Edible flake: photo and description of the mushroom
On this page you can find a description of the flake, learn about the halo of its distribution, the time of fruiting. Also, photos of various kinds of scales and recommendations for the preparation of this edible mushroom will be offered to your attention.
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Common mushroom flake and its photo
Category: edible.
Hat of ordinary flake (Pholiota squarrosa) (diameter 5-11 cm): mottled with pointed scales of ocher, brown or brown color, which are much darker than the skin. In young mushrooms, hemispherical in shape, over time it becomes convex-prostrate.
Leg (height 7-13 cm): dense, continuous, cylindrical, with scales along the entire length and a scaly ring. Usually the same color with the skin of a hat.
Records: yellow or brown, brown with age.
Pay attention to the photo of the ordinary scales: frequent and thin plates grow tightly to the leg.
Pulp: thick and fleshy, white or yellowish in color, red-pink in leg.
Doubles: are absent.
When growing: from late July to early October.
Where can I find: on rotten stumps, sick or dead trees of all species.
Eating: fried, salted or pickled.
It may be slightly bitter before boiling, so preliminary heat treatment is recommended. In adult mushrooms, it is best to eat only hats, and in young mushrooms, both hats and legs.
Application in traditional medicine: not applicable.
Other names: the flake is fleecy, the flake is dry.
Golden mushroom flake: photo and description
Category: edible.
Hat Pholiota adiposa (diameter 5-16 cm): bright yellow, may be with a greenish tint. Has noticeable scales. Hemispherical or flat, with the edges bent to the inside, often with the remains of the bedspread. Very dense, in wet weather it becomes sticky and sticky.
Leg (height 6-11 cm): brown, yellow, brownish or rusty. Dense, curved, cylindrical in shape.
If you carefully look at the photo of golden scales at a young age, then on its leg you can see the ring. As the fungus grows, this ring disappears.
Records: frequent and wide. In young mushrooms, yellow, they become brown with age and acquire an olive hue.
Pulp: white or slightly yellow, dense and thick.
Doubles: are absent.
When growing: from mid-August to early October.
Where can I find: on dead or decaying hardwood, on diseased trees.
The mushroom flake golden has very tasty hats, they can be consumed after preliminary boiling (for 15 minutes), salt and pickle. In Western Europe, golden flakes are widely used in second courses.
Application in traditional medicine: not applicable.
Other names: flake golden yellow, willow, flake sulfur yellow.
Edible mushroom Boron flake
Category: edible.
Hat of the boron flake (Pholiota spumosa) (diameter 3-10 cm): usually yellow, golden, orange or brown, often with remnants of the bedspread. The young mushroom is hemispherical, but over time it becomes more prostrate and only slightly convex. The edges are wavy and uneven. It’s slightly sticky to the touch.
Leg (height 4-9 cm): yellow, reddish or rusty, cylindrical. Usually straight, but may be slightly curved. Inside is always hollow.
Records: frequent, change color from yellow to brown or richly rusty as the fungus grows.
Pulp: yellow, darker at the base of the leg. It does not have a pronounced aroma.
Mushroom double Boron flake - honey agaric (Kuehneromyces mutabilis). It differs in the place of growth and color of the plates.
When growing: from mid-August to early October.
Where can I find: on the soils of pine forests, on roots and rotten
Eating: in any form, except dried.
Application in traditional medicine: not applicable.
