Rare mushrooms

Needle-shaped raincoat( Lycoperdon echinatum Pers.)

The fungus is very rare and ungovernable, in shady broad-leaved and coniferous, mostly spruce, forests, grows on fertile humus soil, sometimes on woody trees, in small groups from mid-July to mid-September.

Fruit body of the fungus reaches 3.5 cm in diameter, spherical or ovate, has a short pointed false leg. The outer shell of the fungus is covered with numerous, long( up to 4 mm), thin, bent at the end spines of brownish color. The pulp of young mushrooms is dense, white in color, has a strong pleasant odor that persists even when dried. With age, the flesh acquires a gray color, in old mushrooms it is purple-brown or dark-violet. Spore powder of brown color.

Mushroom is edible, IV category. Used in boiled, fried and dried form. For use in food, only young fungi with white dense flesh are suitable( Fig.).

Fig. Raincoat needle

Podisinoikov white

Mushroom is very rare in deciduous and mixed forests, especially with an admixture of aspen, in small groups, from the middle of July to October. Podisinovik white refers to rare mushrooms, is subject to protection.

Bruise

A bruise is now rare, refers to protected mushrooms.

Chestnut mushroom

Chestnut mushroom is currently under threat of complete extinction, subject to protection.

Mushroom-ram, or tindery leafy, curly griffle( Grifola frondosa)

The fungus grows at the base of stumps and trunks of old deciduous trees, mostly oak, beech, chestnut, occurs in August and early September. Mushroom rare , it can be seen not every year.

Mushroom-ram is the largest of the tubers. Fruit body, which can reach 1 m in diameter and 20 kg of weight, is a pillow-like base from which numerous branching hemp with flat bonnets, the number of which on one mushroom can be counted in hundreds, leave. Hats thin, formless-wavy, semicircular, wedge-shaped tapering to the pedicle. At the top of the cap is gray, near the legs a little lighter. The bottom surface is white, tubular, covered with small pores. Spore powder of white color. The pulp of the fungus is white, has a strong pleasant odor, almost tasteless( Fig.).

Fig. Mushroom-ram

Mushroom-ram is edible, IV category. It can be consumed in boiled, fried and dried form.

Mushroom is very rare, subject to protection.

This brine grows near the trunks and stumps of various deciduous trees, most often linden, oak, maple, near their base. It is very rare, in August-September.

The fruiting body of a branched branched grows up to 50 cm in diameter, consists of a large number of branched twisted white legs that connect at the base to one large white tuber-like stem. The legs bear numerous small hats, the number of which can reach several hundred. Hats small, up to 4 cm in diameter, rounded, flat-convex, slightly impressed in the center, light-brown or grayish-brown color, occasionally there are specimens with white hats. The bottom surface of the caps is white, tubular, finely porous. The tubes are very short, running down the stalk. Spore powder of white color. The flesh is white, dense, fleshy, with a pleasant dill and a delicate taste. With age, the flesh becomes stiff, the smell disappears, and the taste deteriorates( Fig.).

Fig. Tongue branched

Mushroom is edible, IV category. In food, young mushrooms are used in boiled, salted and dried form.

Spiderweb purple

Currently rare, subject to protection.

Blackberry coral( Hericium coralloides)

Mushroom is very rare on stumps and trunks, on dead branches, in hollows of deciduous trees, most often birch, less often oak, aspen, elm, from early July to September.

Fruit body of the fungus, reaching 40 cm in diameter, consists of coral branches. Twigs are fleshy, young mushrooms are white, with age they acquire a yellowish shade. Each twig almost to the very base is covered with numerous spinules up to 2 cm long, of the same color as the twigs themselves. Flesh slightly fibrous, first white, mature mushrooms yellowish, slightly bitter, almost odorless. Spore powder of white color( Fig.).

Fig. Blackberry coral

Mushroom edible. It can be used in cooked, fried or marinated.

Blackberry coral refers to rare fungi and is protected.

