Auriskalpium vulgare (Auriscalpium vulgare)
Systematics:
- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Incertae sedis (undefined)
- Order: Russulales
- Family: Auriscalpiaceae (Auriscalpiaceae)
- Genus: Auriscalpium (Auriscalpium)
- Species: Auriscalpium vulgare (Auriscalpium vulgare)
Auriskalpium vulgare (Auriscalpium vulgare)
Hat: 1-3 cm in diameter, kidney-shaped, the leg is attached at the edge. The surface is woolly, dry, often with pronounced zoning. The color ranges from brown to gray and almost black. The pulp is tough, gray-brown in color.
Spore-bearing layer: Spores form on the underside of the cap, covered with large conical spines. The color of the spore-bearing layer in young mushrooms is brownish, with age it acquires a gray tint.
Spore powder: White.
Leg: Lateral or eccentric, rather long (5-10 cm) and thin (no more than 0.3 cm in thickness), darker than the cap. The surface of the leg is velvety.
Distribution: Auriskalpium ordinary grows from early May to late autumn in pine and (less often) in spruce forests, preferring pine cones to everything in the world. It is found often, but not very abundantly, with a fairly even distribution over the area.
Similar species: The mushroom is unique.
Edible: Absent.
Notes: Auriscalpium vulgare is a typical example of a 'technical fungus'. This is a stage worker who does not directly contact the audience. All those who are interested in the mechanics of this theater know the mushroom by sight, while the rest do not even suspect that such a miracle can be found right under their feet.
Photo of the fungus Auriscalpium ordinary from the questions in recognition:
2016.12.01 
2016.12.01 
2019.05.04 Alexander Kozlovskikh 
2016.12.01
