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{{Short description|Species of fungus}}
{{Species box
| image = TricholomaSejunctum.JPG
| image_caption =
| taxon = Tricholoma sejunctum
| authority = ([[James Sowerby|Sowerby]]) [[Quél.]] (1872)<ref name="Quélet 1872"/>
| synonyms = *''Agaricus sejunctus'' <small>Sowerby (1799)</small><ref name="Sowerby 1799"/>
}}
{{mycomorphbox 
| name = ''Tricholoma sejunctum''
| hymeniumType = gills
| capShape = convex
| whichGills = adnexed 
| stipeCharacter = bare
| sporePrintColor = white
| ecologicalType = mycorrhizal
| howEdible = unknown
}}

'''''Tricholoma sejunctum''''' (colloquially '''yellow blusher''' in the eastern regions of North America)<ref>{{cite book|title=Mushrooms and Their Use|author=Charles Horton Peck|pages=216}}</ref> is a mushroom that appears across much of the Northern Hemisphere and is associated with pine forests.

==Description==
The cap is greenish-brownish yellow, slightly moist, and has dark fibrils near the center. The gills and stipe are whitish-yellow. The odor is mild to mealy and the taste mild to unpleasant.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Trudell|first1=Steve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WevHvt6Tr8kC|title=Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest|last2=Ammirati|first2=Joe|publisher=Timber Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-88192-935-5|series=Timber Press Field Guides|location=Portland, OR|pages=106–107}}</ref>

==Edibility==
There is some confusion as to the certain identification of the species, so it is considered unsafe for eating.<ref name=":0" /> While classified as inedible by some field guides,<ref name="Miller 2006">{{cite book|last1=Miller Jr.|first1=Orson K.|title=North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi|last2=Miller|first2=Hope H.|publisher=[[FalconGuide]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7627-3109-1|location=Guilford, CN|pages=127}}</ref> it seems to have been traditionally consumed in much of world without noted ill effects.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} More recently, in Europe it has been identified as responsible for [[mushroom poisoning|poisonings]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

The species is reportedly consumed in China's [[Yunnan]] province, where it is generally known as 荞面菌 ([[Pinyin]]: ''qiao mian jun''; lit. 'Buckwheat Noodle Mushroom') on account of this property, despite the fact that its proper name is 黄绿口蘑 (lit. 'Yellow Green Mouth Mushroom').{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Similar species==
''[[Tricholoma flavovirens]]'' is usually larger and fleshier, with more solid yellow gills and stipe and a less fibrillose cap.<ref name=":0" /> Other similar species include ''[[Tricholoma arvernense]]'', and ''[[Tricholoma viridilutescens|T. viridilutescens]]''.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
*[[List of North American Tricholoma|List of North American ''Tricholoma'']]
*[[List of Tricholoma species|List of ''Tricholoma'' species]]

==References==
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<ref name="Quélet 1872">{{cite journal |author=Quélet L. |title=Les Champignons du Jura et des Vosges |journal=Mémoires de la Société d'Émulation de Montbéliard |year=1872  |volume=5 (II) |pages=43–332 (see p.&nbsp;72) |language=French}}</ref>

<ref name="Sowerby 1799">{{cite book |author=Sowerby J. |title=Coloured Figures of English Fungi |year=1799 |volume=2 |publisher=J.&nbsp;Davis |location=London |page=54}}</ref>

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[[Category:Tricholoma|sejunctum]]
[[Category:Fungi described in 1799]]
[[Category:Fungi of Asia]]
[[Category:Fungi of Europe]]
[[Category:Taxa named by James Sowerby]]
[[Category:Fungus species]]


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