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Boletus mushrooms in the photo look very attractive, they seem appetizing and tasty even in the picture. Closer to autumn, mushrooms appear in the forests everywhere, in order to bring a full basket, you need to properly study the existing species.
What does an oiler look like
The oiler mushroom looks like a small or medium-sized fungus with a neat tube-type cap. The bottom surface of the cap resembles a sponge, as it consists of many tiny vertically spaced tubes. The stem of the mushroom can be either smooth or granular, often a ring remains on it. The flesh on the cut is white or slightly yellowish; in the process of oxidation it becomes bluish or reddish.
The cap is covered with a thin skin, which is quite traditional for most mushrooms. However, the oiler has an important feature - the skin on its cap is sticky and shiny, often slimy to the touch.
What do the embryos of boletus look like?
A photo and a description of what an oiler mushroom looks like demonstrate that young mushrooms, just emerging from the ground, have a very small cone-shaped cap with curved edges downward. The lower tubular layer of the cap is covered with a thin whitish film, the so-called bedspread. Small mushrooms usually have a very shiny and sticky cap, only afterwards the skin dries up a little.
What do young boletus look like
Fungi that have managed to grow a little, but have not yet begun to age, are easily recognizable by the ring on the leg, it remains after the coverlet on the underside of the cap breaks. As they grow older, the shape of the cap changes, it straightens, although it continues to resemble a very low, gentle cone. The diameter of the cap of an adult young fungus usually does not exceed 15 cm.
What overgrown boletus looks like
Just 7-9 days after birth, the fungi begin to age, their flesh darkens and becomes flabby. The ring of overgrown mushrooms most often falls off, and the skin on the cap of old specimens dries up and may crack.
Why was the oiler so named
The oiler mushroom got its name due to the unusual sticky skin on the cap with a damp sheen. At first glance, it seems that the mushroom was smeared with oil on top.
It should be noted that this feature is read in the name of the mushroom in different languages. For example, in Germany fungi are called "butter mushrooms", in England they call butterdishes "slippery Jack", and in the Czech Republic they call them butter mushrooms.
What mushrooms are boletus
From the point of view of classification, boletus belongs to the family of the same name Oily and to the order Boletovye. The fungus is included in the department of basidiomycetes and belongs to the class of agaricomycetes.
What are the boletus
The genus Maslenkovs has about 50 different species. Mushrooms can be divided into 2 groups - completely edible and conditionally edible mushrooms.
Types of edible butter with photos and descriptions
The mushroom pickers are most interested in edible oil, they have a good taste, many useful properties, and besides, they are easy to process before eating. Edible fungi in Russian forests are found in several types.
Ordinary
This edible mushroom is also called late, autumn, true, or yellow butterdish. It grows most often in pine forests, and you can find it from the beginning of August to the end of September. The fungus is easily recognizable by the convex mucous cap of chocolate, red-brown or yellow-brown color. The diameter of the cap does not exceed 12 cm, and the height of the leg is 5-10 cm, and usually it has a ring.
Red-red
In the photo of varieties of boletus, you can often see an edible reddish-red fungus. It also grows mainly in coniferous forest plantations, and is found most often from mid-July to October. The edible fungus has a large fleshy cap up to 15 cm in diameter, the color of the cap is yellow-orange with red-orange scales. The mushroom rises on a stem up to 11 cm above the ground, while the stem is usually almost the same color as the cap or slightly lighter in color.
Bellini
Bellini's edible oiler mushroom is easily recognizable by its dense, but short, white-yellow stem and light brown cap. Below the cap has a spongy greenish-yellow surface. Stem rings are usually not present in young specimens.
White
White, or pale oil can, is an edible mushroom that is most often found under cedars and pines, and can grow in Russian forests from June to November. The diameter of the upper part is standard - up to 12 cm, the cap is covered with a mucous skin. The color of the edible white fungus is light yellow; over time, purple specks may appear on the top of the mushroom. The variety is small - the mushroom usually rises no more than 8 cm above the ground.
Grainy
The edible oiler called granular has a convex or pillow-like cap - in young specimens it is a rusty hue, and in old ones it is yellow-orange. Above the surface of the earth, the fungus rises by no more than 8 cm, and the diameter of its upper part does not exceed 10 cm. In dry weather, the skin of the edible fungus is dry and smooth, although it can become slimy after rains. On the top of the stem, droplets of liquid are often released from the pores, and when they dry out, the surface of the stem becomes uneven, dotted with specks and as if grainy.
The edible mushroom grows mainly under the pines and sometimes under the spruces; it can be found everywhere from the beginning of summer until November.
Redhead
The ginger, or non-ringed, mushroom has a reddish-ginger cap and a light yellow spongy layer on its lower surface. In the photo of edible mushrooms of this species, it is usually noticeable that the leg retains the remnants of a torn bedspread, but there is no ring as such, hence the second name. Sometimes the leg of the fungus is covered with small wart growths.
Cedar
The edible cedar oil can has a rather large brown cap - up to 15 cm in diameter. Usually, the surface of the skin at the top of the fungus is not sticky, but as if covered with wax, the color varies from yellow to brownish-orange. The leg of the edible fungus is standard, even with a slight taper in the upper part, it can reach a height of 12 cm.
