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Wrinkled-ringed stropharia is an interesting mushroom with an unusual name, which belongs to the Strophariaceae family. It looks quite attractive, is edible and easy to grow at home.
What does wrinkled ring stropharia look like?
In appearance, young wrinkled-ringed stropharia resemble mushrooms – strong white legs and brown caps.
A distinctive feature is a clearly visible ring on the leg. Stropharia are agaric mushrooms, edible and very useful.
If you break the cap, you can see the yellowish flesh with a special rare smell and pleasant taste.
Cap Description
Stropharia is a fairly large mushroom. Its cap can be up to 20 cm in diameter. Its shape resembles a hemisphere at a young age, and is connected to the leg with a thin skin.
As the fungus grows, the skin bursts, and the cap becomes flatter, the grayish lamers darken, acquiring a purple hue.
The surface of the cap of a young stropharia is colored yellowish or red-brown. Mature specimens may be light yellow or chocolate chestnut.
Description of the leg
The mushroom stem is white or yellowish brown, with a well-marked ring. It is filled with dense pulp, slightly thickened at the base. The stem length of an adult mushroom can reach 15 cm.
In young mushrooms, the stem is small – about 7 cm, most often white, the ring is imperceptible, since the cap is still connected to it by a membrane.
Where and how to grow
In nature, wrinkled-annular stropharia are very rare. They grow on rotted plant remains outside the forest, sometimes found on the edges.
Since the 60s of the twentieth century, wrinkled-ringed Stropharia have been grown industrially. They are less whimsical to growing conditions than champignons. In nature, these mushrooms can be found from early summer to mid-autumn.
Twins and their differences
Young ringworms are often confused with noble porcini mushrooms or boletus. They are very similar in appearance, but if you look under the hat, you can see the plates, while in porcini mushrooms in this place there is a tubular layer resembling a sponge.
Mushrooms are valuable edible mushrooms.
The fruiting body of the ringworm can be confused with Hornemann’s Stropharia. This is a poisonous mushroom. It has a cap with a diameter of up to 12 cm, red or yellow-brown, white flesh, odorless and tasteless, a smooth whitish leg with a ring.
Edible ringworm or not
Stropharia wrinkled-ring – a valuable edible mushroom, with a dense, pleasant-tasting pulp. After cooking, it tastes like a boletus. It has a specific, pleasant aroma, similar to the smell of radish. The benefits of ringworm for the body lies in the high protein content in the pulp, rich in mineral and vitamin composition.
How to cook ring
You can cook many delicious mushroom dishes from wrinkled-ring stropharia – fry in sour cream or with potatoes and onions, add to soup. For long-term storage, these mushrooms are salted, pickled, dried and frozen. Some interesting recipes will be useful for lovers of mushroom dishes.
Breaded rings
Peeled and washed mushrooms cut off the caps, dry them on a napkin. Oil is heated in a frying pan. Mushroom caps are dipped in egg with a pinch of salt and black pepper. Then roll in flour or breadcrumbs, and fry in a hot frying pan. For 1 kg of mushrooms, you need 2 eggs and half a glass of oil.
Mushrooms in sour cream
To prepare this stewed mushroom dish, the rings are washed and cut into slices. Fry chopped onions in hot cooking oil, then add mushrooms, and fry for about 30 minutes more. At the end add salt, spices to taste, sour cream with water and flour. To prepare 1 kg of mushrooms, take 50-60 g of fat, a large onion, a glass of sour cream, a little water and 1 tsp. flour with horseback, salt and spices – as needed.
Pickled stropharia wrinkled ring
Young mushrooms of small size are best suited for this blank. First, they are washed under running water, cleaned, and boiled for about 20-30 minutes with the addition of onions. Then the water is drained, the mushrooms are laid out in jars, and the marinade is poured with vinegar and bay leaf. For 1 kg of boiled mushrooms, you will need a marinade of 2 tbsp. water, 1 tbsp. l. salt, 1 tbsp. l. sugar, 2 bay leaves and 2 tbsp. l. vinegar 9%.
What is useful ring
The mushroom pulp of Stropharia wrinkly-ring contains a large amount of B vitamins and nicotinic acid. In terms of their mineral and vitamin composition, these mushrooms are superior to vegetables such as cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes.
Nicotinic acid has a beneficial effect on the digestive organs and the functioning of the nervous system. Relieves inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, stimulates intestinal motility.
How to grow a ringworm at home or on the site
For growing ringworm at home, a special nutrient substrate is made. For landing choose a shaded place that is protected from wind and cold. These heat-loving mushrooms grow well in basements and greenhouses under a film, on shaded vegetable beds.
For the development of mycelium, the temperature of the substrate must be at least +25°C, and during fruiting – at least +21°C. Some gardeners practice growing wrinkled-ring stropharia in beds with zucchini, pumpkins, watermelons or melons. The large leaves of these crops protect mushrooms from the sun.
Mushroom mycelium thrives in a substrate of hardwood chips, cereal straw, or shredded corn stalks. Minerals and manure are not used. The mycelium is divided into pieces the size of a small walnut, and planted to a depth of about 5 cm in the prepared substrate.
After planting, the surface of the beds is moistened, leveled, and covered with burlap or agrofibre to maintain high humidity. The air temperature must be at least +20°C. When the substrate turns white, it should take about a month, the shelter is removed, and the surface of the beds is sprinkled with a layer of earth about 5 cm thick. A mixture of peat and leaf humus is used as mulch in equal proportions. For germinating mycelium, it is necessary to provide diffused light, optimal humidity and ventilation. After 1-2 weeks, you can harvest the first mushrooms by twisting them with your hands from the soil substrate.
Conclusion
Wrinkled-ringed stropharia is a delicious edible mushroom that is rarely found in the forest. Most often it is grown industrially in greenhouses or on personal plots. Stropharia wrinkled-ring contains many minerals and vitamins useful for the body, it has a special, rare aroma and an attractive appearance.
