa Forestal de España).
Would you know them from a photograph? →
The description is for reference. Identifying a mushroom from a photograph is unreliable: do not eat anything you are not sure of.