White-crested scaly

Scale: double fungus

Summer honey agarics are twins of pine flakes. The difference can only be the terrain, in which mushrooms grow, and the color of their plates.

Find out how honey mushrooms are useful, also read what edible and inedible mushrooms are.

An ordinary (fleecy) foliage is considered similar to a golden foliot. It has a difference in color, as it is painted in a bright lemon color and has fewer scales than an ordinary one. The golden foliot looks like a fiery one, inedible. Therefore, you need to be very careful when choosing mushrooms for food.

So, we made sure that the scales are very diverse in shape, size and taste. Due to the presence of amino acids and vitamins, they are recommended to be included in the diet to improve health

But great care should be taken when collecting so that all mushrooms subsequently turn out to be edible and tasty.

Scaly mucosa: photo and description

The fungus of the stropharia family of flakes is distributed throughout the country. There are many varieties of it: slimy scaly, fiery, golden and other types.

Mushrooms considered conditionally edible, have beneficial properties used for treatment in traditional medicine. They grow in small families on stumps, roots and in the hollows of trees (most often birches and willows).

What does scaly mucosa look like?

Externally, the scaly mucosa is similar to honey agarics, it grows in the same groups. The avid mushroom pickers of our country most often neglect this species, mistaking it for a toadstool.

In eastern countries, flake is very popular, occupies a worthy place in cooking, and is grown in artificially created conditions.

This mushroom is also called mucous champignon, flamulla, fiberglass and greenlandic scaly.

Description of the hat

In young specimens of flamulla, the mucous cap is bell-shaped with a closed edge. With growth, the cap becomes slightly concave and unfolded, reaching 50 - 100 mm in size.

The color of the cap is brown, more saturated in the center. It is covered with a matte skin, abundantly covered with scales. In damp weather, the skin becomes sticky. At the edges of the cap, you can find the remains of the blanket, washed away by the rain during the growth.

As it grows, the hat bottom is covered with weak yellow-green plates, occasionally covered with brown spots.

Leg description

The cylindrical hollow leg of a young mushroom is usually crooked, has a height of up to 10 cm, and its diameter is no more than 10 mm. As it grows, the cavity of the leg is filled with cotton pulp.

There is a yellowish ring on the leg of a young scale, which quickly disappears. The edges of the ring are red in color, and under the ring itself there are many scales.

Is the mushroom edible or not

The mucous fiber is a conditionally edible mushroom. All parts of young specimens and caps of adult mushrooms are suitable for food. During processing, the legs become very hard and tasteless, and therefore are not used in cooking.

Despite the fact that mucous flakes lack a strong mushroom aroma, they are suitable for cooking main courses and pickling. Gourmets refer to the type of flakes as a delicacy. Before the main stages of cooking, the mushrooms must be boiled for a quarter of an hour.Drain the water. This is how they get rid of the inherent bitterness.

The healing properties of mucous scales

Currently, the types of fungi of scale are not fully understood. Scientific studies carried out in laboratory conditions on white mice have shown that in the fibrous mucosa there are substances that can stop the growth of tumor cells.

Where and how it grows

The localization and method of growth of this type of mushroom is similar to the mushrooms, which are widely known to avid mushroom pickers. Scaly scales grow on rotten, rotten wood. It settles in small families, prefers coniferous and mixed forests with a temperate climate.

In Russia, it is widespread in Karelia, in the Far East, in the forests of the Urals and Siberia. Fruiting begins in late August and lasts until the first frost.

Doubles and their differences

Due to the fact that flake is little known among mushroom pickers, it is often confused with other types:

1. Honey mushrooms. In contrast to the fiberglass, honey agarics have a denser ring of the leg and the plate of the cap. The color is also excellent. Honey mushrooms are considered conditionally edible and are widely used in cooking;
2. Blue-bore spiderwebs (staining) are an inedible type of mushroom that grows on mosses in swampy areas. Cobwebs have a different color from flamull: ocher with a bluish tint or violet-blue color.