Blackberry yellow( Hydnum repandum)

Mushroom is very rare and not abundant, grows in deciduous, often birch, mixed and coniferous forests from July to September.

The mushroom hat reaches 15 cm in diameter, flat, uneven, with a slightly concave middle, whitish, yellowish or pinkish-yellowish. The edges of the cap are bent downwards. The underside of the cap is covered with frequent short brittle spines of yellow-pink color, which easily fall off. Pulp is light yellow, thick, dense, has a pleasant smell. In old mushrooms, the flesh becomes even denser and looks like a cork. Spores are yellowish in color.

Leg up to 5 cm in length, up to 1.5 cm in thickness, dense, whitish or yellowish.

Mushroom is edible, IV category. It can be boiled, fried, salted and marinated. Only young mushrooms should be eaten. Old mushrooms have a bitter taste and are unsuitable for consumption( Fig.).

Fig. Blackberry

Blackberry varicose( Sarcodon imbricatus)

The fungus grows in coniferous, mostly pine, woods, prefers dry places with sandy soil, it is very rare and ungovernable, from late August to November.

The cap of the blackberry is large, reaches 20 cm in diameter, first flat or half-spherical, mature mushrooms become funnel-shaped, concave in the middle, gray-brown or dark-brown color. The surface of the cap is covered with thick, large, dark scales lagging behind the peel, located concentrically. The lower side of the cap is dotted with frequent grayish-white spines up to 1 cm long, running down the stem.

The flesh is dense, in young mushrooms it is whitish, then grayish-brown, with a slight spicy odor and pleasant taste. In mature mushrooms, the flesh becomes stiff, acquiring a bitter taste. Spore powder of light brown color.

Leg of a fungus up to 8 cm long, up to 2 cm thick, dense, light gray or gray-brown in color( Fig.).

Fig. Blackberry variegated

Mushroom is edible, IV category. Used in boiled and fried form.

Amanita strobiliformis

The fungus grows in deciduous forests, preferring oak forests, sometimes in parks, it is rare, singly or in small groups, from late July to October.

Hat up to 12 cm in diameter, in young fungi round-ovate, in mature - convex-flat or flat, white or grayish in color, covered with large thick gray scales of irregular shape. The edges of the cap in young mushrooms are often bent downwards, with the remains of a whitish veil. Plates are loose, infrequent, soft, light gray. Pulp is thick, dense, white in color. Spore powder of light gray color.

The leg of the lumpy muscaria reaches 10 cm in length, 3 cm in thickness, dense, cylindrical, slightly enlarged to the base, white in color, in young fungi slightly striped. In the middle of the leg is a white membrane ring covered with velvety scales( Fig.).

Fig. Amanita bush-like

The mushroom is edible, but it can be eaten with complete confidence in its proper determination.

Mosquito cones are very rare and must be protected.

Pestle pistachio( Clavariadelphus pistillaris)

Pestle pistachio grows in deciduous and mixed forests on the remains of rotting wood or rotted fallen leaves, is rare, in groups, in August-September.

Fruit body of the fungus reaches 30 cm in height, 5 cm in thickness, clavate, at the base thinner than above, covered with longitudinal wrinkles, at first light yellow, turning yellow-orange with age. When pressed, the color of the surface becomes reddish brown. The flesh is dense, spongy, white, the color changes to a purple-brown color, with a pleasant smell and slightly bitter taste. Spore powder of light yellow color( Fig.).

Fig. Rogatik pestle

Mushroom is edible, IV category. Used in boiled form.

Pestle pistachio refers to protected mushrooms.

Rogatik yellow( Ramaria flava( Fr.) Quel.)

This mushroom is very rare, but sometimes abundant, in deciduous and coniferous forests in August-September.

Fruit body height and diameter up to 20 cm, highly branched. Sprigs cream or light yellow, with age become almost orange, flattened, the same length, pointing upward, are connected together in one leg. Flesh is dense, fragile, creamy or yellowish. Disputes of light yellow color.

