Hornwort (Ramaria botrytis)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Phallomycetidae (Velkovye)
- Order: Gomphales
- Family: Gomphaceae (Gomphaceae)
- Genus: Ramaria
- Type: Ramaria botrytis (Cornweed)
- Clavaria botrytis
- Botrytis corals
fruiting body:
the height of the fruiting body is from eight to fifteen centimeters and the diameter of the body is the same. The fruit body of young mushrooms is whitish, then becomes yellowish-brown and finally ocher or pinkish-red. The branches are very thick, tapering at the top. The shape of the ends is cut off. At first, the branches are reddish in color, then they turn brown-brown. Strongly branched branches up to 1,2 centimeters thick in the lower part are extended into a dirty cream or whitish short leg. The fruit body of the Slingshot often resembles a cauliflower head. The lower branches are usually elongated and thick, not numerous. The upper branches are shorter and denser.
Pulp:
brittle, watery. The flesh has a whitish-yellowish color. Differs in pleasant gentle taste and a light pleasant smell.
Disputes:
ocher, oblong, ellipsoid or slightly striated. At the ends of the spores there are drops of oil, from one to three.
Leg:
dense, massive, three to four centimeters high, stem diameter up to six centimeters.
Horned Grozdeva is found in mixed and deciduous forests, mainly near beeches, less often under coniferous trees. It grows from July to October, while the soil temperature is kept within 12-20 degrees. The fungus is not common.
The old grape horns bear a strong resemblance to some brown horns, among which there are also poisonous species, for example, Beautiful Romaria. Grozdeva’s hornworm has two forms: ramaria botrytis fm. musaecolor and r. Rubipermanens, which were brought from Bavaria and Italy. These two varieties are very similar, so they are often confused. In order to accurately establish that it is the Grozdev Rogatik in front of you, you need to carefully study the coral-like ones. Also, this relatively large Horned One is very often taken as the Golden Horned One, but it has yellow-orange or light orange fruiting bodies, sometimes salmon-pink with sharp endings. The twigs of Golden Horn from the very beginning are yellow and evenly colored and grows mainly under beeches.
the mushroom is edible, consumed fresh only at a young age. This is one of the most delicious edible mushrooms of the Rogatic family.