Conclusion

Despite the fact that slimy scales are little known, and few fans of mushroom hunting pay due attention to it, the mushroom has some advantages. With proper culinary processing, delicious dishes and blanks are obtained from it.

The medicinal properties suggest that eating and as a medicinal raw material can benefit the body.

Lumpy scaly, Pholiota tuberculosa

Hat: Relatively small (average diameter - 2-4 cm), develops from kidney-shaped to convex, pillow-shaped, with neatly tucked edges, on which the light remnants of a private veil remain for a long time; caps of mature mushrooms can fully open, retaining only a blunt tubercle in the central part, and then the edges lose their regularity. The color is yellow-orange, usually darker in the center, the dry surface is densely covered with small felt scales of the same color, pressed against the cap. The flesh of the cap is thin, yellowish, odorless and somewhat bitter in taste.

Hymenophore: Plates, in young mushrooms covered with a private veil, free or narrowly accreted, of medium frequency, are interspersed with small plates. The color of the plates is initially light, almost white; with age, it gradually darkens to yellow-brown; in mature scales, the plates are often covered with small rusty-brown specks.

Spore powder: Ocher brown.

Leg: Relatively short and thin (1.5 - 3.5 cm in length, no more than 0.5 mm in thickness), cylindrical, often curved, densely pubescent at the point of attachment to the substrate. The ring remaining from the private bedspread quickly disappears, leaving faint strokes and bracelets of a darker color on the surface of the leg. The leg is painted in the color of the cap, in the upper part (above the former ring) it is somewhat lighter, the surface is also covered with velvety scales. The flesh of the leg is tough, fibrous, dark at the base, yellow above.

Spreading: Lumpy scales are found rather infrequently and sparingly from mid-summer to late September, preferring well-decomposed remains of deciduous trees - birch, linden, aspen and others. Due to the fact that Pholiota tuberculosa can be easily confused with small specimens of many other scales, the data on the distribution of this fungus in a particular area need to be clarified.

Similar species: Serious sources indicate Pholiota tuberculosa luminous scale (Pholiota lucifera) as a twin, but it is distinguished by a sticky surface and pressed scales. At the amateur level, lumpy flakes are much easier to confuse with fiery flakes (Pholiota flammans), but those scales on the cap and stalk bulge very strongly, and it grows only on conifers.

Edibility: Like many bitter flakes, Pholiota tuberculosa is edible for those who love and know how to cook it. In other cases, it is indicated as a mushroom of low nutritional value, functionally equivalent to inedible.

Author's notes: For several decades I have not been able to make out the old rotten shed in the middle of the site, I don't even know which side to approach from. I decided to consult with mushrooms. Now I purposefully drag mushroom material from the forest. With the shed, some polypores, mycenae with tubaria are already actively helping me (well, there is little sense in these), I still keep my dream of acclimatizing the killer saw leaf, I have been waiting for oyster mushrooms from year to year. Well, the lumpy scaly has grown by itself, without waiting for a special invitation. I believe that another twenty years will pass - and the ugly pile of rotten logs and boards in the middle of the site itself, without human intervention, will be processed into useful and peaceful compost. I believe in the victorious power of the mushroom.

These I caught on a log rolled out of the wall of an old barn. I wonder what kind of rot they cause - brown or white? And by the way, which one is better?

Lumpy scales cannot be called an exquisite decoration of the forest, but in the gloom and dampness, among the ancient lindens and oaks, each bright spot adds optimism. Others say that the locals sometimes collect it together with the honey mushroom, of which there are sometimes whole mountains, and then they complain - the current honey mushrooms are bitter.

