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Giant Tricholomas
1 species
Pegler & Lodge 1998. A small tropical to subtropical genus of very large, pale, fleshy gilled mushrooms, often clustered, formerly placed in Tricholoma. Unlike Tricholoma they are saprotrophic. About eight species are described, including the type M. titans and the cultivated M. gigantea and M. crassa.
Cap: large, white to cream, ochre or grey, convex to depressed. Gills: white to yellowish, sinuate. Stem: white, often swollen at the base. Spore print: white. Spores: round to oval, smooth, under 10 um.
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