Sony Nex vg-10, 35-105mm, Macro +4 Filter
Welcome to my weekly mushroom protocol. In my previous and also my first post titled: Mushroom Protocol 01 We went over 3 mushrooms.
Namely:
Can you guess the following mushroom?
hint: It grows on decaying hardwood trees
The following were reviewed and discussed in a regular mycological study group I go to weekly.
| Class | Agaricomycetes |
| Scientific Name | Caloboletus calopus |
| Common Name | Bitter Beech Bolete |
| Appearance | Cap 5 to 14cm across, often irregularly lobed; various shades of smoky-grey, yellow tubes, 7 to 9cm tall and 3 to 5cm in diameter stem, lemon yellow at the apex and flushed red. yellowish net pattern. turns turquoise-blue when cut. similar appearance to Suillellus luridus |
| Habitat | often found under oak trees as well as under Beech on chalky soil |
| Type | Mycorrhizal |
| Odeur | Bitter taste; strong and unpleasant fungal smell |
| Culinary | inedible |
| Class | Agaricomycetes |
| Scientific Name | Hygrocybe punicea |
| Common Name | Crimson Waxcap |
| Appearence | dark blood red cap with irregular downturned margin. Becomes yellowish when mature. Gills are initially yellow and gradually become red when the fruit body ages. The stem is 5 to 15cm long and 1.3 to 2cm in diameter, is coarsely fibrillose, red on to and shading into yellow. |
| Habitat | Found in mown grassland |
| Type | Mycorrhizal |
| Odeur | undefined |
| Culinary | edible |
| Taste | Mild tasting, |
| Medicinal properties | Anti-tumor effects Polysaccharides extracted from the mycelial culture of H. punicea and administered intraperitoneally into white mice at a dosage of 300 mg/kg inhibited the growth of Sarcoma 180 and Ehrlich solid cancers by 90% and 100%, respectively (Ohtsuka et al., 1973). Source |
| Class | Agaricomycetes |
| Scientific Name | Hypholoma fasciculare |
| Family | Strophariaceae |
| Common Name | Sulphur Tuft |
| Appearence | The cap is Sulphur yellow, |
| Habitat | Found on mixed woodland. grown typically on grows |
| Odeur | gas like |
| Culinary | inedible |
| Taste | not defiined |
There are a lot of mushrooms out there and it's good to know both the poisonous ones and the non-poinonous. The smell can tell a lot about a mushroom. Looking forward to comments and to my next post
Previous Posts on Mushrooms:
Posts of Wild Herbs:
Graffiti of vanishing
Dong Chang 东厂
aka Rane
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