Harm: contraindications

Among the flakes, there are no truly poisonous and dangerous species for humans, however, there are few edible ones. Foliots can be harmful if:

• they are inedible;
• they were collected in the dump area, near roads, factories;
• they are overripe or wormy;
• a person is allergic to mushrooms;
• a person is sick with gastritis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis;
• the woman is pregnant or breastfeeding;
• after eating flakes, you will drink it with alcohol.

Also, you should not give these mushrooms to small children. Did you know? In forests where plant diversity is small, squirrels eat flakes. These mushrooms are a good substitute for pine nuts.

If you do not follow the rules for eating mushrooms, it can happen:

• intoxication;
• redness of the face;
• noise in ears;
• nausea and vomiting;
• abdominal pain;
• temperature rise;
• increased heart rate;
• difficulty breathing;
• the occurrence of panic, hallucinations.

In especially severe cases, hearing or vision may disappear, and a coma may occur.

Edible scale

The nutritional value of flake is low, which is why this mushroom is often referred to as inedible, and is rarely eaten. The most popular and well-known edible species is golden flake, which is rich in vitamins and very tasty, and the second most popular is herbal flake.

To prevent scaly from causing digestive problems and indigestion, boil this mushroom before use. After that, soups are cooked on its basis, fried, used as a filling for pies and vegetarian pizza, added to vegetable stews and stewed. It is recommended to use only flake caps, mushroom legs are suitable for pickling. Also, flakes are salted and added to salads.

Mushroom soup with flakes and melted cheese

Royal mushrooms help turn ordinary soup into a work of culinary art. The dish tastes no worse than in an elite restaurant.

• potatoes - 460 g;
• processed cheese - 300 g;
• crackers;
• carrots - 140 g;
• water - 1.5 l;
• salt;
• vegetable oil - 40 ml;
• onions - 120 g;
• parsley;
• boiled mushrooms - 280 g.

1. Cut the cheese into pieces or grate.
2. Chop potatoes at random. Grate carrots. Chop the onion.
3. Heat oil in a skillet. Add vegetables. Fry until soft.
4. Pour water into a saucepan. Throw in potatoes and mushrooms. Salt. Cook until tender.
5. Place the curds. Cook, stirring constantly, until dissolved.
6. Add fried foods. Darken over low heat for two minutes. Beat with a blender.
7. Cook for five minutes. Serve with croutons. You can decorate with greens.

Growing locations and harvesting season for edible flakes

The season for picking edible varieties does not begin until the second half of July. Basically, mushroom pickers go out into the forest for flakes in August and September. Fruit bodies settle only in the lower tier - either at the base of the trunks, where the roots flow into them, or on stumps or roots.

Distributed almost throughout the temperate climatic zone of Russia - both in deciduous and mixed and, less often, coniferous forests: from the European part to Siberia and the Far East. Also found in Europe and North America. They mostly grow near beeches, firs and apple trees. Some species got their name due to the peculiarities of growth - for example, poplar flake (poplar).

Flame and early scales

Fire scale is an inedible lamellar mushroom that grows in groups from mid-July to late September.

The peak of fruiting is observed in August-September. Most often found on stumps and coniferous wood.

The cap of the mushroom is at first hemispherical, and then convex-outstretched, with a diameter of about 10 cm. Its surface is dry and contains concentric zones composed of small scales. Colored bright yellow. The plates are narrow, adherent, first bright yellow, and then brown.

The leg is rounded, solid inside, about 8 cm high and about 1 cm in diameter. Above it is smooth, and below it is scaly. It is painted orange-yellow at the cap, and rusty closer to the base. The peduncle has a characteristic scaly ring. The flesh is thin, tender, soft in the cap, hard in the stem, yellow in color, with an unpleasant herring smell.

Flame scales are not dangerous to human health, but due to their low taste and unpleasant odor, they are not used for food.

Early scaly, or early agrocybe, is a rare conditionally edible lamellar mushroom that grows in groups from late May to mid-June. Places of distribution - forest edges, parks, vegetable gardens, rare shrubs, roadsides.