The leg reaches 8 cm in height, 5 cm in diameter, whitish, when pressed, acquires a reddish color( Fig.).

Fig. Rogatik yellow

Ragatik yellow edible, IV category. Used in boiled, fried and dried form. In the food you can use only flesh of young mushrooms.

Black-bordered pljutus( Pluteus atromarginatus)

The fungus is rarely found in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forests in July-August, grows on rotten stumps and old fallen tree trunks.

Mushroom cap up to 7 cm in diameter, spreading, silky, gray-brown with darker fibrous longitudinal stripes. Plates are loose, frequent, in young mushrooms of white color, with age become pink, the edges of the plates are dark brown. The pulp is thick, soft, creamy, with a pleasant smell and taste. Spore powder light pink.

The mushroom foot is 5-10 cm long, 0.5-1 cm thick, dense, gray, with longitudinal dark fibrous bands( Fig.).

Fig. Black edged

The mushroom is edible, IV category. It is used for food in cooked, dried and marinated.

Scabbard common( Fistulina hepatica)

The fungus grows on oak trees and fresh oak stumps, closer to the base, sometimes in hollows, more often solitary, sometimes growing two or three times, is rare, from mid-July to November.

The fetus is large in a liverwort, up to 30-35 cm in diameter, the weight can be more than 15 kg, in appearance it resembles a raw liver. The fetus is usually sedentary, sometimes with a short lateral pedicle, nodular, lobate or linguiform-elongated. The upper side of the hats is red-brown, at a young age soft, slightly gelatinous, sticky, with age becomes fibrous, stiff, dry. The tubular layer is finely porous, at first yellowish, in mature mushrooms it is yellowish-brown. Tubules are small, loose, not fused with each other. The flesh is thick, fleshy, juicy at the young age, saturated with bright red juice, almost odorless and tasteless. On the cross section of the pulp, radial radial veins are visible. Spores are pale brown.

The mushroom's leg is short, thick, smoothly turning into a hat, the same color as her, with a bundle of hard fibers at the base( Fig.).

Fig. Scabbard Common

Mushroom is edible, IV category. It is consumed in boiled and fried form, only fruiting bodies of young mushrooms are suitable for use in food.

Curlew or Curly Helvetia( Helvetia crispa)

Mushroom is occasionally found in deciduous forests, predominantly with a lime blend, singly or in small groups, from early July to September.

Fruit body of the fungus reaches 10 cm in height. A hat with a diameter of 2-4 cm, with two or four blades, white or pale yellow. The edges of the blades are loose, corrugated, or curly, hanging downward and only partially growing to the stalk. Leg length up to 7 cm, thickness up to 2 cm, hollow, even or slightly expanded to the base, straight or slightly curved, covered with narrow longitudinal folds or furrows, whitish. The flesh is white, thin, watery, without taste and smell.

Mushroom conditionally edible, IV category. Before eating, you must pre-boil, the broth should be drained( Fig.).

Fig. Curlew palm

Root money( Oudemansiella radicata)

The mushroom is rare, mostly in deciduous, sometimes coniferous forests, growing at the base of trunks and stumps from the beginning of July to the end of September.

Caps up to 10 cm in diameter, in young fungi of bell-shaped form, then it becomes flat, with a small tubercle in the middle, yellowish-brown in color. The plates are loose or slightly accreted, rare, white in color, with a darker margin. Plates are easily separated from the cap. Pulp is thin, friable, white or light gray, has a light fruity smell and a pleasant tender taste. Spores are white.

The mushroom foot is up to 20 cm long and up to 1 cm thick, dense, twisted, expanding to the base, under a white hat, at the bottom is brown( Fig.).

Fig. Root money

Mushroom edible, belongs to the IV category. You can eat it in boiled and fried form.

Mytinus canine( Mutinus caninus)

Mushroom is very rare in damp hardwood forests on decaying wood, fallen leaves, in small groups, from July to October.

