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Bulbous mushroom (Armillaria cepistipes)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Physalacriaceae (Physalacriae)
- Genus: Armillaria (Agaric)
- Type: Armillaria cepistipes (Bulbous-footed honey agaric)
:
- Honey agaric autumn bulbous
- Armillaria cepistipes f. pseudobulbosa
- Armillaria onions
Current name: Armillaria cepistipes Velen.
The bulbous-legged honey agaric is one of those types of mushrooms, the identification of which is rarely bothered by anyone. Honey mushrooms and mushrooms, these ones grew on a living oak and went into a basket, and here’s another one, on an old fallen tree, also into a basket, but we also take these in the grass, in a clearing. But sometimes there is such a “clack” in the mind: “Stop! But these are something else. What kind of honey agaric is this and is it a honey agaric ??? ”
Calmly. Those who are in a clearing in the grass, in a deciduous forest are definitely not a gallery, do not panic. Are there scales on the hat? Is the ring present or at least guessed? – That’s wonderful. These are mushrooms, but not classic autumn ones, but bulbous ones. Edible.
head: 3-5 cm, possibly up to 10 cm. Almost spherical in young mushrooms, hemispherical in young mushrooms, then becomes flat, with a tubercle in the center; The color of the cap is in brownish-gray tones, from light, whitish-yellowish to brownish, yellowish-brown. It is darker in the center, lighter towards the edge, alternation is possible, a dark center, a light area and darker again. Scales small, sparse, dark. Very unstable, easily washed off by rain. Therefore, in an adult, bulbous-legged honey agaric often has a bald or almost bald hat, the scales are preserved only in the center. The flesh in the cap is thin, thinning towards the edge, the edge of the cap is pronounced ribbed, it is through the thin pulp that the plates appear.
Records: frequent, slightly descending or accreted with a tooth, with numerous plates. In very young mushrooms – white, whitish. With age, they darken to reddish-brown, brownish-brown, often with brown spots.
Leg: length up to 10 cm, thickness varies within 0,5-2 cm. The shape is club-shaped, at the base it clearly thickens up to 3 cm, whitish above the ring, always darker below the ring, grayish-brown. At the base of the stem there are small yellowish or grayish-brown flakes.
Ring: thin, very fragile, radially fibrous, whitish, with yellowish flakes, the same as at the base of the stem. In adult mushrooms, the ring often falls off, sometimes without a trace.
Pulp: whitish. The hat is soft and thin. Dense in the stem, tough in grown mushrooms.
Smell: pleasant, mushroom.
Taste: a bit “astringent”.
spore powder: White.
Microscopy:
Spores 7-10×4,5-7 µm, broadly elliptical to almost spherical.
Basidia are four-spored, 29-45×8,5-11 microns, club-shaped.
Cheilocystidia are usually regular in shape, but often irregular, club-shaped or almost cylindrical.
The cuticle of the cap is the cutis.
Saprotroph on old deadwood, on dead and living wood sunk into the ground, rarely grows as a parasite on weakened trees. Grows on deciduous trees. The bulbous-legged honey agaric also grows on the soil – either on the roots or on the rotted remains of grass and leaf litter. It occurs both in forests under trees and in open areas: in glades, edges, meadows, park areas.
From late summer to late autumn. By the time of fruiting, the bulbous-legged honey agaric intersects with the autumn, thick-legged, dark honey agaric – with all types of mushrooms, which are simply called “autumn” by the people.
Autumn honey agaric (Armillaria mellea; Armillaria borealis)
The ring is dense, thick, felty, whitish, yellowish or cream. Grows on wood of any kind, including underground, splices and families
Thick-legged honey agaric (Armillaria gallica)
In this species, the ring is thin, tearing, disappearing with time, and the cap is approximately evenly covered with rather large scales. The species grows on damaged, dead wood.
Dark honey agaric (Armillaria ostoyae)
This species is dominated by yellow. Its scales are large, dark brown or dark, which is not the case with the bulbous-legged mushroom. The ring is dense, thick, like an autumn honey agaric.
Shrinking honey agaric (Desarmillaria tabescens)
And very similar Honey agaric social (Armillaria socialis) – Mushrooms do not have a ring. According to modern data, according to the results of phylogenetic analysis, this is the same species (and even a new genus – Desarmillaria tabescens), but at the moment (2018) this is not a generally accepted opinion. So far, it is believed that O. shrinking is found on the American continent, and O. social in Europe and Asia.
Bulbous mushroom is an edible mushroom. Nutritional qualities “for an amateur”. Suitable for frying as a separate dish, for cooking first and second courses, sauces, gravy. Can be dried, salted, pickled. Only hats are used.
The article uses photos from questions in recognition: Vladimir, Yaroslava, Elena, Dimitrios.