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A very rare mushroom, because of this it is not well studied. The wood flywheel was first described in 1929 by Joseph Kallenbach. It received the generally accepted Latin designation thanks to Albert Pilate in 1969. The scientist correctly classified it and named it Buchwaldoboletus lignicola.
Buchwaldo literally means “beech forest”. However, the fungus is a saprotroph of coniferous wood species. This means that this part of the generic name is given in honor of the Danish mycologist Niels Fabricius Buchwald (1898-1986). The root boletus comes from the Greek. bolos means “piece of clay”.
The specific name is derived from lat. “lignum” – “tree” and “colere” – “to inhabit”.
In scientific works there are such names of the fungus:
- Boletus lignicola;
- Gyrodon lignicola;
- Phlebopus lignicola;
- Pulveroboletus lignicola;
- Xerocomus lignicola.
What do tree flywheels look like?
Mushroom color is beige, gold or brown. Young representatives of the tree flywheel are lighter. Mushroom spore powder olive hue. Bruises appear on injured, cut areas. They form slowly.
head
Diameter 2,5-9 (13) cm. Initially smooth, velvety, convex. Has the shape of a hemisphere. During the growth of the fungus, it cracks, bends. The color becomes saturated. The edges of the cap of the wood moss fly become wavy, slightly twisted.
Hymenophore
tubular type. The tubules inside are adherent or slightly converging. Initially they are lemon yellow, then yellow-green. Easily separated. Their length is 3-12 mm.
pores
Arched, small. 1-3 pcs. by 1 mm. Golden or mustard (in mature mushrooms) color. Damaged ones turn dark blue.
Leg
Height 3-8 cm. Color up to reddish-brown. The circumference is the same throughout. May be curved. The thickness of the stem of the fungus is 0,6-2,5 cm. The mycelium is yellow on the base.
Споры
Elliptical, fusiform, smooth. Size 6-10×3-4 microns.
Where do mossiness trees grow
Grow from June to late autumn in North America (USA, Canada) and Europe. Wood flywheels are hard to find. This is one of the endangered species in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic. The mushroom is included in the Red Book of Bulgaria. The status, according to biologists, will soon change to endangered.
Stumps, root bases, sawdust – places where the tree flywheel can settle. It lives in small groups on dead conifers such as:
- pine ordinary;
- Weymouth pine;
- European larch.
Sometimes appears on deciduous trees. For example, wild cherries.
Microscopic analysis showed that the wood flyworm parasitizes the tinder fungus, although it was initially assumed that it simply creates favorable conditions for the growth of the golden fungus.
Is it possible to eat wood mushrooms
They are considered inedible, although they have a pleasant sweet, resinous smell and a sour taste. Due to their rarity, there is no way to study their culinary properties.
Conclusion
Wood flywheel is not eaten. It belongs to the group of endangered mushrooms, is listed in the Red Book of some countries. Since it is not poisonous, it is not dangerous to humans, but it cannot bring any benefit or nutritional value either.