Mushrooms with fruit bodies of unusual shape
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- Unusual mushrooms from the discinaceous and lobate families
- Unusual mushrooms from the Morel family
- Unusual mushrooms from the Locia family
- Unusually shaped mushrooms from the families of Otideeva and Pecitsa
- Unusual mushrooms from the Pironeme and Sarcoscifidae families
- Unusually shaped mushrooms from the Chanterelle and Veselkovy families
- Unusual mushrooms from the Starovikovye and False-rainbow families
Unusual mushrooms from the discinaceous and lobate families
Common line (Gyromitra esculenta).
Family: Discinaceae
Season: end of April - end of May
Growth: singly and in groups
Description:
The leg is slightly folded, often narrowed to the base, hollow, light.
The pulp is waxy, brittle, light, without a special smell.
The edge of the hat is adhered to the leg along almost the entire length of the cap. Hat, wrinkled-folded, brain-like, brown, brightens with age. Inside, the cap is winding-hollow
This unusual mushroom is poisonous. It contains gyromitrins that destroy blood, as well as the central nervous system, liver and gastrointestinal tract.
Ecology and distribution: It grows in mixed and coniferous forests, in young pine plantations, on clearings, along roads.
Curly blade (Helvella crispa).
Family: Lobster (Helvellaceae).
Season: end of August - October.
Growth: single and in groups.
Description:
The pulp is brittle, whitish, odorless.
Hat, curved, two- or four-lobed, light yellow or ocher. The edge of the hat is free, wavy-curled, in some places it has grown.
Leg is pitted-grooved, expanded to the base, hollow, light.
Conditionally edible mushroom of low quality. It is used fresh (after preliminary boiling with drain of broth) and dried.
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Ecology and distribution:
It grows in deciduous and mixed forests, in shrubs, in grass, near roads. It is rare.
Pitted blade (Helvetia lacunosa).
Family: Lobster (Helvellaceae).
Season: July - September.
Growth: single and in groups.
Description:
The hat is formed by two or three irregularly saddle-shaped lobes, a color from grayish-bluish to dark gray.
Leg - incorrectly cylindrical or in the form of a narrow club, pitted, with sharp ribs, gray tones.
The pulp is very brittle, the taste and smell of young mushrooms are spicy, with age they become musty, earthy.
An unusual mushroom called the pitted scapula is conditionally edible. Young specimens are tasty, although somewhat tough.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in deciduous and mixed, less often in coniferous forests, on bare ground and among vegetation. Prefers acidic soils.
Unusual mushrooms from the Morel family
Morel high (Morchella elata).
Family: Morel (Morchellaceae).
Season: April June.
Growth: single and in small groups.
Description:
The pulp is white, tender, hollow inside, with an earthy or mushroom smell. The cells are olive-brown, in mature mushrooms - brown or black-brown.
The cap is narrow, conical, covered with cells bounded by more or less parallel vertical narrow folds. The edge of the cap at a young age extends beyond the border of the connection with the leg, smooths over time, and smoothly passes into the leg.
The pedicle is folded, expanded at the base, hollow, whitish among young mushrooms, later yellowish or ocher. Partitions are olive-ocher; the color of the fungus darkens with age.
Conditionally edible mushroom. It is suitable for food after boiling for 10-15 minutes (the broth merges), or after drying for 30-40 days.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows on soil in coniferous and deciduous forests, often on grassy meadows and forest edges, in gardens and kitchen gardens.
Morel (Morchella esculenta).
Family: Morel (Morchellaceae).
Season: beginning of May - mid-June.
Growth: single and in groups.
Description:
The leg fuses with the edge of the cap.
The mushroom is hollow inside. The hat is round-shaped, brown, coarse-cellular.
The flesh is waxy, brittle, with a pleasant smell and taste. The toe is whitish or yellowish in color, expanded below, often notched.
Delicious conditionally edible mushroom. It is suitable for food after boiling for 10-15 minutes (the broth is drained), or dried.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in light deciduous, as well as mixed and coniferous forests, in parks and gardens, on grassy lawns and forest edges, under bushes, on clearings.
Beanie (Verpa conica).
