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Cap-shaped mycena is an inedible representative of the Mitsenov family. It grows in small families in mixed forests, bears fruit throughout the warm period. In order not to confuse the view with edible specimens, you need to carefully read the external characteristics, view photos and videos.
What do mycene caps look like?
Acquaintance with a forest dweller should begin with a description of the fruiting body. The cap in young specimens is bell-shaped, as it grows up, it straightens a little, in full maturity it takes the form of a wide bell with a small mound in the center. The radially ribbed surface, up to 6 cm in diameter, is colored from gray-brown to light pink. The whitish pulp is fragile and thin, with a mealy taste and smell. In case of mechanical damage, the color does not change.
The bottom layer is formed by narrow, loose, off-white plates. Reproduction occurs with microscopic smooth spores, which are located in a whitish powder. Cylindrical leg of regular shape, 10 cm high. The structure is hollow, brittle, rigid. The surface is colored to match the cap, but closer to the base it becomes light brown with well-visible characteristic hairs.
Inedible, but not poisonous
Where do cap-shaped mycenae grow
The cap-shaped mycena is ubiquitous. Prefers to grow next to decaying coniferous and deciduous trees. They can also be seen on stumps, woody substrate, dry. Grows in groups, bears fruit from June to November.
Is it possible to eat cap-shaped mycenae
This representative of the mushroom kingdom is inedible, but not poisonous. Due to the lack of nutritional value, the mushroom is not used in cooking. But if mycena cap-shaped somehow got on the table, then it will not cause food poisoning.
All members of this genus grow on dead wood and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. There are many types of mycenae, but all of them for the most part belong to cap-shaped and oblique mycenae. In one colony, there are both young representatives and fully matured ones. As they grow older, mushrooms change shape and color, which misleads mushroom pickers. The cap-shaped mycena differs from its counterparts in the color of the plates and the presence of transverse veins between them.
In order not to harm your body and not to collect toxic specimens, you must carefully study the external data. The mycenae cap-shaped has similar counterparts, such as:
- Alkaline - an inedible representative with a hemispherical, then outstretched cap. The thin surface is painted in creamy chocolate or fawn tones. The stem is long, hollow, much lighter than the cap, spider webs are visible at the base. It bears fruit all summer long, grows in large families on spruce cones and coniferous substratum.
Grows on dead wood
- Nitkonogaya - an inedible specimen with a conical light or dark brown cap. In dry weather, a silvery coating appears on the surface.The even leg is thin and long, the top is painted in a snow-white color, closer to the base it becomes coffee with pronounced whitish fibers. The gray flesh is fragile, tasteless and odorless. In fully ripe specimens, the pulp exudes a strong iodine aroma. Grows on deciduous and coniferous substrates, prefers fertile soil. Occurs in single specimens and in small groups. Fruiting from May to July.
Due to the lack of taste and smell, the mushroom is not eaten
- Dairy - this species, despite the lack of taste and smell, is eaten. You can recognize it by a small, bell-shaped hat, thin leg, gray-coffee color. Grows in mixed forests on rotten wood. Bears fruit all summer. In cooking, it is used fried, stewed and canned. Since the genus has poisonous counterparts, the collection of these representatives of the mushroom kingdom should be carried out by an experienced mushroom picker.
Beautiful, miniature view
- Net - hallucinogenic, poisonous forest dweller. The fruit body is small, the surface is slimy, light chocolate in color. Cylindrical stem, thin, fragile, 10 cm long. Fruiting on dead wood, from May to July. Since the species can be harmful to health, during mushroom hunting you need to be extremely careful and be able to recognize it.
Dangerous mushroom - causes poisoning and visual hallucinations
Conclusion
Cap-shaped mycena is an inedible, but not poisonous representative of the mushroom kingdom. It grows on dead wood, bears fruit all summer until the first frost. Experienced mushroom pickers recommend, so as not to harm themselves and their loved ones, and also, in order to replenish the population, not to pluck, but to pass by an unfamiliar specimen.