The cap of the mushroom is hemispherical, over time it becomes convex-outstretched with a small tubercle in the middle. Its diameter is about 8 cm. The surface of the cap is matte, dry, dirty yellow. By the end of the season, it burns out and becomes faded. Plates are frequent, adherent, white in young mushrooms, brownish-olive in mature ones. The leg is rounded, hollow inside, about 8 cm high and about 1 cm in diameter. Its surface is smooth, dry, dull, white pubescent at the base, painted white, which acquires a brownish tint in the lower part. The peduncle has a characteristic filmy ring. The pulp is thin, dense, white, with a pleasant mushroom aroma.

Early flakes are eaten after preliminary soaking or boiling. It can be fried and marinated.

What does poplar flake look like?

The species received its name for the numerous scales covering the fruit body, as well as for the peculiarity of growing, bearing fruit on the trunks and roots of poplar. Acquaintance with poplar flake must begin with external characteristics.

Description of the hat

The variety has a convex hat measuring 5-20 cm, which straightens over time and acquires a flat surface. The yellow-whitish surface is covered with fibrous pointed scales, they completely disappear with age. The flesh is white and soft. In young specimens, it has a sweetish taste, in old ones it is bitter.

The bottom is lamellar, gray-whitish plates partially grow to the pedicle. In young representatives, the plates are covered with a light film, which eventually breaks through and descends from top to bottom. The ring is absent in adult specimens.

Leg description

The stem is short and thick, up to 10 cm long, about 4 cm thick. The fruit body is fleshy, fibrous, with a pronounced malt smell. The cylindrical stem is covered with dense large scales, which disappear over time.

Description and photo

Let's talk about what the royal look like honey mushrooms or golden scales (this is the name of the mushroom fruits officially, according to the textbook), as well as where they live.

The height of a ripe mushroom can reach 18-20 centimeters, while the cap is not inferior to the leg in size and can also grow to a diameter of 19-20 centimeters. Mushroom pickers prefer to pick medium-sized mushrooms, not exceeding 10-12 centimeters - due to their visual appeal and denser texture.

The main distinguishing feature of the mushroom we are considering is that the mushroom does not grow in a large colony, but in small "families". Sometimes on its own, identical to the royal or boletus. The color of the fruit is yellow, with a rusty tinge. The older the specimen, the darker its skin. The surface is rough, covered with frequent, small scales. A soft fibrous ring must be present on the leg, which disappears as the body ages.

Frequent, light-colored plates are located under the cap.

The ripening period of the crop is a warm season, approximately from late May to early September, may vary depending on the region and climate.

Sticky scales (Pholiota lenta)

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External description

Hat: in youth, the cap of the mushroom has a convex shape, then it becomes prostrate. In the central part there is often a blunt tubercle, accentuated by color. The surface of the cap is whitish in young mushrooms, then the cap acquires a clay-yellow color. The tubercle in the central part of the cap has a darker shade. The surface of the cap is very slimy, even in dry weather. The cap is covered with tightly pressed, often inconspicuous scales. Scraps of the bedspread are often visible along the slightly tucked edges of the cap. In rainy, humid weather, the surface of the cap becomes slimy.

Flesh: The bonnet is characterized by a watery flesh of a light cream color. The pulp has an expressionless mushroom smell and practically no taste.

Plates: adherent, frequent plates in young mushrooms of a light clay color, in mature mushrooms, under the influence of ripened spores, the plates become rusty-brown. In his youth, the plate is hidden by a cobweb veil.

Spore powder: brown.

Leg: cylindrical leg, up to 8 cm high. No more than 0.8 cm thick. The leg is often curved, which is due to the growing conditions of the mushroom. Inside, the leg is made or solid. In the center of the cap there are remnants of the bedspread, which visually divide the leg into two areas. In the upper part, the leg is light creamy, smooth. In the lower part, the leg is covered with large flocculent white scales... The flesh of the leg is more fibrous and tough. At the base, the flesh is reddish-brown, slightly lighter above, closer to yellowish color.

