Mongolian tricholoma
Leucocalocybe mongolica · 蒙古口蘑
Rarely Seen口蘑科🍽 Reported Edible (Wild)
Reference sources describe this as an edible wild fungus. This guide provides no basis whatsoever for foraging or consumption.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap large and white; stem stout and white
- Gills white; flesh thick
- Grows on Inner Mongolian grassland, forming fairy rings
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 口蘑科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Grassland
- How Big
- 5–15 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Rarely Seen
- Habitat
- Inner Mongolian steppe, often in fairy rings
Easily Confused With
Field mushroomCap white; gills pink, darkening to deep brown with ageFun Fact
It fruits in enormous rings across the grassland; the grass inside each ring grows especially lush and dark, fed by nutrients its mycelium releases, and herders track that green ring to find it.