Family: Morel (Morchellaceae).
Season: April May.
Growth: single and scattered groups.
Description:
Leg cylindrical or flattened laterally, hollow, brittle, covered with bran-shaped scales; color is white, then turns yellow.
Hat bell-shaped, brown tones.
The pulp is tender, brittle. The surface of the cap is covered with shallow wrinkles, sometimes almost smooth, wrinkled, usually at the apex.
This unusual mushroom is edible, requires preliminary boiling (the broth merges).
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in deciduous, mixed and floodplain forests, shrubs, forest belts, often next to aspen, willow, birch. It is rare.
Streaky Saucer (Disciotis venosa).
Family: Morel (Morchellaceae).
Season: April May.
Growth: singly or in small groups.
Description:
The outer surface is smooth, powdery or finely scaly, folded, whitish or buffy.
The pulp is brittle, with a mild taste and smell of chlorine. The inner surface is first smooth, ocher, then becomes radially ribbed, brown.
The fruiting body is fleshy, first cupped or saucer-shaped, then flat.
The short leg is immersed in the soil.
Edible mushroom of low quality. Requires preliminary boiling to remove bad odor.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows on sandy soil in forests of various types, along roads, ravines, along the banks of streams, on clearings.
Unusual mushrooms from the Locia family
Cup-shaped and disc-shaped, funnel-shaped mushrooms.
Lemon Bisporella (Bisporella citrina).
Family: Leocium (Leotiaceae).
Season: mid-September - end of October.
Growth: large dense groups.
Description:
The fruiting bodies are at first drop-shaped, convex. The surface is opaque, lemon yellow or light yellow.
With age, fruiting bodies acquire a disc-shaped or goblet shape.
Downward, fruiting bodies extend into a narrowed “leg”, sometimes degenerate.
Due to the small size of the nutritional value is not.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in deciduous and mixed forests, on decaying hardwood (birch, linden, oak), on trunks, often at the end of a log - on the horizontal surface of log cabins and stumps, on branches.
Dirty Bulgaria (Bulgaria inquinans).
Family: Leocium (Leotiaceae).
Season: mid-September - November.
Growth: in groups.
Description:
The pulp is gelatinous, firm, dense, ocher-brown; when dried, it becomes stiff.
The black upper surface leaves marks on the fingers. The ripe fruit body has the shape of a wide glass.
Young specimens are goblet, brown.
The mushroom is inedible.
Ecology and distribution:
Grows on dead wood and deadwood (oak, aspen).
Neobulgaria is pure (Neobulgaria pura).
Family: Leocium (Leotiaceae).
Season: mid-September - November.
Growth: dense fused groups.
Description:
The inner surface is shiny, gray, grayish-bluish or grayish-brown. The lateral surface is finely warty.
The pulp is fleshy, gelatinous, tender.
The fruiting body is cup-shaped, prominent, conically narrowed to the base.
The mushroom is inedible.
Ecology and distribution:
Grows on dead branches of deciduous trees (birch).
Unusually shaped mushrooms from the families of Otideeva and Pecitsa
Donkey Otidea (Otidea onotica).
Family: Otideas (Otideaceae).
Season: beginning of July - mid-October.
Growth: in groups.
Description:
The fruiting body is ovate, with curled edges. The inner surface is yellow-ocher, yellow-orange with a reddish tint and rusty spots.
The pulp is thin, leathery, odorless.
The outer surface is ocher, matte. There is a distinct short leg.
Edible mushroom of low quality. It is used fresh after preliminary boiling.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows on the soil in deciduous and mixed forests. Distributed in the European part of Russia and the Urals.
Brown pepper (Peziza badia).
Family: Pezitsovye (Pezizaceae).
Season: mid-May - September.
Growth: in groups.
Description:
The outer surface is chestnut, granular. The inner surface is smooth, in damp weather brilliant brown.
The fruiting body is sedentary, in its youth it is hemispherical, then gradually opens. The mature fruiting body is saucer-shaped with neatly tucked edges.
The flesh is brown, brittle, watery.
