Poplar row (Tricholoma populinum)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Tricholomataceae (Tricholomovye or Ryadovkovye)
- Genus: Tricholoma (Tricholoma or Ryadovka)
- Type: Tricholoma populinum (Poplar rowweed)
- Topolyovka
- Sandman
- Sandstone
- poplar rowing
- Podtopolevik
- Podtopolnik
- poplar rowing
- Podtopolevik
- Podtopolnik
Mushroom Ryadovka poplar refers to agaric mushrooms, which means that it reproduces by spores that are in its plates.
Records when young, it is white or cream in color, frequent and thin. And, as the fungus grows, they change their color to pinkish-brownish.
head at the beginning it has a semi-spherical and slightly convex shape, with thin edges tucked inward, then it straightens and slightly bends, becomes fleshy, in the rain – slightly slippery, pinkish-brown in color. The diameter of the cap is from 6 to 12 cm. Under the skin of the cap, the flesh is slightly reddish.
Leg in poplar rows of medium size, rather fleshy, cylindrical in shape and solid inside, with a flaky-scaly coating, fibrous and smooth, pinkish-white or pinkish-brown in color, covered with brown spots when pressed.
Pulp the mushroom is fleshy, soft, white, under the skin it is brownish, with a floury taste.
Poplar rowing grows from August to October in large groups (whole ridges) under poplars, deciduous forests with a predominance of aspen, can be found in plantings along roads, in parks. Distributed in the European part of Our Country, Siberia. The mushroom has a pleasant aroma of fresh flour.
Mushroom Row poplar got its name for its adaptability to grow under poplars and in their immediate vicinity, during the period of autumn leaf fall. The poplar row, at a young age, is a bit similar to the crowded row in color and shape, but, unlike it, it is much larger than it and has a slightly bitter taste due to the fact that it grows in such conditions that the cut mushroom is almost completely covered with sand or small debris. It can also be confused with the poisonous tiger row. But they are distinguished by two main features. Firstly, the poplar row always grows in large groups and, secondly, it always grows close to poplars.
According to its taste and consumer qualities, the poplar row is related to the edible mushrooms of the fourth category.
The poplar row is a completely edible mushroom, but only after it has been washed, soaked and boiled to eliminate bitterness. Row poplar grows in deciduous plantings under poplars, well covered with fallen leaves, always in large colonies. Poplar rows are common wherever poplars grow – these are the territories of North America and Canada, Western and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, as well as central and southern Our Country, the Urals, Siberia and the Far East. Her main growth period begins in the autumn leaf fall season, somewhere from the end of August, and ends at the end of October.
Poplar row is eaten exclusively in salted or pickled form after thorough washing, soaking and boiling.
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