Among edible fungi have a tube-like simultaneously on boletus, boletus and leccinum.This flywheel - the fungus that grows both in coniferous and deciduous and mixed forests.And its appearance depends on the place of distribution.That is why it is often confused with other edible counterparts and more often, and do not know about its taste, taking for false or toxic.
Mushroom flywheel can be harvested from June to October, it grows mainly in deciduous forests, often side by side with oak, aspen, birch and pine trees.Usually used in fried and dried form, it has a great taste, but in the processing changes color, becoming darker.Hat slightly irregular shape, matt cushion, dry, pleasant to the touch velvet fibers.The color can vary - from light green to brown and bright yellow.Flywheel - fungus rather large and noticeable, the diameter of the cap on the average from 40 to 110 mm.
Tubules on the back side of yellow (young fungi thickness of 5 mm, in older to 15 mm).First, they held tightly to the cap, as they grow older Mokhovikov become freer and change its color to the olive.In old age, becoming brown or bluish tint, with pressure on them remain dark marks.
foot thick, cylindrical, sometimes slightly thickened, grows up to 10-12 cm, volume may reach 1.5-2 cm. There is a distinctive feature by which you can recognize the flywheel: Mushroom and Veree his leg, dark on the cut.If it is yellow initially, then cut the fiber turns blue or black.If the color is unchanged, then it is some other mushroom.Although Mokhovikov no false brethren, is wary of suspicious strangers instances, as it is likely to stumble upon quite unfit for food.
Flywheel - mushroom with a pleasant, light scent reminiscent of a fruity aroma.The younger the fungus, the better it tastes, so the best for assembly - are young or slightly grown specimens.The young Mokhovikov hat round without faults in older it is voluminous, thick, often curved.Overgrown perishable, sometimes fungus decomposes in a few hours.That's why advised to sort and prepare the forest "harvest" in the same day when it was collected, and in the food consumed only young, not spoiled by worms instances.
because of the color of the cap there are several subspecies Mokhovikov: yellow-brown, green, red and variegated.They all have a similar appearance, but grow in different forests.Yellow-brown mushroom flywheel (pictured above) - one of the most common, always adjacent to the pine, and the flywheel green growing in deciduous forests.Often there are specimens with colorful hat, they look original and tempting.Any of them edible.They lend themselves well to drying, while the flesh retains its color and pronounced lemon mushroom flavor.In addition to drying and can be harvested for future use fried mushrooms, because they also have excellent taste, well-kept and suitable for preparation of various dishes: soups, pizza, fried potatoes.
