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Crinipellis scabrous is also known by the Latin name Crinipellis scabella. A lamellar species from the genus Crinipellis, which is a member of the large family of Negniychnikovs. Other names - Agaricus stipitarius, Marasmius epichlo, Agaricus stipitarius var. graminealis.
Crinipellis rough - small mushroom, consisting of a leg and a cap
What does crinipellis look like?
The species forms small fruiting bodies with fragile pulp and not uniform color. The main background of the upper part is cream or whitish with a gray tint. Center in contrasting brown or brick color.
The edges are finely scaly, the coating is dark brown with a reddish tint. Over time, the flakes crumble or fade, merging with the main tone.
The dark fragment in the center remains unchanged with the age of the mushrooms.
Description of the hat
At the beginning of the growing season, the cap of young specimens is semicircular with concave edges and a slight conical bulge. At the next stage of development, the tubercle straightens, a shallow depression forms in its place. The adult crinipellis is scabrous with a spreading cap and clearly defined jagged edges and small cracks. The cap is generally of the correct rounded shape, less often with raised edges.
Characteristic:
- The maximum diameter is 1.5 cm, among a kind, such mushrooms are considered large, the average size is within 0.8 cm.
- The surface is slimy in damp weather, and at low humidity it is velvety fine-flaked with longitudinal radial stripes.
- The spore-bearing layer consists of sparsely located plates descending to the pedicle and protruding beyond the edges of the cap, cream or light beige, color during the growth period does not change.
Microscopic spores are light cream.
The pulp is springy, very fragile and thin, whitish in color
Leg description
The central leg is disproportionate to the top. It grows up to 5 cm. Slightly curved, thin, conical, thickened near the mycelium. The structure is rigid, longitudinally fibrous, hollow. The surface is covered with fine pile from below, closer to the top - with flakes.
The color of the leg is dark brown, closer to black
Where and how it grows
Crinipellis is a common species, distributed throughout Russia without climatic preference. The main accumulation is in the central, European part, in the Caucasus, the Urals and Siberia. Fruiting from early summer to December in large colonies on the remains of grass, gives preference to cereals. And also on fallen leaves, forest edges.
Is the mushroom edible or not
Fruit bodies with a sweetish taste and a weak mushroom odor. Due to its small size, the mushroom has no nutritional value.
Doubles and their differences
Outwardly, the rough crinipellis looks like a wheel-shaped non-iron. Grows only on woody debris in a humid environment. Fruiting from mid-summer to autumn. Outwardly, the twin is distinguished by a pronounced ribbed surface of the cap and the absence of dark pigment in the center. The species is inedible.
The leg is very dark, no fleecy or scaly surface, smooth
Conclusion
Crinipellis scabby is an inedible species, very small in size with a fragile, thin flesh. Fruiting from late autumn to the onset of frost in compact groups, occupies large areas, but due to its small size it is poorly visible in the grass.