Edible mushroom of very poor quality. It is used fresh after preliminary boiling, as well as dried.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows only in moist places on the soil in coniferous and mixed forests, on dead wood of deciduous species (aspen, birch), on stumps, by roads.
Bubbly pepper (Peziza vesiculosa).
Family: Pezitsovye (Pezizaceae).
Season: end of May - October.
Growth: in groups and singly.
Description:
The fruit body is at first almost spherical, then becomes cupped with a torn edge wrapped inside. The inner surface is matte or slightly shiny, beige, light brownish in color with an olive shade.
The outer surface is brownish-brown, powdery. The old fruit bodies are saucer-shaped, often with a lobed, dried edge, sessile or with a very short leg.
The flesh is brittle, waxy, brownish.
The information about edibility is contradictory. According to some reports, it can be used in food after boiling.
Ecology and distribution:
Grows in moist places on fertilized soil in forests and gardens, on decayed deciduous wood (birch, aspen), in landfills and flower beds.
Unusual mushrooms from the Pironeme and Sarcoscifidae families
Aleuria orange (Aleuria aurantia).
Family: Pyronemaceae (Pyronemataceae).
Season: end of May - mid-September.
Growth: in groups.
Description:
The fruiting body is sedentary, cupped, saucer-shaped or ear-shaped. The edges are bent unevenly. The outer surface is dull, dull, covered with white pubescence.
The pulp is whitish, thin, brittle, without a pronounced smell and taste.
The inner surface is bright orange, smooth.
Edible mushroom of low quality. It is used fresh after preliminary boiling (for example, to decorate a salad) or dried.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in deciduous and mixed forests on soil and rotting wood, in moist, but lit, bright places, in wet meadows, in gardens, by the roads.
Saucer-shaped scutellinia (Scutellinia scutellata).
Family: Pyronemaceae (Pyronemataceae).
Season: end of May - November.
Growth: large dense groups.
Description:
Mature fruit bodies are cup-shaped or disc-shaped, sessile. Young fruit bodies are spherical in shape, on a “leg”. The edge is framed by dark brown or almost black hairs.
The flesh is thin, reddish, without any particular taste or smell.
The inner surface is smooth, red-orange. The outer surface is light brown.
It has no nutritional value due to its small size.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in moist places, on swampy lowlands on raw rotting wood (birch, aspen, less often pine) and branches submerged in the soil.
Austrian Sarcoscifa (Sarcoscypha austriaca).
Family: Sarcoscyphus (Sarcoscyphaceae).
Season: beginning of April - mid-May.
Growth: in groups.
Description:
The inner surface is smooth, matte, bright red. The outer surface is vertically furrowed, whitish or pinkish.
The pulp is dense, with a pleasant mushroom smell. The fruit body is goblet or cupped.
Leg tapering down. In old age, fruiting bodies sometimes take a disc-shaped form.
Edible mushroom of low quality. Requires preliminary boiling. Can be used to decorate dishes.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in forests and parks on humus-rich land, on moss, rotting wood, mature leaves, or root rot.
Unusually shaped mushrooms from the Chanterelle and Veselkovy families
Horn funnel (Craterellus cornucopioides).
Family: Chanterelles (Cantharellaceae).
Season: beginning of July - end of September.
Growth: splicing groups and colonies.
Description:
The outer surface is coarse, waxy, gray. The cap is tube-shaped, passes into a hollow leg.
Leg narrowed to the base, brownish or black-brown, stiff.
The flesh is brittle, filmy, gray. The inner surface is fibrous-wrinkled, brownish, gray-brown, brown-black or almost black. The edge is turned away, uneven.
The upper tubular portion is eaten fresh and dried. In Western Europe, the mushroom is considered a delicacy.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in deciduous and mixed forests, in humid places, near roads.
Yellowing chanterelle (Cantharellus lutescens).
Family: Chanterelles (Cantharellaceae).
Season: Aug. Sept.
Growth: in groups.
Description:
The pulp is dense, slightly rubbery, brittle, yellowish.
The leg is narrowed to the base, curved, golden yellow. The mushroom is tubular from the hat to the base.
The cap is thin, elastic, dry, yellowish-brown. Plates in young mushrooms are not expressed; later sinuous, yellow or orange, then gray.