Spreading

Glutinous scales are considered a late fungus. The fruiting period begins in autumn and ends with the first frost in November. It is found in mixed and coniferous forests, on the remains of spruces and pines. It is also found on the soil near the stumps. Grows in small groups.

Similarity

The uniqueness of the fungus Scaly sticky is late fruiting and a very slimy, sticky cap. But, nevertheless, there is one species similar to sticky scales, with the same slimy fruit bodies, and this species bears fruit just as late.

Edibility

Glutinous scales - an edible mushroom, but due to its slimy appearance, it is not appreciated in mushroom cooking. Although eyewitnesses claim that this is just a disguise and the mushroom is not only edible, but also quite tasty.

Video about the mushroom Scaly sticky:

Note: It should be noted that not every slimy mushroom looks untidy and repulsive. Despite its obvious stickiness, Pholiota lenta is neat and pretty enough.

Chemical composition

Royal honey agaric pulp contains the main nutrients:

• proteins - 2.2 g;
• fats - 1.2 g;
• carbohydrates - 5.6 g, of which 5.1 g are dietary fiber.

The low content of carbohydrate substances determines their low calorie content: only 22 kcal per 100 g of mushrooms.

In addition to nutrients, the pulp of these mushrooms contains many vitamins and minerals. Vitamins and minerals

In terms of nutritional value, edible foliots belong to the very last (fourth) food category, that is, to mushrooms of mediocre taste.

Beneficial features

The pulp of royal mushrooms is good for health, because, with its low calorie content, it contains the entire spectrum of essential amino acids, and in terms of the amount of phosphorus and calcium, it is comparable even to fish fillets.

Due to the presence of iron and magnesium in the pulp, these mushrooms are involved in the processes of hematopoiesis, normalize the conduction of impulses along nerve fibers, affect the synthesis of proteins in the human body and are catalysts for various chemical reactions.

In golden, gummy and edible foliots, substances were found that exhibit bactericidal and antifungal effects. The mucus covering the surface of the fruit bodies of golden and edible scales has the following properties:

• stimulate cerebral circulation;
• improve immunity;
• relieve fatigue;
• restore vitality.

The flakes contain squarrozidine, a unique compound that inhibits the xanthine oxidase enzyme. The enzyme xanthine oxidase promotes the crystallization of uric acid in joints, kidneys and body tissues. By inhibiting this enzyme, squarrozidine prevents the loss of urate salts and thus prevents pain attacks in people with gout. In clinical practice, drugs containing a xanthine oxidase inhibitor as an active ingredient are used to treat gout.

There is evidence that drugs made on the basis of these mushrooms are capable of exhibiting anti-cancer properties.

Key features

The hat is golden in color, sometimes reaches large sizes. In diameter, it can be about 20 cm. The mushroom got its own name due to the dark scales that form on the surface of the cap. Other characteristics:

1. The leg is up to 2 cm in diameter and is also covered with scales. Its length can be 15 cm.
2. The mushroom has a round and light flesh; after damage, its color does not change. It can be quite dark near the base.

Edible scales are preferred by mixed and deciduous forests. The fruits of the mycelium are secluded. It is impossible to meet them in groups. The fruiting season begins in mid-July and can last until the first cold weather. In October, you can still find mushrooms, which are often confused with mushrooms of the corresponding shade.

Lumpy scale

This fungus genus of phyolites, rich in "relatives", includes more than 150 species. Almost all of them are inedible due to their inherent bitter taste, and in some species, poisons are also noted.

One of the representatives of a large family, lumpy scaly, has not yet been fully studied, so, having met her in the forest, it is better to pass by. But how do you recognize her?

