Dweller dry coniferous forests - gall fungus - growing from July to October, both on the ground and on the stumps.Sometimes it chooses mixed, rarely deciduous forests.The people earned him the nickname "bitterling" for a pronounced bitter taste.In Latin, its name Tylopilus felleus.It's easy to be confused with white mushrooms, but if you take a closer look at, the differences are very noticeable.
gall fungus has a thick cushion hat, it ranges in color from gold to red with a gray tint.The diameter of the cap from 5 to 20 cm, it is dull, dry, sometimes velvety.It is this solid tubular "cap" so often misleads mushroom.
Stem 5-10 cm tall, thin top and thicker at the bottom, its surface is covered with red or brown scales.The flesh is bluish-white, dense, on the cut becomes pink;almost no infestation of worms.On the back of the cap - white tubular layer in ducts is spore print.Immature spores bright, but eventually turn pink.The fungus belongs to gall inedible mushrooms.It has an unpleasant bitter taste, and virtually no smell.However, it is not considered toxic because it does not contain heavy toxins.
Fertility mycelium depends on the weather conditions.In the warm summer fruits beneficial active, but large colonies are rare.Gall white fungus growing locally, sometimes singly, sometimes in small groups.White called for similarities, even if not wholly, but inexperienced mushroom pickers often make mistakes.Consequences - spoiled the taste of dishes;poisoning generally occurs.
main distinguishing feature that should be alerted - this is turning pink leg on the cut, which is a conventional Borovik is always white.The second thing that must be struck - this expression scales that form a mesh pattern on the leg.Gall fungus, which filed the above description also differs indiscriminate in choosing the place of growth.This inhabitant of the forest and noticed the foliage on the ground and under the trees near the stumps and on stumps, and even in the rotten roots of trees.Thus the appearance of the fungus is variable so that it can be taken as boletus, boletus or the flywheel.
gorchak While very young, he looks like a strong boletus only net on a leg is not gray and reddish, and does not darken on the cut, and turns pink.The huge old specimens are very similar to white, but thin legs (3-4 cm in diameter) looks awkward, and suggests the falsity of this fungus.
Before you cook the dish, is to bite a small piece, and everything will fall into place.The sharp bitter taste, which has the gall fungus, excludes the possibility of using it in food.Even a small slice of flesh, caught in the hot, can completely spoil the taste of the dish.However, I noticed an interesting fact: the bitter taste of this fungus does not feel all that certain he seems sweet.And someone painstakingly soaks mushrooms in salted cold water and then fry or marinating.Due to the fact that the bitterling not poisonous, eating it is not contraindicated.Those who tried to dry thin slices of said fungus, argue that as a result of drying out the bitterness.
