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A representative of the genus Dedaleopsis from the Polyporovye family. Dedaleopsis tricolor is known by several Latin names:
- Lenzites tricolor;
- Daedaleopsis tricolor;
- Daedaleopsis confragosa var. tricolor;
- Agaricus tricolor.
The color is bright, with maroon stripes located closer to the edge of the cap
What does dealeopsis tricolor look like?
Annual dealeopsis tricolor grows in loose groups covering large areas on the surface of the wood.
External characteristic:
- fruiting bodies are sessile and narrowed at the base with a tubercle-like compaction in the lower part;
- the surface of the cap is wrinkled with radial color zones, in young specimens the shade is closer to gray with a clearly defined light stripe along the edge;
- in the process of growing up, the color becomes tricolor: at the base - brown or dark gray with a purple tint, to the edge - with alternating areas of purple or dark red, as well as brown;
- fruiting bodies prostrate, rounded with wavy edges, thin;
- the surface is dry, slightly bumpy, bare;
- the hymenophore is lamellar, branched, the arrangement of the plates is rare, the color at the beginning of growth is beige or whitish, with time it becomes light brown with a reddish tint and a silvery tint;
- in case of mechanical damage, the spore-bearing layer turns brown.
The pulp is light with a brown tint, without a pronounced odor.
Tricolor Dedaleopsis growing on branches, completely covers the wood, growing together on the sides
Where and how it grows
The distribution area is in the zone of temperate and warm climate. It parasitizes living wood, deadwood trunks, branches. In Siberia, it is found on willow, aspen, birch, in the southern regions - more often on alder. An annual mushroom with the beginning of the growing season in May, lasting until November. Grows singly or in tiled, scattered, loose groups. It becomes the cause of the defeat of trees by white rot.
Is the mushroom edible or not
The flesh of dealeopsis tricolor is thin - within 3 mm. The structure is tough both at the beginning and at the end of the growing season, therefore it does not represent nutritional value. No toxicity information available.
Doubles and their differences
Outwardly similar to dealeopsis is a tricolor inedible tinder fungus tuberous (rough). Fruiting bodies are smaller, dense arrangement, often accrete with lateral parts. The hats are thicker, the color is irregular with indistinct radial color zones. The color is light brown, different shades of yellow. The edges at the beginning of growth are beige, in old mushrooms they are dark gray.
The life cycle of a tuberous tinder fungus is up to three years
Lenzites birch is an annual species most widespread in Russia. Densely spaced fruiting bodies often grow together to form rosettes. The surface is zonal, at the beginning of growth, light, gray, cream. Over time, the colors darken, clear boundaries are defined. Inedible.
The surface of the cap in adult specimens is covered with a green bloom.
Conclusion
Dedaleopsis tricolor is an annual species common in all climatic zones, the main cluster is in Western Siberia. Fruiting bodies with a rigid structure have no nutritional value. The symbiosis with deciduous trees causes the spread of white rot on trees.