Lumpy scaly (Pholiota tuberculosa)

Lumpy scales - lat. Pholiota tuberculosa

This mushroom has no other names among the people. Unless they are sometimes confused with voles or field voles, which also belong to the tropharia family. But in scientific circles, Pholiota tuberculosa can also be found under other names:

• Pholiota curvipes
• Agaricus tuberculosus
• Pleuroflammula tuberculosa
• Dryophila tuberculosa
• Dryophila curvipes
• Hypodendrum tuberculosum

Mushroom cap

From the very beginning, the cap of tuberous scales has a convex shape with edges tucked inward. And when it reaches maturity, the edges of the cap are straightened, but it itself acquires a prostrate shape with a slight tubercle in the middle. In older specimens, the edge can even bend upwards and even break.

The diameter of the cap on average varies between 1-4.5 cm, however, mushrooms with smaller or larger caps from 5 mm to 5 cm in diameter can be found.

The surface of the cap is dry, covered with soft reddish brown or golden brown scales. A residual velum band is clearly visible along the edge of the cap - the bedspread.

The color of the cap, as well as the whole body of the mushroom, is reddish-yellow in any period of its growth.

The lumpy scale has a lamellar hymenophore.The plates themselves are quite wide. And if at the very beginning of the growth of the fungus the plates, covered with a private veil, have a color close to white, then in the process of growing up the veil breaks and disappears, and the color of the plates becomes brown-yellow, often with dark, like rusty specks.

Stipe

The brown-yellow or reddish-yellow cylindrical stem corresponds to the color of the entire body of the mushroom. Only above the annular zone, which quickly disappears, is there a whitish bloom against the background of the main yellow shade.

The structure of the stem is fibrous-felt, and its dimensions do not exceed 3 cm in length and 5 mm in width.

Growing places

Lumpy scales are fungi parasitizing on wood. Their main place of settlement is living and dead trees. However, it is often possible to find such scales on deadwood and stumps, which remain after cutting down a deciduous forest or windbreak.

Most often, the presence of lumpy scales is noted on lindens, birches, aspens, beeches and oaks during the period from August to October.

Edibility

At the moment, there is no reliable data on the edibility of lumpy flake, therefore this mushroom is classified as conditionally edible. However, the yellowish flesh has a bitter taste, which makes this mushroom unattractive to collectors. And the smell of the mushroom is not particularly aromatic.

Similar types and differences from them

The most similar to lumpy scaly is the luminous scaly - Pholiota lucifera. Some authors even consider these species to be the same, and their names are synonyms. However, the luminous scale still has differences in the shape of the cheilocystids and the structure of the pileipellis.

Definitioner

Basidia (Basidia)

Lat. Basidia. A specialized structure of sexual reproduction in fungi, inherent only in Basidiomycetes. Basidia are terminal (end) elements of hyphae of various shapes and sizes, on which spores develop exogenously (outside).

Basidia are diverse in structure and method of attachment to hyphae.

According to the position relative to the axis of the hypha, to which they are attached, three types of basidia are distinguished:

Apical basidia are formed from the terminal cell of the hypha and are located parallel to its axis.

Pleurobasidia are formed from lateral processes and are located perpendicular to the axis of the hypha, which continues to grow and can form new processes with basidia.

Subasidia are formed from a lateral process, turned perpendicular to the axis of the hypha, which, after the formation of one basidium, stops its growth.

Based on morphology:

Holobasidia - unicellular basidia, not divided by septa (see Fig. A, D.).

Phragmobasidia are divided by transverse or vertical septa, usually into four cells (see Fig. B, C).

By type of development:

Heterobasidia consists of two parts - hypobasidia and epibasidia developing from it, with or without partitions (see Fig. C, B) (see Fig. D).

Homobasidia is not divided into hypo- and epibasidia and in all cases is considered holobasidia (Fig. A).

