Paired nettle (Double phallus)

Systematics:
  • Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Phallomycetidae (Velkovye)
  • Order: Phallales (Merry)
  • Family: Phallaceae (Veselkovye)
  • Genus: Phallus (Veselka)
  • Type: Phallus duplicatus (Double net-socket)
  • Dictyophora paired
  • Dictyophora doublet

Description:

The young fruiting body of the double net-bearer is a spherical, ovoid or cylindrical formation 4-5 cm in diameter, first covered with a white, then yellowish-white, light brown shell, which later breaks into lobes that remain at the base of the stem. The leg is cylindrical, hollow, spongy, white, at the top ends with a ribbed-mesh conical hat with a collar-shaped disk. The cap at maturity is slimy, olive green. From the place of attachment of the cap with the stem, a mesh formation departs, hanging down to half or to the end of the stem.

Spread:

Setonosok double found in Iskitim (in a mixed forest near the village of Klyuchi) and in Bolotninsky (near the village of Novobibeevo) districts. In Our Country, it is known in the Belgorod, Moscow, Tomsk regions, in the Krasnoyarsk and Primorsky territories, in Transbaikalia. Outside of Our Country – in Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Lithuania,

Ecology.

The doubled net-bearer lives in deciduous forests on soil rich in humus, or on heavily decomposed remains of wood. Occurs exceptionally rarely, singly or in groups, in July-September.

The mushroom is listed in the Red Book USSR and the Red Book of the RSFSR.

Edibility:

Young mushrooms are edible; in addition, dictiophora double is used in folk medicine against gout and rheumatism.

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