Gyroporus chestnut (Gyroporus castaneus)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Boletales (Boletales)
- Family: Gyroporaceae (Gyroporaceae)
- Genus: Gyroporus
- Type: Gyroporus castaneus (Gyroporus chestnut)
- chestnut mushroom
- Chestnut
- Hare mushroom
- chestnut mushroom
- Chestnut
- Hare mushroom
Rusty-brown, red-brown or chestnut-brown, convex in young chestnut mushrooms, flat or cushion-shaped in maturity, 40-110 mm in diameter. The surface of the cap of Chestnut Gyroporus is initially velvety or slightly fluffy, later it becomes bare. In dry weather, often cracking. The tubules are white at first, yellow at maturity, not blue on the cut, at the stem at first accreted, later free, up to 8 mm long. The pores are small, rounded, at first white, then yellow, with pressure on them, brown spots remain.
Central or eccentric, irregularly cylindrical or club-shaped, flattened, glabrous, dry, red-brown, 35-80 mm high and 8-30 mm thick. Solid inside, later with cotton filling, by maturity hollow or with chambers.
White, does not change color when cut. At first firm, fleshy, fragile with age, the taste and smell are inexpressive.
Pale yellow.
7-10 x 4-6 microns, ellipsoid, smooth, colorless or with a delicate yellowish tint.
Growth:
Chestnut mushroom grows from July to November in deciduous and coniferous forests. Most often grows on sandy soil in warm, dry areas. Fruiting bodies grow singly, scattered.
Use:
A little-known edible mushroom, but in terms of taste it cannot be compared with blue gyroporus. When cooked, it acquires a bitter taste. When dried, the bitterness disappears. Therefore, the chestnut tree is suitable mainly for drying.
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