Fruit body of a dog's mutinus is small, up to 2.5 cm in diameter, oval or oblong-ovate, white in color. During maturation, the outer shell is broken into 2-3 parts and remains in the base of the fungus. From the base, a leg-shaped formation quickly grows, which reaches a length of 15 cm, a thickness of 1 cm, inside the spongy, with a fine-pored surface of white or light orange color. In the upper part, the formation passes into a thin head, the top of which is covered with a sticky spore mass of olive color. From the mushroom comes an unpleasant smell of rotten meat( Fig.).

Fig. Mutinus canine

Mushroom inedible.

Dog mutinus is rare, refers to protected mushrooms.

Mytinus ravenelii

Mushroom is very rare in damp hardwood and mixed forests on decaying wood, fallen leaves and needles, in small groups, from late July to September.

Fruit body of the fungus reaches 2.5 cm in diameter, oval or oblong-ovate, dirty white. During maturation, the outer shell is broken into 2-3 parts and stored in the base of the fungus. From the base gradually grows leg-shaped formation up to 8 cm long, hollow inside, with a fine-pored surface of white at the base and light pink on top of color. In the upper part, the formation is covered with a sticky, strongly smelling spore mass of olive green color( Fig.).

Fig. Mutinus Ravenelya

Mushroom is inedible.

Ravenel's mutinus refers to rare fungi and is protected.

Wood scaly( Lepiota lignicola Karst.( L. amyloidea Sing.))

The fungus grows in deciduous forests on the remains of rotting wood, most often birch, but sometimes other species of trees, is very rare, from mid-June to early September.

The mushroom hat reaches 9 cm in diameter, the young mushrooms are convex, with age it spreads out, reddish-brown, the surface is covered with dark small scales. Plates are loose, infrequent, white or light gray in color. Flesh is dense, whitish or creamy, has a pleasant smell, almost tasteless. Spore powder white.

The mushroom foot is up to 8 cm long, up to 1.5 cm thick, cylindrical, narrowed to the base, hollow, tawny, the same as the hat, or slightly lighter, covered with scales. The fungus is inedible.

Scaly woody is rare, is under threat of extinction, refers to protected fungi( Fig.).

Fig. Scaffold wood

Diktiophora double, or setae( Dictyophora duplicata)

The fungus grows in broadleaf and mixed forests, sometimes in parks, on the remains of rotting wood, from the middle of July to October.

Fruit body in young fungi reaches 5 cm in diameter, spherical, ovoid, sometimes cylindrical in shape, smooth, white or yellowish in color. With further maturation, the outer shell bursts, its remains remain near the base of the fungus. From the shell quickly grows leg-shaped dirty white, the top of which ends with a small honeycomb-mesh olive cap. From under the edges of the cap hangs a thin campanulate net of white or pale-reddish color, sometimes with a greenish tinge. The mushroom has an unpleasant smell, almost without taste.

Mushroom is inedible.

Dictiophora double is very rare, refers to endangered species, is subject to protection( Fig.).

Fig. Diktieopora double

Shishkogrib flaky( Strobilomycer floccopus)

The fungus grows in deciduous and mixed forests, on fertile soils, is rare, singly or in small groups, in August-September.

The hat reaches 15 cm in diameter, the young mushrooms are hemispherical, with age it becomes flat-convex, gray or black-brown, covered with large brown-black scales. The flesh is dense, light gray, at first it turns red, then turns black, has a pleasant taste and smell. The tubular layer is up to 1.5 cm thick, the tubes are adherent, slightly lowering along the stem, first white, mature mushrooms are grayish-brown. From the touch, the tubular layer turns black. Spore powder of violet-brown color.

Leg 12 cm long, up to 2 cm in thickness, dense, fibrous, straight or slightly curved, thickened to the base, in young fungi gray, then becomes black-brown or black, covered with brown scales. On the stalk below the cap there is a grayish-brownish ringed ring, which quickly disappears with age( Fig.).

Fig. Shishkogrib flaky

Mushroom is poisonous.