Pointed row (Tricholoma virgatum)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Tricholomataceae (Tricholomovye or Ryadovkovye)
- Genus: Tricholoma (Tricholoma or Ryadovka)
- Type: Tricholoma virgatum (Pointed rowweed)
Row pointed (lat. Tricholoma virgatum) is a species of mushrooms included in the genus Ryadovka (Tricholoma) of the family Ryadovkovye (Tricholomataceae).
It grows in moist deciduous and coniferous forests. Often seen in September-October.
Hat 4-8 cm in ∅, first, then, ash-gray, dark in the center, with a striped edge.
The pulp is soft, at first, then, with a bitter taste and floury smell.
The plates are frequent, wide, adhering to the stalk with a tooth or almost free, deeply notched, white or grayish, then gray. Spore powder is white. Spores are oblong, wide.
Leg 6-8 cm long, 1,5-2 cm ∅, cylindrical, slightly thickened at the base, dense, whitish or grayish, longitudinally striated.
Mushroom poisonous. It can be confused with an edible mushroom, an earthy-gray row.