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The young mushrooms, before the gills start to turn black, are a choice edible mushroom, [13] but should be prepared soon after being collected as the black areas quickly turn bitter. [14] The taste is mild; cooking produces a large quantity of liquid. It can sometimes be used in mushroom soup with parasol mushroom.
The very crowded gills are free; they are whitish at first but rapidly turn black and easily deliquesce. The short stipe measures 5–17 cm (2– 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) high by 1–2 cm in diameter, [ 5 ] is grey in colour, and lacks a ring.
Coprinopsis variegata, commonly known as the scaly ink cap or the feltscale inky cap, is a species of fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae.Distributed in eastern North America, it has a medium-sized, bell-shaped to flattened cap up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in diameter, with felt-like, patchy scales.
Spread out on a tall table, some look like inside-out umbrellas with dark centers turned toward the sun. Others are tiny with a bright orange underside. Some are mustard yellow with a fan of dark ...
The mushroom is stalkless and the cap is rust-brown or darker brown, sometimes with black zones. The cap is flat, up to 8 × 5 × 0.5–1 cm in area. It is often triangular or round, with zones of fine hairs. The pore surface is whitish to light brown, with pores round and with age twisted and labyrinthine. 3–8 pores per millimeter.
The species was first described scientifically by American mycologist Howard James Banker in 1913. [2] Italian Pier Andrea Saccardo placed the species in the genus Hydnum in 1925, [3] while Walter Henry Snell and Esther Amelia Dick placed it in Calodon in 1956; [4] Hydnum peckii (Banker) Sacc. and Calodon peckii Snell & E.A. Dick are synonyms of Hydnellum peckii.
A drawing on the lower side of the sporocarp of G. applanatum. A peculiarity of this fungus lies in its use as a drawing medium for artists. [13] When the fresh white pore surface is rubbed or scratched with a sharp implement, dark brown tissue under the pores is revealed, resulting in visible lines and shading that become permanent once the fungus is dried.
Russula adusta, commonly known as the blackening brittlegill or blackening russula, is a species of gilled mushroom.It is a member of the Russula subgenus Compactae. [1] The cap is brown to gray and somewhat shiny, with a mild taste and, reportedly, an odor of empty wine barrels. [1]