Sulphur Knight

Sulphur Knight - Tricholoma sulphureum

Alternative names
Gas Works Mushroom
Description

A bright sulphur-yellow Tricholoma with a convex cap, sometimes with a slight umbo.  It has a very unplesant smell of coal-gas.  The stem and gills are also sulphur-yellow.  A variety (var. bufonium) with a pinkish brown cap also exists.

Similar Species

Other yellowish-brown Tricholoma occur in the UK, but mainly as northern or Scottish species.  T hemisulphureum also has a yellowish cap and coal-gas smell, but is associated with Rock-rose; to our knowledge it has not been recorded in VC55.

Identification difficulty

smell

Recording advice

Photograph top-down, in side view and underneath to show gills, note habitat and substrate; note smell

Habitat

In deciduous and mixed woods, usually with Oak or Beech.

When to see it

Late Summer to Autumn.

UK Status

Widespread but local in distribution.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

All NatureSpot records