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Boletus or blackening boletus (Leccinum nigrescens or Leccinellum crocipodium) is a mushroom of the Boletovye family. This is a typical representative of the genus Leccinellum with an average nutritional value.
Black boletus of medium-late fruiting
Where the blackening mushroom grows
Blackening obobok is a thermophilic species. The distribution area in Russia is the North Caucasus. It grows in any type of forest if it contains beech and oak, with the root system of which it forms mycorrhiza. Fruiting from late June to mid-September in dry, warm weather. The main accumulation of mushrooms is in moderately open, moist areas. There are solitary specimens or small compact groups. The species gives preference to acidic soils.
What does a blackening pebble look like
This is a medium-sized mushroom - up to 15 cm high with the same cap diameter. The color of the fruit body of young specimens is of a uniform bright yellow color, mature ones with a light brown tint.
Photo and external characteristics of the blackening trim:
- At the beginning of the growing season, the cap is in the form of a hemisphere, then gradually opens, becomes cushion-shaped with smooth blunt edges.
- The surface is even, often monochromatic, the protective layer is velvety with cracks of various shapes and sizes.
- The lower part of the cap is tubular, dense, the cells are small, the thickness of the spore-bearing layer is up to 3 cm, it has a clear notched border near the stem.
- The color is bright lemon at the beginning of growth, then it becomes darker.
- The leg is clavate, thickened near the ground. The structure is fibrous one-piece. The surface at the base is finely reticulated, closer to the cap it is scaly, pale yellow in color.
Radial stripes on the surface become wider towards the edge of the cap
The pulp is yellow in color, with a soft consistency, it can turn dark red or purple on the cut, then black. This feature gave the name to the species.
Is it possible to eat blackening curbs
The species is edible, in terms of nutritional value, it belongs to the third group. Fruit bodies do not require boiling or soaking before use. The taste and smell are weak.
Benefits and harm to the body
The fruit bodies have a high protein content, but with a low level of fats and carbohydrates. Overweight people include blackening in the diet. Fiber in the fruit bodies promotes the growth of bifidobacteria in the intestine, thereby improving the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Useful properties of fruit bodies:
- strengthen the immune system;
- stimulate the brain;
- calm the nervous system;
- help get rid of insomnia;
- restore liver cells;
- have antibiotic properties;
- destroy pathogenic microorganisms;
- promote tissue regeneration;
- participate in the process of hematopoiesis;
- lower cholesterol.
Mushroom dishes are contraindicated for use with exacerbation of chronic gastritis, women during lactation, small children.
False doubles
Outwardly, it looks like a blackening gall mushroom.It is distributed in the central and European part. The double is inedible due to its bitter taste, and is also poisonous. The color is light or dark brown with a pronounced coarse-mesh surface on the stem.
The pulp turns dark pink at the cut site
Use
Fruit bodies are universal in use: they are fried, boiled in soup, stewed or baked with vegetables and meat. Used for winter harvesting, pickled or salted. The obobok is dried, then the finished product will be dark in color. Good for freezing raw, boiled or fried.
Conclusion
Blackening gum is an edible mushroom, belongs to the third category. Fruiting bodies with a weak taste and indistinct odor. Fruiting of the species is abundant - from June to September. Common in warm climates. A distinctive feature of the stump is that the pulp at the cut site becomes pink.
