Pointed row (Tricholoma virgatum)
Systematics:- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Tricholomataceae (Tricholomaceae or Ordinary)
- Genus: Tricholoma (Tricholoma or Ryadovka)
- Species: Tricholoma virgatum (Pointed row)
Other names:
Mouse row
Row striped
The row is burning-sharp
Pointed ridge (Latin Tricholoma virgatum ) is a type of mushroom included in the genus Ryadovka (Tricholoma) of the Ryadovkovy family (Tricholomataceae).
Grows in moist deciduous and coniferous forests. It is often found in September - October.
The cap is 4-8 cm in ∅, first bell-conical , then hump-shaped , ash-gray, dark in the center, with a striped edge.
The pulp is soft, at first grayish-whitish , then white , with a bitter taste and a flour smell.
The plates are frequent, wide, adhered to the peduncle or almost free, deeply indentable, white or grayish, then gray. Spore powder is white. Disputes are oblong, wide.
Leg 6-8 cm long, 1.5-2 cm ∅, cylindrical, slightly thickened at the base, dense, whitish or grayish, longitudinally striped.
The mushroom is poisonous . It can be confused with an edible mushroom in an earthy-gray row row.