Funghi
Tricholoma gambosum
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Tricholoma gambosum is a legacy synonym still encountered in older books for St George’s mushroom, now generally treated as Calocybe gambosa. Culinary character is unchanged: dense white spring flesh with a mealy, cucumber-flour aroma when fresh. Labels using the old name mean the same edible. Cook as for Calocybe gambosa. Prefer current taxonomy on new records but recognise Tricholoma gambosum in historical recipes and forager notes.
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FirmHistorical NameLegacy SynonymMealySame EdibleSpringSpring WhiteSynonym
History
Older mycological systems placed the mushroom in Tricholoma as T. gambosum.
Guides still listed Tricholoma gambosum for St George’s mushroom.
Taxonomic moves to Calocybe left T. gambosum as a synonym in literature.
Foragers continued to meet the old name in classic texts.