Edible mushroom. It is consumed fresh (after boiling) and dried. As a finely ground powder, it is used for soups and sauces.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in coniferous, usually spruce, forests.
Star-shaped and trellised mushrooms.
Clathrus archeri.
Family: Merry (Phallaceae).
Season: July - October.
Growth: in groups and singly.
Description:
The blades are initially fused at the peaks. After the separation of the blades, the mushroom takes a star-shaped shape.
The inner surface of the blades is spongy, covered with olive spots of spore-bearing mucus with a strong unpleasant odor. At the stage of the egg, the mushroom is covered with a skin and a jelly-like shell under it.
The young fruiting body is ovoid, grayish.
It has no nutritional value.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows on the soil of deciduous and mixed forests, in meadows and in parks. It is found on sand dunes.
Red grate (Clathrus ruber).
Family: Merry (Phallaceae).
Season: spring - autumn.
Growth: in groups and singly.
Description:
The ripe fruit body has the appearance of a spherical lattice of red color. The flesh is spongy, tender, in a mature form has an unpleasant odor.
At the base of the fruiting body are visible remains of a membranous bedspread. White or brownish immature bodies are ovoid in shape.
The inner surface of mature specimens is covered with olive-brown spore-bearing mucus.
Inedible mushroom.
Ecology and distribution:
Grows on forest litter and on the remains of rotting wood. Occasionally found in Russia in the Krasnodar Territory. It is listed in the Red Book of Russia.
Unusual mushrooms from the Starovikovye and False-rainbow families
Star fringed (Geastrum fimbriatum).
Family: Star-like (Geastraceae).
Season: autumn.
Growth: groups or rings.
Description:
The fruit body is initially spherical, develops in the ground. Later, a three-layer, rigid shell is torn and diverges to the sides by a star.
The spore exit hole is fringed.
The spore sac is light gray with a thin shell.
Individual lobes begin to curl as the fruit body leaves the ground.
Young spherical fruiting bodies can be eaten, but their flesh is poorly digested.
Ecology and distribution:
Grows on a litter on alkaline soil under coniferous and deciduous trees.
Schmidel's Starfish (Geastrum schmidelii).
Family: Star-like (Geastraceae).
Season: July - September.
Growth: in groups and singly.
Description of the unusual fungus star Schmiedel:
The spore bag is leathery, brown, with a small leg. The opening for the exit of the spores is surrounded by fibrous fringe.
The inner side of the shell is smooth, less cracking, from light brownish yellow to light brown.
The thin outer shell of the fruiting body is torn into 5-8 unequal sharp lobes, wrapping ends down.
Inedible mushroom.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows on soil and litter in deciduous and coniferous forests and forest plantations, in the steppes on soil. Prefers light sandy loamy soil. It is found in Russia in the southern regions of the European part, Siberia and the Far East.
Earth star triple (Geastrum triplex).
Family: Star-like (Geastraceae).
Season: the end of summer is autumn.
Growth: in groups.
Description:
The outer layer of the shell when ripe forms a "star." The young fruit body has a repetitive shape.
The spore exit hole is surrounded by a depressed area. The inner layer of the shell forms a characteristic “collar”.
The spore sac is brownish.
Inedible mushroom.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows in deciduous and mixed forests, among fallen leaves and needles.
Hygrometric sprocket (Astraeus hygrometricus).
Family: Pseudo-raincoat (Sclerodermatineae).
Season: all year round.
Growth: in groups.
Description:
The outer shell, when ripe, cracks from top to bottom on 5-20 pointed blades. In dry weather, the blades bend, hiding the spore sac, and straighten with increasing humidity.
The inner surface of the blades is gray to reddish-brown in color, rough, covered with a network of cracks and lighter scales. The spore sac is covered with a gray, gradually darkening, membrane.
The immature fruiting body is round, with a multilayer membrane, reddish-brown.
Inedible mushroom.
Ecology and distribution:
It grows on dry stony and sandy soil and on loams in sparse forests, in steppes and semi-deserts. It is found in Russia in the European part, in the North Caucasus, in Siberia, in the Far East.
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