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The porphyrosporous porphyry has several other names. The most famous include options such as purple-spore pain, chocolate, porphyritic hedgehog and red-spore porphyrellus. Nature endowed it with a beautiful chocolate color and regular shape. Having found such a specimen in the forest, the mushroom picker may have a question about its edibility. It is important to understand this before going to the forest.
Description of porphyrosporous porphyry
It has a thick and fleshy cap with a diameter of 4 to 16 cm. As a rule, young specimens have a hemispherical cap, and older specimens have a pillow-shaped cap, similar to a boletus cap. It is characterized as dry, velvety, smooth, cracking along the edges with age. The surface of the cap can be either light brown or grayish, or dark brown with a reddish tint.
The pulp is fibrous, it is yellow-gray, greenish-olive, purple or brownish. When cut, it acquires a blue-green tint. Spore powder brown-red.
Is it possible to eat porphyrosporous porphyry
This type of mushroom is conditionally edible.
Taste qualities of the fungus porphyry porphyrosporus
Although such a mushroom can be eaten, it has an unpleasant, bitter taste and a pungent odor that remains even after heat treatment. Mushroom pickers also note that some representatives of the species have a sour taste.
The best taste can be achieved by marinating.
False doubles
This type of mushroom has general external similarities with such gifts of the forest:
- Underbird – classified as edible. From its name it follows that they grow near birches, as they form mycorrhiza on the roots of trees.
- Will be – has many varieties, but they are all considered edible. Most often grows in humus soil and in hilly areas.
- Flywheel – edible mushroom, most often grows in moss.
Collection rules
In order not to make a mistake with the choice and bring only edible specimens from the forest, you should know the following about porphyrosporous porphyry:
- It grows on soil and dry wood, most often in mountainous areas. As a rule, they can be found in coniferous forests. In rare cases, some specimens are found in deciduous forests. So, if a mushroom picker notices a mushroom that grows in moss, then most likely it is a flywheel.
- Before you put the mushroom in the basket, you should pay special attention to its aroma. Since the porphyrosporum porphyry exudes an unpleasant odor, it will not be difficult to distinguish it from twins. As a rule, edible gifts of the forest have a pleasant aroma corresponding to mushrooms.
Use
Since specimens of this variety have low taste, there are very few recipes for cooking.
Conclusion
Porphyry porphyrosporus is a conditionally edible mushroom. It has a very beautiful and appetizing appearance, but an unpleasant smell. This mushroom can be easily confused with doppelgangers, but all of them can be eaten.