Matsutake (Japanese: 松茸/マツタケ), Tricholoma matsutake, is a species of mushroom, with a cap that can reach up to 40 centimetres (16 in) wide. It resembles at least one poisonous species.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Matsutake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Tricholomataceae
- Genus
- Tricholoma
- Species
- Tricholoma matsutake
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