Mushroom sponges: culinary properties, description, distribution

The fungus-mushroom is called that way because the specimens collected in the bucket or on the bowl make a creaking when interacting with each other. Other names of this macromycete are: violin, violinist, felt mushroom, spurge. The latter was given to him because of the presence of caustic milky juice, thanks to which the mushroom-skrynoon refers to the conditionally edible. He was awarded the 4th category. You can use the scribble as a food only in a sauerkraut and salty form. However, before salting, you first need to soak it to remove caustic juice. Although the mushroom is rather mediocre by its taste qualities, folk craftsmen are so skillfully treating the malleler that on a plate it can be very difficult to distinguish it from a real mushroom.

Mushroom-scratches in salt form become white with a slightly bluish tinge. They are very strong, they smell of mushrooms and creak a little on their teeth while eating. It can easily be confused with pepper mushrooms or white podgruzdkom. However, from the latter the fungus is distinguished by the presence of caustic milky juice. In comparison with the pepper mushroom, the cap has a thin felt surface, as well as rarer plates. There is also a fringe bent at the bottom of the hatcher.

Distribution and habitat

Insects rarely spoil felted mushrooms. They are distributed throughout the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. The fungus mushroom is most often found in mixed and deciduous forests. As a rule, it can be found under birches, in oak, aspen and beech groves from July to mid-October. The violin prefers places well illuminated by sunlight, where there is a layer of moss and fallen leaves. Typically, felted mushrooms grow large communities (glades), which consist of a variety of specimens of different ages. In Russia, this fungus is most common in the middle band.

Description

The leg and the cap of the squeak have a milky white or yellowish color. The plates of the mushroom are narrow, thick, sour cream. The hat at the creaking is dense and fleshy, reaching in diameter of 20 cm. In young mushrooms it has a flat shape, but with age it becomes funnel-shaped. Visually the squeak is very similar to a mushroom. It is with him most often confused mlechnik. Leg rounded, up to 10 cm in height, at the base thin, solid inside, diameter - 3 cm. Its surface is matte, dry, with a thin hat, felt to the touch. The latter is one of the differences in which these fungi are differentiated from pepper mushrooms. You can see their photos in this article.

The flesh of the violin is thick, stiff, thick, grayish, with acrid and bitter taste and unpleasant odor. The fault places after contact with the air change the original shade to yellow. A drop of FeSO4 substance stains the pulp in a pink-creamy tone. Powder spores whitish. From the incisions and faults of the fungus, a serious amount of milky juice is released, which does not change its color in the air.

Interesting details

In the USSR, according to GOST, the mushroom of the grind was allowed to eat only in salted form after prolonged soaking (3 days) and boiling. And many authors of foreign reference books and classifiers classify it as inedible.