The name of the mushroom cap was a kind of domes.This species belongs to the family of cortinariaceae.This fungus has other names: Forest mushroom, chicken, Turks pribolotnik white.His appearance is deceptive at first glance it is difficult to determine, it is edible or poisonous.
ringed Mushroom Cap (Rozites caperatus) grows in mossy pine forests, sometimes mixed, much less in oak groves and bilberry.It is found in Europe, Russia, and Belarus.In the northern regions of Russia it can be found under the dwarf birch.Favourite places - on acid soils moist, often lives in the mountains, at an altitude of 2000 meters.Fruiting season from mid July to the end of September.The bright and very noticeable mushrooms always evoke distrust, for this reason, mushroom pickers do not collect Rozites caperatus, mistaking it for poison.
mushroom cap is a domed hat yellow-ocher color.Over time, it grows quite large, up to 10-12 cm in diameter, at the same time does not lose its proper shape.Initially the cap completely closed, resembles an onion, with the growth of crushes, but never flat.In hot dry weather, cracked edges, cap becomes a "ragged" with multiple cracks and wrinkles.The pulp is a dirty yellow, thick, fleshy, with a faint mushroom aroma.The surface is dry, covered with small scales, like powdery coating.In dry weather, are formed on the cap noticeable wrinkles.Fruiting bodies grow as a group and individually.
young mushroom cap is fused with the stem hat, which grows off, leaving a noticeable yellowish torn leg ring.Because of this ring it is often confused with poisonous mushrooms, including a pale toadstool.Besides high leg length of 12 cm, making it similar to the mushroom fly agaric outwardly.But there are a number of differences, which give edible and very tasty mushroom cap.
His album first white, then turn brown, when you darken, while pale toadstool they are always white.A powdery coating on the cap inherent ringed cap missing and grebes, and mushroom.The color plates can determine the age of the fruit body, yellow tint indicates that the fungus gets old.Besides, the cap quickly hardens leg.It has a dense surface and within a small cavity.Tight legs are usually pruned in order not to spoil the taste of the prepared dishes.
Other sources claim that the mushrooms caps (right photo above) suitable for frying, pickles, marinades and soups.However, be careful with old overgrown mushrooms, solid old legs have to cull ruthlessly.Due to the fact that the mushroom cap is little known among mushroom pickers, then find him in the forest is not so difficult.In Russia it is not very popular because of its dubious appearance.But in European countries it is considered a delicacy, especially in the price of strong young mushrooms that gladly eat stewed and fried.Unlike other cortinariaceae cap ringed has a pleasant light aroma.
