Hebeloma coal-loving (Hebeloma birrus) photo and description

Hebeloma coal-loving (Hebeloma birrus)

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• Hylophila beer
• Hebeloma birrum
• Hebeloma birrum var. metal
• Gebeloma birrus
• Hebeloma reddish brown

Coal-loving Hebeloma (Hebeloma birrus) is a small mushroom.

head The fungus is relatively small, not exceeding two centimeters in diameter. The shape changes over time, while the mushroom is young – it looks like a hemisphere, then it becomes flat. To the touch mucous, bare, with a sticky sticky base. In the center there is a yellow-brown tubercle, and the edges are lighter, more white shades.

Records have a dirty-brown color, but towards the edge it is much lighter and even whiter.

Споры similar in shape to almonds or lemons.

spore powder has a pronounced tobacco-brown color.

Leg – the height of the leg is found from 2 to 4 cm. Very thin, the thickness is not more than half a centimeter, the shape is cylindrical, thickened at the base. Completely covered with a scaly, light ocher color. At the very base of the stem, you can see a thin vegetative body of the fungus, which has a fluffy structure. The color is mostly white. The remains of the veil are not pronounced.

Pulp has a whitish color, no unpleasant odor. But the taste is bitter, specific.

Spread:

the fungus grows on burning, the remains of coal, on the consequences of fires. Probably for this reason there was a name “coal-loving”. The ripening and fruiting season is August. Widely distributed in Europe and Asia. Sometimes found on the territory of Our Country – in Tatarstan, in the Magadan region, in the Khabarovsk Territory.

Edibility:

hebeloma coal-loving mushroom is inedible and poisonous! For this reason, it is not recommended to use any of the Gebelomas as food, as they can easily be confused. To avoid confusion and dangerous poisoning.