Auriscalpium vulgare (Auriscalpium vulgare)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (of uncertain position)
- Order: Russulales (Russulovye)
- Family: Auriscalpiaceae (Auriscalpiaceae)
- Genus: Auriscalpium (Auriscalpium)
- Type: Auriscalpium vulgare (Auriscalpium vulgare)
Auriscalpium vulgare (Auriscalpium vulgare)
Hat:
Diameter 1-3 cm, kidney-shaped, the leg is attached to the edge. The surface is woolly, dry, often with pronounced zoning. The color varies from brown to gray to almost black. The flesh is hard, gray-brown.
Spore layer:
Spores are formed on the underside of the cap, covered with large conical spines. The color of the spore-bearing layer in young mushrooms is brownish, with age it acquires a gray tint.
Spore powder:
White.
Leg:
Lateral or eccentric, rather long (5-10 cm) and thin (no more than 0,3 cm in thickness), darker than the cap. The surface of the leg is velvety.
Spread:
Auriscalpium ordinary grows from early May until late autumn in pine and (less often) in spruce forests, preferring pine cones to everything in the world. It is common, but not very abundant, with a fairly even distribution over the area.
Similar species: The mushroom is unique.
Edibility:
Absent.