Melanoleuca resplendens (Fr.) Murrill 1914

Melanoleuca resplendens (Fries) Murrill
Tricholoma resplendens Fries, Monog. Hymen. Suec. ed. 2. 1 : 55. 1857;
Pileus fleshy, convex to nearly plane, gregarious, 5-10 cm. broad; surface smooth, glabrous, viscid, white, becoming yellow and slightly silky on the disk, shining and often hyaline-spotted when dried, margin straight; context white, taste mild, odor pleasant; lamellae nearly free when young, then emarginate, somewhat crowded, rather thick, entire, white; spores 7.5 X4 fi; stipe solid, glabrous, slightly floccose at the apex, equal or subbulbous, smooth, white, dry, 5-7.5 cm. long, 8-16 mm. thick.
Type wxiality: Sweden.
Habitat: Ground in woods.
Distribution: Massachusetts, New York, and North Carolina; also in Em-ope.

Tricholoma resplendens is a fungus of the genus Tricholoma native to Europe and North America. It was originally described as Agaricus resplendens by Elias Magnus Fries in 1857, and was given its current name by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1876.

The species has no odor, and is part of a group of Tricholoma species containing toxins which can cause severe gastrointestinal upset.

Tricholoma resplendens est une espèce de champignons du genre des Tricholomes. On le trouve en Europe et en Amérique du Nord. Il a été décrit sous le nom Agaricus resplendens par Elias Magnus Fries en 1857, avant d’être transféré dans le genre Tricholoma par Petter Adolf Karsten en 1876.