Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Tricholoma atrosquamosum (Chevall.) Sacc.
Synonyms: Agaricus atrosquamosus
Tricholoma atrosquamosum subsp. squarrulosum
Tricholoma atrosquamosum var. squarrulosum
Tricholoma nigromarginatum
Tricholoma terreum var. atrosquamosum
Common Name: Dark Scaled Knight
Provisional British Red Data List: Vulnerable
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Tricholoma atrosquamosumPhotographer: © Koral Oezguel
Photographer: © Koral Oezguel

Photographer: © Koral Oezguel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (2)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (1)
October (3)
November (1)