 One of the more toxic members of the genus "Tricholoma", the species has been implicated in a number of episodes of mushroom poisoning, probably because it is a large, attractive mushroom with a pleasant smell and taste, and it bears a superficial resemblance to several edible species, like "Tricholoma terreum".Ingesting "T. pardinum"—even in small quantities—results in a severe, persistent gastroenteritis caused by an unknown mycotoxin.Christiaan Hendrik Persoon described this species as "Agaricus myomyces" var.