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There are up to 300 different species in the Plyuteev mushroom family. Of these, only about 50 varieties have been studied. Pluteus podospileus of the genus Pluteus belongs to the species Pluteus podospileus of the genus Pluteus and is one of the poorly studied fruiting bodies.
What does a mud-legged spit look like
This is a rather small mushroom, up to 4 cm high, very similar to meadow mushrooms. It is important to know the distinguishing features so that the inedible whip is not among the rest of the fruiting bodies.
Cap Description
The cap reaches 4 cm in diameter. At the beginning of maturation, it is convex, bell-shaped, then gradually becomes flat, with a small tubercle in the middle. The color changes from brown to dark brown. The surface is covered with small sharp scales. The edges are ribbed with inconspicuous transparent stripes. On the inside are white, slightly pinkish radial plates. White flesh has a slight odor.
Description of the leg
The low, but dense, light gray legs of the mud-legged spittle are only 0,3 cm in diameter. Towards the base, they thicken a little, darken. Dark fibers become visible. Their flesh is grayish, without a pronounced smell.
Where and how to grow
This species loves mixed and deciduous forests and settles on stumps, wood residues, and old foliage. Sometimes found in parks, plantings, gardens. It is noticed by mushroom pickers in Europe, some Asian countries, for example, in Israel, Turkmenistan. We’ve seen it in North America as well. In Our Country, it grows on the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, is found in the Samara and Rostov regions, on the territory of the West Siberian Plain. The ripening period is from June to the end of October.
Is the mushroom edible or not?
In the Pluteev family, most are inedible mushrooms. So is the mud-legged spit. It has a bitter taste and is unsuitable for eating. But nothing is known about its toxicity.
Twins and their differences
Plyutei mudleg is similar to some related mushrooms of its family:
- Plyutey pygmy has the same dimensions as the mudleg. The hat is also dark brown, but with a chestnut or olive tint. On the velvety surface, covered with a dust coating, radial wrinkled lines are barely visible. On the inside there are longitudinal plates. It is inedible, although it has a pleasant smell.
- similar to him and the spit is veiny. It differs only in an amber-brown hat, covered with a network of longitudinal and transverse wrinkles, and an unpleasant odor. It occurs in the same latitudes as its fellow species. It is considered inedible due to its small size and repulsive odor.
- Another mushroom of the Plyuteev family, similar to the species of Gryaznozhkovy, – Plyutey gray-brown with a gray-brown haton which wrinkles are almost invisible. They are distinguished by light brown plates and fibrous, grayish legs, expanding at the base to 0,7 cm.
It is considered an edible but little known fruiting body.
Attention! Many mushrooms of the Pluteev family are not eaten. But there are also edible varieties. Among them, there is a deer whip with a pinkish hat covered with longitudinal wrinkles, a long and thin leg.
Conclusion
Plyutei mud-legged has no nutritional value. But it is a saprotroph, which is an indispensable link in the ecological chain.
