Edible flake: photo and description of the mushroom

Edible flake: photo and description of the mushroomScale is an edible mushroom of the stropharia family. Among the most common types of cheishuychatka are common, golden and upland. All of them are eaten fried, salted or pickled. True, opinions about their taste differ; the nutritional value of these mushrooms is not too high.

On this page you can familiarize yourself with the description of the flake, learn about the halo of its distribution, the time of fruiting. Also, your attention will be offered a photo of various types of flakes and recommendations for cooking this edible mushroom.

Scaly mushroom and its photo

Category: edible.

Scale cap (Pholiota squarrosa) (diameter 5-11 cm): speckled with ocher, brown or brown pointed scales, which are much darker than the skin. In young mushrooms, hemispherical, becomes convex-outstretched over time.

Leg (height 7-13 cm): dense, solid, cylindrical, with scales along its entire length and a scaly ring. Usually the same color as the skin of the cap.

Plates: yellow or brown, turn brown with age.

Edible flake: photo and description of the mushroomEdible flake: photo and description of the mushroom

Pay attention to the photo of common scaly: frequent and thin plates grow tightly to the leg.

Flesh: thick and fleshy, white or yellowish, red-pink in the stem.

Doubles: none.

When it grows: from late July to early October.

Where to find it: On rotten stumps, diseased or dead trees of all kinds.

Eating: fried, salted or pickled.

It may taste a little bitter before boiling, therefore precooking is recommended. In adult mushrooms, it is best to use only caps, and in young ones, both caps and legs.

Application in traditional medicine: not applicable.

Other names: fleecy flake, dry flake.

Mushroom golden scaly: photo and description

Category: edible.

Hat Pholiota adiposa (diameter 5-16 cm): bright yellow, possibly with a greenish tint. Has noticeable scales. Hemispherical or flat, with edges bent to the inner side, often with remnants of a bedspread. Very dense, becomes sticky and sticky in wet weather.

Leg (height 6-11 cm): brown, yellow, brownish or rusty. Dense, curved, cylindrical.

Edible flake: photo and description of the mushroomEdible flake: photo and description of the mushroom

If you look closely at the photo of golden scales at a young age, you can see a ring on its leg. As the fungus grows, this ring disappears.

Plates: frequent and wide. In young mushrooms, they are yellow, with age they become brown and acquire an olive tint.

Flesh: white or slightly yellow, firm and thick.

Doubles: none.

When it grows: from mid-August to early October.

Where to find it: On dead or rotting hardwood, on diseased trees.

The mushroom golden flake has very tasty caps, they can be consumed after preliminary boiling (within 15 minutes), salt and pickle. In Western Europe, golden scales are widely used in second courses.

Application in traditional medicine: not applicable.

Other names: golden yellow scaly, willow, sulfur yellow scaly.

Edible Mushroom Boron Scale

Edible flake: photo and description of the mushroomCategory: edible.

Boron scale cap (Pholiota spumosa) (diameter 3-10 cm): usually yellow, golden, orange or brown, often with remnants of a veil. In a young mushroom, it is hemispherical, but over time it becomes more extended and only slightly convex. The edges are wavy and uneven. Slightly sticky to the touch.

Leg (height 4-9 cm): yellow, reddish or rusty color, cylindrical. Usually straight, but may also be slightly curved. The inside is always hollow.

Plates: frequent, changing color from yellow to brown or deep rusty as the fungus grows.

Flesh: yellow, darker at the base of the stem. Does not have a pronounced aroma.

Double mushroom scaly pine – summer mushroom (Kuehneromyces mutabilis). Differs in the place of growth and the color of the plates.

When it grows: from mid-August to early October.

Where can you find: on the soils of pine forests, on roots and rotten

Eating: in any form, except dried.

Application in traditional medicine: not applicable.

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