Wolf
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (of uncertain position)
- Order: Russulales (Russulovye)
- Family: Russulaceae (Russula)
- Genus: Lactarius (Milky)
- Type: Lactarius torminosus (Pink wolfberry)
- Agaricus torminosa
- Volnyanka
- Volzhanka
- Volvenka
- Volvianitsa
- Volminka
- Volnukha
- Rubella
- Krasulya
- Open the door
Pink volnushka (lat. Lactarius torminosus) — fungus genus Lactarius (lat. Lactarius) family Russulaceae (lat. Russulaceae).
Wave Hat:
Diameter 5-10 cm (up to 15), pinkish-red, with dark concentric zones, convex when young, then flat, depressed in the center, with pubescent edges wrapped down. The flesh is white or light cream, brittle, with a slight resinous odor, emits white caustic juice when broken.
Records:
At first frequent, white, adherent, yellowish with age, running down the stem.
Spore powder:
White.
Wave leg:
Length 3-6 cm, thickness up to 2 cm, cylindrical, solid in youth, then hollow, pale pink.
Spread:
Volnushka grows from mid-summer to October in deciduous and mixed forests, preferring to form mycorrhiza with older birch trees. Sometimes it appears in large groups in dense grass on the edges.
Similar species:
From many lactic, in particular, from a slightly similar prickly lactic (Lactarius spinosulus), the wavelet is easily distinguished by the pubescent edge of the cap. From closely related species, for example, from the white twig (Lactarius pubescens), it can be very difficult to distinguish faded specimens of the pink twig. The white volnushka forms mycorrhiza mainly with young birches, and its milky juice is somewhat more caustic.
Edibility:
In Our Country Conditionally edible mushroom of good quality, used in salted and pickled form, sometimes fresh in second courses. Young mushrooms (with a cap diameter of no more than 3-4 cm), the so-called “curls”, are especially valued in salting. Before cooking, it requires thorough soaking and blanching. Turns yellow in preparations. Along with serushka (Lactarius flexuosus) and real mushroom (Lactarius resimus), it is one of the main mushrooms harvested by the population of the north for the winter. Their ratio in blanks varies depending on the yield, but more often waves prevail. In Central and Southern Europe they do not eat. In Finland, on the contrary, after 5-10 minutes of blanching, they even fry.