Basidia is the place of karyogamy, meiosis and the formation of basidiospores. Homobasidia, as a rule, is not functionally divided, and meiosis follows karyogamy in it. However, basidia can be divided into probasidia - the site of karyogamy and metabasidia - the site of meiosis. Probasidium is often a dormant spore, for example in rust fungi. In such cases, probazidia grows with metabasidia, in which meiosis occurs and on which basidiospores are formed (see Fig. E).

See Karyogamy, Meiosis, Gifa.

Pileipellis

Lat. Pileipellis, skin - differentiated surface layer of the cap of agaricoid basidiomycetes. The structure of the skin in most cases differs from the inner flesh of the cap and may have a different structure.The structural features of pileipellis are often used as diagnostic features in descriptions of fungi species.

According to their structure, they are divided into four main types: cutis, trichoderma, hymeniderma and epithelium.

See Agaricoid fungi, Basidiomycete, Cutis, Trichoderma, Gimeniderm, Epithelium.

Trichoderma (Trichoderma)

The type of cap skin, usually consists of straight, septate elements located more or less perpendicular to the surface and laid both at the same and at different levels; the ends of the hyphae can be morphologically modified and represent dermatocystids. The surface of the cap is velvety to almost felt.

Lat. Trichoderm.

Trichoderma, in turn, is subdivided into intertwined trichoderma and irregular trichoderma.

Intertwined trichoderm (Intricate trichoderm) - trichoderm, consisting of intertwined hyphae, located not parallel to each other and forming a tomentose pubescence.

Irregular trichoderm - Trichoderma, consisting of irregularly branching hyphae.

See Dermatotsistida, Hypha, Septa.

Cutis

The type of cap skin, consists of creeping non-gelatinized hyphae located parallel to the surface. The surface of the cap looks smooth.

Lat. Cutis.

See Gifa.

Scale is tough, cellular and destructive

The scaly scales are tough or the tough vole (Agrocybe dura) has a cap 3–7 cm in diameter, initially convex, later spread out.

Sometimes with remnants of bedspreads along the edges, velvety. The color is whitish or yellowish. The plates are adherent with a tooth, cream, then dark or purple-brown. The pulp is dense, odorless, the taste is slightly bitter.

Glutinous scales (Pholiota lucifera) have a cap 3–6 cm in diameter.

At first hemispherical, then cone-shaped or convex-prostrate, with a lowered even edge, lemon-yellow, with rusty-yellow, appressed, elongated, sparse scales, with time almost reddish, naked. The plates are yellow at first, then reddish-brown, later brown-spotted. Leg 3–5 × 0.4–1 cm, cylindrical or narrowed downward, dense, yellow to the ring, smooth, below - the color of the cap. The pulp is dense, yellow, brownish at the base of the leg, bitter, without a special smell.

Destructive scaly (Pholiota destruens) has a cap with a diameter of 6-15 cm.

Densely fleshy, at first hemispherical, then convex-rounded, sometimes concave in the center, yellowish-whitish or light brown, with wide white hairy scales that disappear when fully ripe. The plates are wide, frequent, slightly descending, light brownish. The leg is 5-15 × 2-3 cm, often eccentric, thickened downward, with a short tapered outgrowth, dense, cap-colored, covered with large flaky white scales, subsequently disappearing, with a white flaky ring that disappears when fully ripe. The pulp is whitish, brownish in the lower half of the leg, corky, bitter, with an unpleasant odor.

Here you can see photos of various types of scaly mushrooms:

Application in traditional medicine

People use foliot to prepare a healing broth and tincture. With their help, cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, arterial hypertension, varicose veins, thrombophlebitis are treated.

With the help of magnesium and iron in the composition of the fungus, hemoglobin can be increased to cure anemia, diseases that affect the thyroid gland.

Fiber and pulp foliots relieve constipation. Therefore, among the people for these purposes, it is popular to use a decoction of flake.

To cope with such a problem as constipation will also help: dodder, beet leaves, gentian, Swiss chard, sage, raisins, chamomile and pelargonium.