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The anise talker belongs to the Ryadovkovye family, the genus Clitocybe. Refers to saprotrophs. The main feature of the mushroom is a pronounced anise flavor. It is so strong that it can be felt several meters before the fruiting bodies, especially in warm and windy weather. Another name is fragrant talker / fragrant.
Where do anise talkers grow
It occurs mainly in broad-leaved and mixed forests, less often in coniferous. Prefers to settle where there are oaks. Grows on the forest floor, bears fruit in small groups or singly. Distributed in central Our Country, does not come across often.
What do anise talkers look like
The mushroom is small. The diameter of the cap does not exceed 8 cm, most often from 3 to 5 cm. In a young specimen, it is convex, straightens out as it grows, becomes flat or depressed, with a tubercle in the middle. The edge is wavy, sometimes raised. The color can be different: gray-lilac, greenish, blue-blue. With a lack of moisture becomes whitish.
Anise talker in the photo below.
The plates are quite frequent, adherent, less often slightly descending. The color is the same as the hat.
The leg is not hollow, cylindrical, grayish, with a greenish or yellowish tint. The base is slightly expanded, brown in color, pubescent. The sizes are small: up to 5 cm in height and up to 0,5 cm in thickness.
The pulp is light, watery, not fleshy, smells strongly of anise.
Is it possible to eat anise talkers
Refers to conditionally edible. Can be eaten.
Taste qualities of the mushroom govorushka anise
The taste is mild, the aroma is bright, anise-dill. The smell does not disappear even after boiling, so not everyone will like the mushroom.
Benefits and harm to the body
As part of the fragrant govorushka there is clitocybin. This natural antibiotic helps with tuberculosis. In folk medicine, it is used to treat epilepsy and reduce cholesterol plaques in blood vessels.
Like any mushrooms, they are difficult to digest. People with gastrointestinal diseases should refuse them or use them in small quantities. Not recommended for children.
False doubles
Due to the aroma and characteristic color, the odorous talker is almost impossible to confuse with other mushrooms.
Smells the same fragrant talkerbut it has a yellowish hat. Refers to conditionally edible.
Mushrooms with discolored caps can be mistaken for white types of talkers, some of which are poisonous.
whitish. It is a deadly poisonous species with a floury smell. It differs from anise, which has lost its color from lack of moisture, by the absence of a characteristic aroma.
waxy. Poisonous appearance, has a spicy, but quite pleasant mushroom aroma. Poisoning can be fatal.
grooved. Refers to inedible species. The cap is grayish-white or grayish-brown, fading over time. In dry weather it becomes creamy. It has a slightly floury smell.
Winter. Edible talker with a floury smell. The color of the cap is olive-brown, smoky, whitish-brown.
Collection rules
Fruiting from late summer to October. Grows especially well in warm, dry weather. If the groups are large, their aroma extends over several tens of meters.
Use
To reduce the smell, mushrooms are recommended to be boiled first, then fried or stewed.
Other cooking options are pickling or salting. Canned can be added to salads and snacks as a fragrant seasoning.
Conclusion
Anise talker is a rather rare conditionally edible species with a specific persistent smell, which reduces its culinary value. Similar to many related species, including poisonous ones. It should be recognized by two important features – color and aroma.
