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Rough Panus is a representative of a large group of the Panus clan. These mushrooms are also called saw-leaves. The Latin name for the bristly saw-leaf is Panus rudis. The genus is distinguished by a high concentration of protein. Mature specimens are much tougher than young ones, which is the reason for the name of the species. At the same time, the latter are well absorbed, do not create problems for the digestive tract. Another feature that gave the mushroom its name is the ability to destroy wood on trees and stumps. Even artificial structures on which panus grow do not remain unharmed.
What Panus looks like rough
You need to describe the variety in full. This makes it possible for mushroom pickers to accurately determine the name and belonging of the fruiting body to a well-known family. Panus consists of a cap and a leg, so the focus is on these parts.
Description of the hat
The cap of the bristly saw-leaf has an unusual shape. Most often it is lateral, funnel-shaped or cupped. The surface is strewn with tiny hairs.
Coloring - yellow-red or light brown, sometimes with pink. The diameter of the cap is from 2 cm to 7 cm. The pulp is without pronounced taste and odor, white spore powder, cylindrical spores.
Leg description
This part of the mushroom is very short, the length of the leg is not more than 2 cm. The thickness is the same, it can be found on some specimens up to 3 cm. Dense, the color is identical to the hat, the leg is covered with hairs.
Where and how it grows
The fungus prefers deciduous or coniferous plantings, highlands. Occurs on deadwood, coniferous wood, especially buried in the ground. Grows singly or in small groups. Fruiting from the end of June, in high-altitude areas a little later - from the end of July or in August. Some lovers of "quiet hunting" celebrate the appearance of the Rough Panus in the autumn months (September, October). Lives in the Urals, the Caucasus, in the forests of the Far East and Siberia. Occurs in mass felling of trees, dead wood.
It can grow in unusual places, for example, as another representative of sawleafs in the video:
Is the mushroom edible or not
Scientists have classified the species as conditionally edible mushrooms. This suggests that panus can be consumed after preliminary preparation - soaking, boiling (25 minutes). It is recommended to cook dishes from the caps of young specimens of bristly sawfoot. It is better to discard old mushrooms and legs.
Many mushroom pickers believe that the nutritional value of the species is low. They try to use it fresh, without making preparations. The exception is pickling.
Doubles and their differences
In nature, there is a fairly large number of saw-leaves. There are species that an inexperienced mushroom picker can confuse with each other. However, the bristly variety has been poorly studied. Therefore, scientists have not identified at the moment species similar to it. Other panus have too distinctive external parameters (color), which do not allow them to be mistaken for a rough panus.
Conclusion
Rough Panus has an unusual appearance, but it can significantly diversify the diet. The description and photo will help mushroom pickers easily find fruit bodies in order to move them to their basket.
