Tricholoma colossus (Fr.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 76 (1872) Agaricus colossus Fr., Anteckn. Sver. Ätl. Svamp.: 38 (1836) Armillaria colossus (Fr.) Boud., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 16: 18 (1900) Megatricholoma colossus (Fr.) G. Kost, Beih. Sydowia 37: 54 (1984)
Habitat: On acidic soil, amongst needle litter of Pinus sylvestris in Caledonian pinewoods.
Notes: Known from Scotland but rare and generally little-known in Britain.
Distribution: S: r
Vouchers: ; Scotland: K(M) 87625
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 185 I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 161 I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 199 D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 4: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Strophariaceae, Tricholomataceae (3), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 4: 191 pp. (1999), p. 131-132 D+I:, in Riva, A., Fungi Europaei 3: Tricholoma (Fr.) Staude 3: 618 pp. (1988), p. 396-399, pl. 67 [p.567] D+I:, in Galli, R., Le Amanite: 216 pp. (2001), p. 216-217
Conservation Status: Endangered (Red Data List, Ing 1992); Endangered / B (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006); BAP species
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