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The representative of the Gomfovy family, the horned or beautiful ramaria (Ramaria formosa) belongs to the inedible species. The danger is represented by the fact that the mushroom is very similar in appearance to edible representatives, which are much less than toxic ones.
Where beautiful ramaria grow
Horned beetles are quite common. Form small groups in semicircles or long rows. They prefer to settle in a humid environment, in partial shade on a moss cushion. Saprophytic fungi can exist only on the remains of wood, often under the soil layer. They also grow near pines and firs on a perennial coniferous litter. Found in deciduous forests near birch, oak or hornbeam.
Distribution area:
- european part of Russia;
- Ural;
- Siberia.
In the Central regions, a beautiful slag can be found in young forests or forest plantations, in mixed mountain ranges. Fruiting occurs in July, the duration depends on seasonal rainfall. During the dry season, the number of colonies decreases sharply. The last specimens grow until the first frost.
What beautiful ramaria look like
The mushroom is of an unusual shape, there is no clear difference between the leg and the cap, the last part is simply not there. The fruiting body consists of numerous branches of different lengths.
The external description is as follows:
- the height of the fruiting body reaches 25 cm, about the same diameter;
- the mushroom is colored in several colors, the lower part is white, the middle part is pinkish, the upper part is yellow or ocher;
- the species has a short massive leg, fibrous structure, solid;
- in young specimens, the leg is first pink, then white, no more than 5 cm long;
- at the end of the flat stem, numerous processes are formed, white with a pink tint and yellow edges on top.
The pulp is bitter, white, darkens when pressed.
Is it possible to eat beautiful ramaria
The fruit body of horned horns is odorless, with an unpleasant bitter taste. Mushrooms are not consumed due to the content of toxic compounds in the chemical composition.
How to distinguish beautiful ramaria
The genus includes several types of ramaria, among them there are toxic and conditionally edible. In some cases, it is difficult to distinguish the mushrooms outwardly. The poisonous slingshot is very similar to the yellow ramaria.
The only difference is that the coloration of the double is more yellow. The mushroom is classified as conditionally edible, it can be used after boiling. It differs from poisonous in the absence of bitterness or its insignificant presence.
Feoklavulina fir, the species is classified as an inedible mushroom.
In some sources, fir pheoclavulin is classified as conditionally edible. However, the presence of bitterness makes its use impossible even after boiling. It is distinguished by its olive color and a narrower and shorter fruit body. The smell resembles rotten leaves, the flesh darkens on the cut.
Crested hornbeam, inedible look.
It is distinguished by a light fruiting body with a purple tint and dark fragments on the upper part. The taste is bitter, there is no smell, there are no toxins in the chemical composition.
Conclusion
Ramaria beautiful refers to saprophytes, parasitizing on the remains of wood of different species. Occurs in shaded, damp places on lichens, moss or leaf litter. The taste is bitter, toxins are present in the fruit body, beautiful ramaria is inedible and poisonous.