Yellow-brown
The yellow-brown oiler, which is also called a swamp, pestle or marsh moss, differs from most mushrooms of its kind in that it has not a slimy, but a scaly cap. In young fungi, the surface of the skin at the top is covered with fine hairs. The color of the fungus is usually olive in young specimens and yellow with a reddish or orange tint in adults.The fungus belongs to the category of quite large, it can reach 10 cm in height, and up to 14 cm in width along the cap.
Notable
Photos of what edible boletus look like include a species called noteworthy. It is found most often in wetlands, and you can recognize it by the brown shade of the scaly, sticky upper part and by the ring on the leg. In this case, the color of the leg in the lower part is brownish-red, and above the ring - yellowish-white. The diameter of the fungus can reach 15 cm, in height it usually does not rise above 12 cm.
Siberian
Edible Siberian fungus usually grows up to 10 cm wide and up to 8 cm high. In young specimens, the color is straw-yellow; as it grows, it becomes dark yellow with brown spots. Siberian oiler is a fungus with a slimy skin, a ring on the leg and a light fringe around the edges of the cap. It is relatively rare to meet this species, mainly it comes across in Siberia in mountainous areas next to pines.
Girded
Edible boletus of this species grows most often next to larch and has a dark color - dark chestnut or red-brown. The fungus can grow up to 12 cm, in width reaches about 15 cm, a ring usually remains on the leg. On the cut of the leg, the flesh is light brown, and inside the hat it is yellow-orange and fleshy.
Photo and description of conditionally edible mushrooms butterflies
In Russian forests, you can find not only edible, but also conditionally edible boletus. This means that, in principle, mushrooms are not toxic, but in their raw form they have an unpleasant bitter and pungent taste and can cause poisoning.
Photos and descriptions of conditionally edible boletus mushrooms should be carefully studied. They must be very carefully processed before use - soak, boil for a long time. In this case, they will no longer pose a danger to digestion, and the taste will noticeably improve.
Larch
The conditionally edible fungus is easily recognized by its bright yellow or bright orange color. At the same time, not only the tops, but also the legs of this species of fungi can boast of a bright color. Larch fungi emit a pleasant aroma, but they can be used in cooking only after long processing.
Swamp
The fungus can be recognized by its off-yellow or ocher top with a bump in the center and a sticky skin. The leg of the conditionally edible fungus is thin and yellow, usually with a ring, and the flesh at the cut is light lemon in color. Under the influence of oxygen, the pulp becomes reddish.
Grey
Gray or blue larch boletus is characterized by a gray-yellow or light gray color, medium-sized for boletus, and a whitish ring on the stem. The flesh of the fungus becomes bluish in color when cut.
Goat
Goat butterflies, also called mullein or laths, are usually orange-brown or reddish-brown and reach only 11 cm in width. The leg of the fungus is the same color as the top, usually there is no ring. Most often, the conditionally edible species is found in swampy areas. The white-yellow pulp of the fungus is good for eating, but it has a sour taste, therefore it requires careful preliminary processing.
Yellowish
Mushrooms of this species are conditionally edible and are found very often in forests with sandy soils. You can recognize the appearance by the orange-brown or ocher shade of a small, up to 6 cm in diameter, hat. Usually, a dense ring remains on the stem of the fungus - white in young specimens and purple in adults. The skin of this species, when eaten, causes an upset stomach, so it must be removed, and the pulp must be boiled thoroughly.
Ruby
A variety of ruby oil is distinguished by a light brown color of the top and a thick pink leg, sometimes quite saturated. The tubular layer on the underside of the hat is also pink in color.Before eating this species, the mushrooms must be peeled and boiled properly to eliminate the unpleasant aftertaste.
Pepper
Perchaks, or pepper boletus, are very small in size - up to 6 cm in height and up to 5 cm in width. The entire fungus is completely colored in brown shades, only the stem on the cut has a yellow color with a slight reddish glow. Pepper fungi get their name from their very pungent taste. It is allowed to eat them, but only after prolonged drying or soaking and in small quantities. Usually this type is used as a spice for various dishes.
Interesting facts about boletus
The neat little fungi have some unique characteristics. Namely:
- in the photo of boletus in the forest, it can be seen that most often they grow in whole colonies - they can be rarely found singly, usually others are located very close to one oiler;
- are suitable for food mainly at a young age - old boletus is often affected by worms;
- when cleaning, they leave brown sticky spots on the skin, so it is better to remove the skin from the fungi with thin gloves;
- can cause severe allergies - in case of a predisposition to allergic reactions, it is better to use them with caution.
Interestingly, fungi grow not only in Eurasia and the American continents, but even in Africa. It is believed that they were brought to hot countries in the Middle Ages along with pines. However, the local population rarely eats them - the inhabitants of Africa consider these fungi to be poisonous.
Conclusion
Boletus mushrooms in the photo can be found in many varieties. There are no poisonous species in this family, therefore, theoretically, any of the butter oils can be used for food, but some require special processing.
