Two-color varnish

Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor) Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor) Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor)

Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor)

Systematics:

  • Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
  • Family: Hydnangiaceae (Hydnangiaceae)
  • Genus: Laccaria (Lakovica)
  • Species: Laccaria bicolor (Bicolor lacquer)

Other names:

  • Laccaria laccata var. Pseudobicolor;
  • Laccaria laccata var. Bicolor;
  • Laccaria proxima var. Bicolor.

Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor) Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor) is a mushroom belonging to the genus Laccaria and the Hydnangiaceae family.

External description

The spore powder of two-color varnishes is characterized by a light purple color, and the fruiting body of the fungus has a classic shape, and consists of a stem and a cap. The spores of the fungus have a broadly elliptical or spherical shape, their entire surface is covered with microscopic spines approximately 1-1.5 microns in height. The fungal hymenophore is represented by the lamellar type, consists of thick and sparsely spaced plates that grow to the surface of the stem and have a light pink (in mature mushrooms, mauve) color. The surface of the plates of the described fungus can be serrated.

Mushrooms of this species have a light, slightly fibrous pulp, which has no aroma and taste. True, some mushroom pickers note that the flesh of a two-color varnish can have a weak rare or sweetish mushroom aroma, pleasant to the taste. In color, it is similar to the surface of the fruiting body, but at the base of the stem it may be darker.

The hat of the two-color varnish is characterized by a flat-conical shape, light brown or pink surface color, dry. Its diameter varies within 1.5-5.5 cm, and the shape of young fruiting bodies is hemispherical. Gradually, the cap opens, becoming flat, sometimes has a depression in the center or, conversely, a small tubercle. About a third of its surface is translucent, has visible stripes. In the central part, the cap of the two-color varnish is covered with small scales, and fibrous at the edges. In mature mushrooms of this species, the color of the cap is more often red-brown or orange-brown, sometimes it can cast a mauve shade. Young mushrooms are characterized by a brown cap, which also has a mauve tint.

The mushroom stem has a fibrous structure and the same pinkish surface color as the cap. Downward, it slightly expands, but as a whole has a cylindrical shape. The thickness of the leg of the described type of mushrooms is 2-7 mm, and in length it can reach 4-8.5 (in large mushrooms – up to 12.5) cm inside – made, often with cotton pulp, outside – orange-brown in color, with stripes. The top of the leg is often lilac-brown with a pinkish tint. At its base, there may be slight pubescence, characterized by lilac-amethyst flowers.

Season and habitat of the fungus

Bicolor lacquer (Laccaria bicolor) is widespread in the Eurasian continent, often found in North Africa. For its growth, this mushroom chooses areas in forests of mixed and coniferous types, prefers to grow under coniferous trees. It is very rare, but still there is this type of mushroom under deciduous trees.

Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor)

Edibility

The two-color varnish mushroom is conditionally edible and has a very low quality. According to research, the content of arsenic in the fruit bodies of this fungus is increased.

Similar types and differences from them

Two-colored varnishes (Laccaria bicolor) have two similar species: 1. Large varnish (Laccaria proxima). It differs in plates without shades of lilac, does not have an edge at its base, is characterized by longer spores, the size of which is 7.5-116-9 microns. 2. Pink lacquer (Laccaria laccata). Its main difference is a smooth cap, on the surface of which there are no scales. The color of the fruit body does not have lilac or lilac shades, and mushroom spores are more often characterized by a spherical shape.

Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor) Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor) Two-color lacquer (Laccaria bicolor)

Photo of the Lacovitza mushroom two-color from the questions in recognition:

Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish 2019.08.04 Vitalij Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish 2018.08.31 Marina Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish Laccaria bicolor - Two-tone varnish 2018.12.23 Alexander

Nature lover
Rate author
Hunting, Fishing and Mushrooms: a magazine for hunters and fishers.
Add a comment