Category: edible.
Below is a description of the annular cap mushroom with a photo of growth in its natural environment.
Hat (diameter 4-16 cm): ocher, straw and yellow-brown with fine wrinkles. In a young mushroom, it has the shape and size of a small chicken egg, straightens out as the fungus grows. The edges are folded down.
Leg (height 4-16 cm): usually yellow in color, often with scales and flakes. Strong, silky, cylindrical in shape with a thickening at the very base. Has a mushroom ring.
Pulp: usually white or yellowish, loose, with a pleasant smell.
Doubles: some fly agaric (Amanita). Remember that the plates of poisonous mushrooms are always white, regardless of age.
When growing: from mid-July to the end of September, high above sea level in Europe and even in Greenland, most often in Ukraine, Belarus and the European part of Our Country.
Where can I find the ringed cap: on acidic soils of mixed and coniferous moist forests, especially near spruces, birches and oaks. The ring cap mushroom can be found in places where other mushrooms usually do not grow. For example, in thickets of blueberries or under dwarf birches in northern latitudes.
Eating: in almost any form. In terms of taste properties, the ringed cap is not inferior even to champignon.
Application in traditional medicine: does not apply.
A photo of the annular cap mushroom in natural conditions is presented below:
Other names: chicken, white bog, dull rosettes, Turk.