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Pluteus petasatus, Pluteus petasatus, Pluteus broad-capped – agaric mushroom from the Plyuteev family and genus. First described and classified in 1838 as Agaricus petasatus by the Swedish mycologist Fries. Its names and affiliation were changed several more times until the modern classification was established:
- in 1874 as Pluteus cervinus or Pluteus cervinus patricius;
- in the same year was identified as Agaricus patricius Schulzer;
- in 1904 he was given the name Pluteus domestic (Pluteus patricius);
- in 1968 it was given the name Pluteus straminiphilus Wichansky.
What does a noble whip look like
The noble whip is distinguished by growth and stateliness. It looks impressive and very appetizing, has even, proportional shapes and a delicate, eye-pleasing color. The fruiting body consists of a pronounced cap and stem.
Cap Description
The young Plutey noble has a spherically rounded, egg-shaped hat. As it matures, it straightens from a flat hemisphere to an umbrella-shaped shape. An overgrown mushroom has a prostrate, almost flat cap with slightly curved edges, a fringe of plates is clearly visible. A small indentation or tubercle stands out in the center. Grows from 2,5 to 18 cm.
The surface is even, smooth, slightly shiny. Dry or slightly mucous. Colors range from dazzling white or greyish-silver, to baked milk, brownish-brown or yellowish. The coloration is uneven, spots and stripes. Dark scales are clearly visible in the center of the cap.
The plates are frequent, even, not adherent. Wide, creamy-pink in a young mushroom, light pink and reddish-ocher in adult specimens, with red spots. The cover is missing.
The fleshy pulp is pure white, easily squeezed, and has a consistency similar to cotton wool. The smell is distinctly mushroomy, the taste is slightly sweet, in mature specimens it is sour.
Description of the leg
The leg is even, cylindrical in shape, slightly expanding at the junction with the cap. At the base there is a pubescent brownish tubercle. The pulp is dense. The surface is dry, white and silvery-gray in color, with distinct longitudinal fibers. It grows from 4 to 12 cm in height, the diameter is from 0,4 to 2,5 cm.
Where and how to grow
Noble whip grows everywhere, but is extremely rare. It is found in the European part of Our Country, in the Krasnodar Territory, in Tatarstan, in Siberia and in the Urals. It grows in the territories of the United States and Canada, in Japan and the British Isles. Likes deciduous and mixed forests, plains and mountains, old parks. Settles on the remains of broad-leaved tree species: beech, oak, poplar, birch, aspen, in damp places hidden in the shade. It can often be found on stumps and rotting trunks, in deadwood. Occasionally grows directly on the soil or on damaged bark, in the hollows of living trees.
Плодоношение грибницы происходит дважды в сезон: в июне-июле и сентябре-октябре. В высокогорных районах успевает вырастить плодовые тела единожды, в июле-августе. Растет поодиночке или небольшими, тесно посаженными группами из 2-10 экземпляров.
Is the mushroom edible or not?
There is no scientific information about the edibility of the fruiting body, this issue has been little studied by specialists. Plyutey noble is classified as an inedible mushroom. Its pulp has a very original sweetish taste, in mature specimens it is distinctly sour.
Some modern sources claim that the noble whip is edible, moreover, it is a gourmet dish because of its specific taste.
Twins and their differences
Плютей благородный очень похож на представителей собственного семейства и некоторые несъедобные виды грибов, отличить их крайне сложно даже для специалиста.
Plyutey white-northern. Inedible. It differs only in smaller sizes and a more pronounced color of the scales on the cap and leg.
Plutey white. Малоизвестный съедобный гриб. Отличим лишь по форме спор, при исследованиях под микроскопом. Мякоть его не имеет ни вкуса, ни запаха.
Plyutei deer (brown, dark fibrous). Conditionally edible mushroom of category IV. It differs in smaller size and bright color of the cap, as well as dark villi on the leg. The pulp has an unpleasant rare smell, which persists even with prolonged heat treatment.
Entoloma. Many species are toxic and poisonous. The pale-colored mushrooms of this extensive family can be easily confused with the noble spit. They differ only in the plates that are characteristically attached to the leg.
Collibia broadleaf. Inedible. It can be distinguished by the yellowish color of the rarer incremental plates. At the base of the stem tapering to the root, there is a well-marked constriction, often with a skirt.
Volvariella. There are toxic and edible species. They can be distinguished by clearly visible remnants of the bedspread at the base of the leg.
Fly agaric white smelly. Inedible. It has an extremely unpleasant smell of pulp, the remains of a bedspread on the leg and pure white plates.
Conclusion
The noble whip is quite rare, but its habitat is extremely wide, the fungus is a cosmopolitan. Settles on semi-rotted wood, bark and forest litter of deciduous trees. Grows to large sizes. Since some members of the Plyutei genus contain toxic and hallucinogenic substances, they should be treated with great care.
