Yellow-skinned champignon (Agaricus xanthodermus)
Systematics:
- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Branch: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycete)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Agaricaceae (Champignon)
- Genus: Agaricus (Champignon)
- Species: Agaricus xanthodermus (Champignon yellow skin)
- Other names for the fungus:
- Champignon red
- Yellow skin
Synonyms:
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Champignon red
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Yellow skin
Description: Yellow-skinned champignon also called yellow skinned peppers. Mushroom is very toxic, poisoning them leads to vomiting and numerous disorders in the body. The danger of the pechilniki lies in the fact that in its appearance it is very similar to many edible mushrooms, which, for example, are edible Champignon.
A yellow-skinned white hat with brownish blot in the center. When pressed, the hat acquires yellowish color. Ripe mushrooms have a bell-shaped hat, and in young mushrooms the hat is quite large and round, in diameter reaching fifteen centimeters.
The plates are first white or pinkish, with the age of the fungus become grayish brown.
Leg 6-15 cm long and up to 1-2 cm in diameter, white, hollow, bases tuberoid-thickened with wide white, thickened by the edge of a two-layer ring.
The flesh brownish in color at the base of the leg is strong enough turns yellow. Pulp produces unpleasant pulp during heat treatment. increasing phenolic odor.
The emerging spore powder is dark brown. color.
Distribution: Yellow-yellow champignon actively Fruits in summer and autumn. Especially in abundant quantities she appears after rains. It is found not only in mixed forests like, but also in parks, in gardens, in all places overgrown with grass. This type of mushroom is widespread throughout the world.
Habitat: from July to early October in deciduous forests, parks, gardens, in the meadows.
Assessment: The fungus is poisonous, causes gastric disorders
The chemical composition of this fungus is not currently established, but, despite this, the mushroom is used in folk medicine.
Video about yellow champignon champignon:
Note: Distinctive signs of yellow-skinned champignon from an edible fungus is its yellowing areas when touched and emitted unpleasant phenolic smell.
Professional mushroom pickers easily distinguish champignon yellow-skinned from edible species of fungi, knowing its symptoms. But inexperienced mushroom pickers need to recognize and distinguish hallmarks of this poisonous mushroom. Wrongly the mushroom eaten will cause even a light but enough poisoning unpleasant for a person.
The name comes from “xanthos” (Greek) – yellow and “derma” (Greek) – skin.
