Scale golden - royal mushrooms

Royal firearms are the common name for the golden scales, the fungus of the Stropharivaev family. The latter include other representatives of the realm of living nature. It is summer, false and a few more mushrooms. Scale golden grows on the trunks of deciduous plants, preferring willow and alder, less often on birch stumps. However, sometimes it can be found on live and dead wood of coniferous species and in swampy terrain. The science knows about 150 different species of these fungi, and only about three dozen are common in the forests of the middle zone of Russia. In Japan, some flake varieties are cultivated, growing on special plantations for further sale.

Description

Royal firearms (golden scales), like ordinary ones, live in families, in small groups. By its appearance, this fungus is significantly different from other brethren. His hat reaches a truly royal size, growing to 20 centimeters in diameter. Royal fireworks, the photos of which are presented in the article, look very nice and unusual.

Their golden caps are covered with slightly darker scales (hence the name of the fungus) and resemble spiny balls that hold on a thin (with respect to their size) leg, up to 1-2 centimeters in diameter, stretching at times up to 15 centimeters in length. As the "scales" become obsolete, the lid turns pale, acquiring unpleasant dirty shades, and the base, on the contrary, changes from light yellow to brown color. Royal firearms are mushrooms, photos of which are often used for illustrations, due to their unusual appearance.

Fruiting period

The first hats of the young golden scales appear in the deciduous forests in the middle of July and please the mushroom pickers until the middle of October. By the way, because of the early appearance of royal firearms are often confused with false ones, which grow in the forests around this same time of the year. The peak of the fruiting of the scaly occurs at the beginning and middle of the autumn and lasts until the first frost.

Use in Cooking

Royal firearms are classified as conditionally false. When preparing them, you must first boil for 20 minutes. These mushrooms are used in second dishes and salads. Excellent flavors taste flavors perfectly with fried potatoes and onions. They are just as good when preparing workpieces for the winter. The taste, which has royal mushrooms collected in coniferous forests, differs from the taste of mushrooms from deciduous - they are slightly bitter. Therefore, it is better to use them only when pickling and pickling. In addition, the golden scales are excellent for drying and freezing.

Food composition

Royal honey agarics are a source of thiamine and riboflavin, vitamins PP, C and E. In addition, mushrooms contain such useful for the human body trace elements, such as phosphorus, magnesium, calcium and potassium, sodium and iron. The composition of the golden scales consists of 2.2 g of proteins, 1.2 g of fats and 0.5 g of carbohydrates. Caloric content of the fungus is 22 kcal per 100 g of the product.