Pluteus podospileus (Pluteus podospileus)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Pluteaceae (Pluteaceae)
- Genus: Pluteus (Pluteus)
- Type: Pluteus podospileus (Pluteus mudleg)
:
- Leptonia seticeps
- A very small shelf
With very few exceptions, Pluteus mushrooms require microscopic examination in order to achieve a confident identification at the species level. Mud-legged spit is no exception.
This mushroom grows quite rarely, in the forest, on rotting wood of deciduous trees. Radial streaks on the cap and pale pink plates are the hallmarks that make it possible to distinguish the Mudlegged Spike from other small Spyuts.
Distribution: Seen in Great Britain and Ireland, mainly in the south. Often found in different countries of continental Europe from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, but especially where there are many beech trees. There is evidence that Western Siberia is found on birch wood. It can grow on very small remains of wood, on twigs immersed in the litter. Pluteus podospileus has also been recorded in North America and Australia. The mushroom can be found from late summer to late autumn.
Description:
head: From 1,5 to 4 cm in diameter, from brown to black-brown, darker towards the center, covered with small pointed scales. First convex, then flattened, sometimes with a small tubercle, ribbed, transparently striated towards the edge.
Leg: 2 – 4,5 cm long and 1 – 3 mm in diameter, slightly widened towards the base. The main color is whitish, the leg is longitudinally striped due to the tiny brownish scales covering it, which are usually located more often in the lower part of the leg than in the upper one.
plates: Loose, frequent, wide, white in young mushrooms, becoming pink with age, and as they mature, the spores become pink-brown.
Pulp: whitish in the cap, grayish-brown in the stem, does not change color on the cut.
Taste: according to some sources – bitter.
Smell: pleasant, slightly pronounced.
Edibility: unknown.
spore powder: pale pink.
Microscopy: Spores 5.5 – 7.5 * 4.0 – 6.0 µm, broadly ellipsoidal. Basidia four-spore, 21 – 31 * 6 – 9 microns.
Similar species:
Pluteus nanus (Pluteus nanus)
Veined whip (Pluteus phlebophorus)