Ryadovka red: description and photo of conditionally edible mushroom

Varieties are considered very tasty fruiting bodies, although sometimes they are conditionally edible or even inedible species. For example, red or yellow-brown rowfish is a rare, rare mushroom that grows, like all rowers, in large groups, forming rows.

Reddish mushrooms create red mycorrhiza only with birches in mixed and deciduous forests. It grows in glades, forest edges, along forest roads, in light forests or in sloping meadows near birch groves. It occurs in the temperate latitudes of Western and Eastern Europe, in the middle and northern strip of Russia, in Siberia, the Far East and the Urals. A photo of a red or yellow-brown rowing will give you the opportunity to distinguish this species from others. Note that rowing begins its fruiting from the end of July and continues almost until the beginning of October. And if warm and humid weather persists, it can grow until the end of October.

Red mushroom mushroom: description and distribution

So, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the description and photo of the mushroom rowing red or yellow-brown.

Latin name: Tricholoma fulvum.

Family: Ordinary.

Gender: Tricholoma.

Synonyms: rowan yellow-brown, yellow-brown, rowan brown and red-brown.

Hat: at a young age it has a bell-shaped shape with the edges turned down. Then it gradually acquires a convex shape, and in adulthood - open, with downcast and wavy edges. The hat is sticky in the center, red or reddish brown, sometimes it is yellow-brown and even red-brown. The center has a darker shade than the edges.

Leg: cylindrical, smooth, high, thickened down. Inside, it is hollow and sticky to the touch, the upper part is light red in color, the lower part is red with a brownish tint. In old mushrooms, the color of the legs becomes brown.

Pulp: dense, white or yellowish shade, pleasant cucumber smell. In the leg, the flesh is yellow with a reddish tint.

Records: wide, notched and adherent to the pedicle. At first, the color of the plates is straw-yellow, or ocher-yellow, with age they become red with red-brown edges.

Edibility: conditionally edible mushroom of the 4th category.

Application: widely used in cooking for cooking various dishes. Especially tasty redhead is obtained in a salty and pickled form.

Similarities and differences: redheads have no poisonous analogues.

Spread: deciduous and mixed forests with a predominance of birch. Sometimes found in coniferous forests in small groups, forming “witch circles”. It always bears fruit and tolerates dry weather well.

Since this species is conditionally edible, and in some countries even inedible, it is not popular among mushroom pickers due to bitterness. However, if you know how to properly prepare such a row, then it will be a great addition to your family’s daily menu and even for a festive table.

The photo and description of the redhead row, which are presented above, will help you correctly identify this type of mushroom and not confuse it with inedible representatives.