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Row spotted is considered a poisonous mushroom of low toxicity. This fruiting body, also called the ruined row, is the cause of gastrointestinal poisoning. Therefore, you need to know what a mushroom looks like so as not to confuse it with an edible species and not put it in your basket.
Ryadovka shod, she is matsutake – an edible and rare type of fruiting bodies, which is very much appreciated in the Far East. It is a delicacy mushroom that is widely used in cooking in Korea, China, Japan and North America. It has an exquisite taste and delicate pine aroma.
Row spotted: photo, description and distribution
We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the detailed description of the spotted row.
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Latin name: Tricholoma pessundatum.
Family: Ordinary (Tricholomovye).
Synonyms: ruined rowing, wavy-legged rowing, speckled rowing, Gyrophila pessundata.
Hat: hemispherical or convex, 4-15 cm in diameter. With age, the cap flattens out, becoming flat, sometimes there is a slight indentation in the center. The surface is smooth, red-brown or yellow-brown, with a lighter ribbed margin. With increased humidity, the cap of the fruiting body becomes mucous.
Leg: 3-6 cm tall and up to 2 cm thick, cylindrical, slightly widened downwards, smooth, fibrous, sometimes hollow. In the upper part, a pale light zone is clearly visible, which becomes brown towards the lower part of the stem.
Pulp: most often white, sometimes there is a light brown tint. The taste and smell are farinaceous, but not pronounced, slightly bitter.
Records: frequent, adhering to the stem or notched. Whitish when young and yellowish in older specimens. In addition to the main plates, the spotted row has also multiple plates.
Edibility: poisonous mushroom.
We offer you to see a photo of a spotted row taken in a pine forest:
Similarities and differences: this type of fruiting body can be confused with poplar rowing – an edible type of mushroom. The latter is distinguished by a smooth surface of the cap, which also has the correct shape. In addition, poplar rowing is practically not found in deciduous and coniferous forests.
Spread: grows in groups in mixed and coniferous forests throughout Europe and Central America. The fruiting period is from September to October, sometimes captures November, if the weather is favorable.
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Shod rowing: photo, description and application
The name “matsutake” itself means “pine mushroom” in Japanese. He was christened for the corresponding characteristic living conditions. So, the matsutake mushroom grows exclusively in pine and pine-oak forests.
Latin name: Tricholoma caligatum
Family: Ordinary.
Synonyms: matsutake, pine mushroom, pine horns.
Hat: broad, 6-20 cm in diameter, thick, fleshy. Semicircular, with age becomes flat-convex with a tubercle in the center. The color varies from brown-gray to brownish-chestnut. The surface of the cap is covered with small silky scales, which are located on a lighter background. The edges are most often cracked, in connection with which you can see the white flesh.
Leg: high, can reach 20 cm, thick – up to 2,5 cm, slightly widened, often inclined, sinking close to the ground, although it is held securely on the root. The upper part of the leg of the mushroom is lined with white shoes, then there is a ring-skirt. Below the ring, the leg is colored brown with prominent white spots.
Pulp: white, dense, has a slight smell of cinnamon.
Records: light, frequent, adherent to the leg. Young specimens have a protective film under which the plates are hidden.
Application: has good taste, is valued in Japanese, Chinese and Korean cuisine. After heat treatment, a pleasant sweetish aftertaste remains. It is fried, boiled, pickled, and also salted. Matsutake contains a special antibiotic that has antitumor properties.
Edibility: an edible mushroom, although little known, is excellent for various processing methods.
Spread: territory of Eastern and Western Europe, Canada, USA, Japan, China and Korea. In Our Country, shod rowing is found mainly in Eastern Siberia, the Urals, as well as in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories. The mushroom grows in large colonies, forming the so-called “witch circles”. The stalk sits deep in the soil, hiding under a layer of needles and fallen leaves. Prefers pine and pine-oak forests, bears fruit all autumn. The mushroom tolerates small frosts well, and under favorable conditions, its collection continues even in the month of November.
We also offer, for clarity, to see a photo of a shoeed row: