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Lovers of quiet hunting know about 20 species of edible mushrooms. In fact, there are many more species suitable for cooking. Among them are many edible and conditionally edible varieties. These include black spore stropharia.
By what signs to distinguish a mushroom among many relatives, not everyone knows. This species is found quite often, like other representatives of the stropharia family, which are very similar to each other.
What does stropharia blackspore look like?
Stropharia black spore or black seed is a lamellar mushroom with dense fleshy pulp. Has a cap from pale yellow to bright yellow. It grows in groups, most often found in late summer and autumn.
Opinions were divided regarding the taste of this conditionally edible species. Some mushroom pickers believe that black seed stropharia does not have a pronounced mushroom aroma. The mushroom is not poisonous, does not contain hallucinogens.
Externally, blackspore stropharia is similar to champignon. The main difference is that in the process of heat treatment, the plates lose their specific color.
Description of the hat
The mushroom has a white cap with a slight yellowish tinge, or a rich yellow (lemon) color in the center. The edges are white. The color is uneven, with growth the cap fades.
In diameter, it reaches 8 cm, young specimens - from 2 cm. The shape is cushion-shaped, opening with age, turning into prostrate. Flakes can be found along the edges of the cap - the remnants of the bedspread. In rainy and damp weather, the cap becomes oily.
The plates are located moderately often, intermittent, adherent to the pedicle by a tooth. At the beginning of growth, they are grayish, with the maturation of the spores acquire a rich color from gray-gray to black-violet.
Leg description
The leg of the blackspore stropharia is almost even, with a diameter of 1 cm. The height reaches up to 10 cm. In the upper part of the leg there is a neat even ring, which becomes dark as it ripens.
The lower part of the leg is covered with white flakes. The shape is cylindrical with a thickening at the bottom. Above, at the break, it is solid, below it is hollow. May have rare yellowish spots on the surface.
Where and how does blackspore stropharia grow
Prefers meadows, fields, pastures. Grows in grass, more often among wormwood bushes. Loves sandy and manured soils. It is less common in forests, prefers deciduous tree species. Frequent visitor to the gardens.
Black-seeded stropharia grows in groups or singly, usually in an intergrowth of 2-3 fungi. Distributed in the south of the country, active growth occurs in early summer and continues until the end of autumn. In dry periods, it stops growing.
Is the mushroom edible or not
Stropharia chernosporovaya belongs to the category of conditionally edible mushrooms. The mushroom does not contain poisonous components, does not belong to the hallucinogenic.
It has a sweetish smell when broken. During heat treatment, it loses the color of the plates.Black-spore dishes made from stropharia do not have a bright mushroom taste and aroma. Therefore, this type of mushroom is not popular among mushroom pickers.
Doubles and their differences
The stropharia chernosporova has twins, which are quite easy to distinguish upon close examination:
- Champignon, coarse or thin - edible non-poisonous mushroom. A characteristic difference is that the champignon has a different shape and color of the plates, a larger ring, a creamy color of the spores;
- Early polevik (early vole, early agrocybe) outwardly resembles black seed stropharia. It is also edible, unlike stropharia, it has a pronounced mushroom aroma. Bears fruit in the first months of summer. The pulp on the break is brown, the leg is cream-colored.
Conclusion
Stropharia chernosporovaya is a conditionally edible mushroom that prefers meadows, fields and gardens. It is rarely found in forests, and stops growth and fruiting during drought. Unfamiliar to mushroom pickers, it can be used in cooking if properly processed. Having carefully studied the features of the structure and color, it is difficult to confuse it with poisonous specimens.
