American matsutake

Tricholoma magnivelare is a gilled mushroom found east of the Rocky Mountains in North America growing in coniferous woodland. These ectomycorrhizal fungi are typically edible species that exist in a symbiotic relationship with various species of pine, commonly jack pine. They belong to the genus Tricholoma, which includes the closely related East Asian songi or matsutake as well as the Western Matsutake (T. murrillianum) and Meso-American Matsutake (T. mesoamericanum). T. magnivelare is also known as the ponderosa