Spotted and Matsutake

Spotted patch is considered a poisonous mushroom of low toxicity. This fruiting body, also called ruined row, is the cause of gastrointestinal poisoning. Therefore, you need to know what the mushroom looks like so as not to confuse it with an edible look and not put it in a basket.

The rowan is shod, it is also a matsutake - an edible and rare species of fruiting bodies, which is very much appreciated in the Far East. It is a delicious mushroom that is widely used in the culinary arts of Korea, China, Japan and North America. It has an exquisite taste and delicate pine aroma.

Ryadovka spotted: photo, description and distribution

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the detailed description of spotted rowing.

Latin name: Tricholoma pessundatum.

Family: Ordinary (Tricholoma).

Synonyms: the rowan is destroyed, the row is wavy-leg, the row is speckled, Gyrophila pessundata.

Hat: hemispherical or convex, 4-15 cm in diameter. With age, the hat aligns, becoming flat, sometimes there is a slight depression in the center. The surface is smooth, red-brown or yellow-brown, with a lighter ribbed edge. With increased humidity, the cap of the fruiting body becomes mucous.

Leg: 3-6 cm tall and up to 2 cm thick, cylindrical, slightly expanded downward, smooth, fibrous, sometimes hollow. In the upper part, a pale light zone is clearly visible, which becomes brown to the lower part of the leg.

Pulp: most often white, sometimes there is a light brown shade. The taste and smell are powdery, but not pronounced, slightly bitter.

Records: frequent, adherent to the pedicle or notched. Whitish at a young age and yellowish in older specimens. In addition to the main records, the spotted rowfish also has multiple records.

Edibility: poisonous mushroom.

We offer you to see a photo of spotted rowing made in a pine forest:

Similarities and differences: this type of fruiting body can be confused with the row of poplar - an edible type of mushroom. The latter is characterized by a smooth surface of the cap, which also has the correct shape. In addition, poplar poplar almost never occurs in deciduous and coniferous forests.

Spread: grows in groups in mixed as well as coniferous forests throughout Europe and Central America. The fruiting period from September to October, sometimes captures November, if the weather is favorable.

Shoe rowovka: photo, description and application

The name "Matsutake" in Japanese means "pine mushroom." He was christened for the corresponding characteristic living conditions. So, the mushroom, Matsutake, grows exclusively in pine and pine-oak forests.

Latin name: Tricholoma caligatum.

Family: Ordinary.

Synonyms: Matsutake, pine mushroom, pine horns.

Hat: wide, 6-20 cm in diameter, thick, fleshy. Semicircular, with age becomes flat-convex with a tubercle in the center. Color varies from brown-gray to brownish-chestnut. The surface of the cap is covered with small silky scales, which are located on a lighter background. The edges often crack, and therefore white flesh can be seen.

Leg: high, can reach 20 cm, thick - up to 2.5 cm, slightly widened, often tilted, dropping close to the ground, although it is firmly held at the root. The upper part of the mushroom leg is shoddy shod in white, then comes the ring-skirt. Below the ring, the leg is colored brown with white spots appearing.

Pulp: white, dense, has a slight smell of cinnamon.

Records: light, frequent, attached to the leg. Young specimens have a protective film under which the plates are hidden.

Application: has good taste, is appreciated in Japanese, Chinese and Korean cuisine. After the heat treatment, a pleasant sweet aftertaste remains. It is fried, boiled, pickled, and also salted. The composition of the matsutake row contains a special antibiotic that has an antitumor property.

Edibility: edible mushroom, although little known, but great for various processing methods.

Spread: territory of Eastern and Western Europe, Canada, USA, Japan, China and Korea. In Russia, shod Ryadovka is found mainly in Eastern Siberia, the Urals, and also in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories. The mushroom grows in large colonies, forming the so-called "witch circles". The peduncle sits deep in the soil, hiding under a layer of needles and fallen leaves. It prefers pine and pine-oak forests, bears fruit all fall. The fungus tolerates small frosts well, and under favorable conditions, its collection continues even in the month of November.

We also offer for clarity to see a photo of shod rowing: