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The fused row is a common agaric fungus of the Tricholomov family. Another name is lyophyllum fused. It has been fixed since the time when it was assigned to the genus of the same name. It currently belongs to Leucocybe, but the name has been retained.
Where grow rows fused
The fused rowweed (Leucocybe connata) is found in coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests. It is not demanding on soils and growing conditions. He loves rare copses, slopes of ravines, outskirts of glades, forest paths, roadsides, meadows. It can be seen in city parks.
Mushrooms grow together with legs, forming dense bundles with a common root of several specimens (from 5 to 15) of different sizes. They grow in tight groups on the ground and fallen rotting leaves.
There is a row from mid-September to the end of October, in good weather it grows in November.
What do white fused rows look like
The cap size is from 3 to 10 cm. In young specimens, it is convex, with tucked edges, cushion-shaped, smooth, slightly velvety, dry. With growth, it straightens out, the edges become wavy, making its shape irregular. The cap is whitish, sometimes with a yellowish or buffy tinge. In wet and rainy weather it becomes grayish or grayish-olive. The middle is usually darker than the edges. The peel covering the cap is difficult to separate from it. The pulp is hygrophanous, that is, when exposed to moisture, it swells and changes color. When dried, concentric zones are formed, spreading from the center to the edges or vice versa.
The plates are white or cream, in old specimens they are yellowish. They are quite frequent, narrow, descending or adhering to the stem with a tooth. Spores are white, smooth, with oily drops, elliptical in shape.
The leg grows in height up to 5-7 cm, sometimes up to 12 cm, its thickness is from 0,5 to 2 cm. hollow. The color remains white throughout life. Several mushrooms at the base often grow together, so the legs are often twisted and deformed.
The pulp of the fungus is dense, white, elastic, with a faint smell, similar to cucumber. The taste is neutral.
This row has several similar types.
Lyophyllum smoky gray is distinguished by an ashy or earthy cap, covered with small, loosely attached scales. Its pulp has a sour floral smell with pleasant nutty notes. Lyophyllum smoky gray forms intergrowths. Refers to conditionally edible.
Collybia is darker in color, does not grow as densely and does not form splices. It is conditionally edible, has low taste qualities.
Lyophyllum armor is distinguished by a dark hat (the color varies from light brown to almost black). When fading in the sun becomes light. Medium frequency plates. Its leg is whitish or gray-beige, often curved, the surface is mealy. Liffolium armored conditionally edible.
Is it possible to eat rows fused
Some authors call the fused row of poisonous, but nothing is known about cases of poisoning. In many sources, it is noted as conditionally edible.
Use
Ryadovka is conditionally edible, but it is not customary to eat it because of its bad taste. According to some authors, it can be boiled, fried, baked, salted and pickled, but everyone unanimously argues that it is tasteless and there is no point in collecting it.
Conclusion
The fused row is distinguished by the fact that it forms dense growths. This phenomenon does not occur in any white mushrooms, so it is difficult to confuse it with other similar species.