Category: edible.
Hat (diameter 5-17 cm): with a bizarre network of cracks, light ocher in young mushrooms and rich brown in mature ones. In the center, a blunt tubercle almost always stands out.
The shape of the hemisphere eventually changes to a flat or slightly convex. Feels velvety and dry.
Leg (height 5-15 cm): silky, slightly pubescent, cylindrical in shape. There is a ring.
Records: initially light, darken over time and become more brown.
Pulp: white or slightly brown. The cylindrical vole mushroom smells like stale wine or rancid flour.
Doubles: ringed cap (Rozites caperata), which grows only in spruce forests.
When growing: from early May to mid-November in the subtropical and southern parts of the northern temperate zone.
Where can I find: the cylindrical vole is found on dying and dead deciduous trees. Prefers poplars, willows, birches, fruit trees of various species.
Eating: in canned and dried form. The gourmets and chefs of Southern Europe, France and the Mediterranean consider the barrel vole a real delicacy, especially in such a dish as baked pork in mushroom sauce with a side dish of hot corn.
Application in traditional medicine: does not apply.
Other names: agrocybe cylindrical.