Striped glass: photo and description of the mushroom

The nest or goblet striped in mycological reference books is known under the Latin name Cyathus striatus. Mushroom of the genus Kiatus from the Champignon family.

Mushroom with unusual exotic appearance

Where does the striped goblet grow?

The species is quite rare, but unpretentious to the substrate. The main distribution is in Western Siberia, less often in the European part, it grows only in the temperate climate zone. The main fruiting occurs at the end of August, some specimens are found in October. The striped goblet forms dense numerous groups. It is found in all types of forests, the mycelium is located on rotting wood, fallen trees, coniferous or rotten leaf litter, on rotted soil along forest roadsides.

What does a striped glass look like?

A rather unusual outwardly mushroom without a leg. The form changes throughout the growing season:

1. At the beginning of growth, the fruiting body is in the form of a closed ball with elongated felt mycelium filaments at the base. The surface is dark yellow, dense structure, covered with large brown villi.
2. At the next stage of development, the upper part turns white, becomes flat. As the ball opens, a dense whitish soft and durable film appears.
3. Then the epiphragm settles, breaks, leaving flocculent remnants on the corrugated walls, the fruiting body becomes the shape of an inverted cone.
4. Mature mushrooms are cup-shaped with a glossy dark gray ribbed interior and a fleecy coating around the edge. The outer surface darkens and becomes brown-brown.
5. At the bottom of the bowl, oblong storages for spores are formed, tightly attached to the bottom with filamentous strands.
6. When the fungus is closed by the epiphragm, the peridioles are white, becoming steel-colored with a pearly tint as they mature. In adult specimens, the spore-bearing repositories are black; passages are formed in them for the ejection of spores.
7. The latter are in powder form, light cream or white.

The pulp of the fruiting body is thin, strong, brown in color, with a rigid, fine-fiber structure. The optimal size that an adult striped goblet reaches is 1,5 cm in height and 1 cm in diameter.

The shape of the fruiting body resembles a bird’s nest

Is it possible to eat a glass of striped

The species is rather small with thin hard pulp, outwardly they do not cause gastronomic interest. The glass has no nutritional value, the composition has not been fully studied.

Conclusion

A rare small striped goblet grows only in a temperate climate in all types of forests, unpretentious to the composition of the soil. Fruiting autumn, plentiful – from August to October. The exotic appearance of the fruiting body with hard, thin pulp is of no nutritional value, the mushroom is inedible.