burnt knight

plural burnt knights

1. The mushroom Tricholoma ustale

   ... Burnt Knight Tricholoma ustale (Fr.) P. Kumm. (illustrated 60 % life size) Cap 4-8cm across , convex at first then expanded; chestnut-brown, paler at the margin, blackening with age; viscid in wet weather.

   2013 September 12, Roger Phillips, Mushrooms, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 111

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   ... Burnt knight T. ustale, widespread and locally common, inedible (possibly poisonous), in late summer and autumn on soil in broadleaf woodland, ectomycorrhizal on beech and other hardwoods. Ustale is Latin for 'roasted' or[…]

   2020 January 6, Dr. Peter Jarvis, The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles: Descriptions of all Species with a Common Name, Pelagic Publishing Ltd, →ISBN