Orange shiver

Planting and caring for cortaderia in the open field

When to plant

The landing of the cortaderia in the open ground is carried out in the spring, but only after the return frosts have passed. Do not forget to germinate the pampas grass before planting before planting rooted shoots. This perennial grows well on any soil and in any area, except swampy ones.

When purchasing a seedling in a flower shop, be sure to take an interest in a female or male bush. The fact is that female bushes bloom much longer and more spectacular than male ones. The planted bush grows rather quickly. In this regard, it is necessary to take care in advance of limiting the growth of the bush. To do this, you can install a small fence made of wood or metal.

Seat selection

When choosing a site for planting pampas grass, special attention should be paid to lighting. This plant is distinguished by its light-requiring and reacts negatively to prolonged shading.

Therefore, it is recommended to choose an open area for planting. Cortaderia should not be grown near artificial or natural bodies of water and swampy areas.

This plant is distinguished by its undemanding growing conditions. All that is needed for good growth is systematic watering and plenty of sunlight. Severe frosts can harm the plant. Best of all, such a perennial grows at a temperature of at least 12 degrees.

Site preparation rules

After a suitable site for growing a cortaderia has been found, it will need to be prepared for planting. It is enough to dig up the soil and remove the weeds. And you should also make sure in advance that pests do not settle on the roots of the bush.

On the prepared site, make planting holes, and the distance between them should be at least 200 cm. After that, planting bushes of pampas grass is carried out.

Remember that this plant has a strong root system that grows quickly. Therefore, it is able to drown out almost all other garden crops growing in the immediate vicinity. In this regard, the site for the cultivation of pampas grass must be selected with great care.

In order for the planted bush to grow normally and bloom quickly, it is recommended to apply a complex mineral fertilizer during planting, which can be bought in a specialized store.

Landing rules

Seeds are sown in open ground or the root shoots of an adult bush are planted. This is done in the spring, after the return frosts have been left behind.

Cortaderia seeds are sown directly into open ground. From above, the sowing site is covered with a film, which is removed immediately after the appearance of the first seedlings. A bush grown from seeds will begin to bloom only in the fifth year. If you want the plant to please you with flowers already in the first year of growth, then it is recommended to plant the seedling in a small container in advance and take care of it at home until the first shoots appear.

Experienced gardeners recommend planting cortaderia bushes in large containers. Thanks to this, they will be able to decorate your garden in warm weather, and during the frost period they can be transferred to a warm room.

During planting, the bushes are buried 30 centimeters into the soil. In this case, the seedling should be taken along with a large clod of earth. It is highly undesirable to clean its roots from soil. Remember that the planting hole must be located at least 1.5 m from other horticultural crops. The planted bush must be watered with plenty of water.

Cortaderia Pampas Grass 1

Watering

There is nothing difficult in caring for a cortaderia.Even a novice gardener can cope with this task. It should be watered only during prolonged drought. The plant has long and powerful roots that can penetrate deep into the soil. There they find all the nutrients necessary for a given crop, as well as moisture.

Even in a dry period, it is necessary to water the bushes no more than once every 7 days. If watering is more frequent, then the bushes will become lethargic and their foliage will begin to die off. During watering, 20 liters of water are poured under one bush.

Pruning and fertilizing

During the year, it is enough to feed the pampas grass only once in the spring. To do this, a solution of mineral fertilizer is poured under the bush.

In order for a perennial to always look neat and effective, it must be trimmed regularly. Every year in early spring, gardeners are engaged in thinning foliage, as well as removing dried inflorescences and dried grass. In order for the bushes to be compact and not grow strongly, it is necessary to timely prune the root system.

Leafy shiver (Phaeotremella foliacea)

Synonyms:

• Trembling fringed
• Tremella foliacea
• Gyraria foliacea
• Naematelia foliacea
• Ulocolla foliacea
• Exidia foliacea

Description

Fruit body: 5-15 centimeters and more, the shape is varied, it can be correct, from spherical to cushion-shaped, it can be irregular, depending on the growth conditions. The body of the fungus consists of a mass of leaf-like formations that have grown together with a common base; in young specimens, until they have lost their elasticity, they give the impression of "ruffled" thin combs.
The surface is oily-moist in wet weather, in dry periods it remains wet for a long time, when dry, individual petals wrinkle in different ways, so that the shape of the fruit body is constantly changing.

Color: brownish, maroon to cinnamon brown, darker in age. When dry, they can acquire a light purple tint, later darken to almost black.

Flesh: translucent, gelatinous, firm. With the aging of the fruiting body in wet weather, the "petals" from which the mushroom is formed lose their elasticity and shape, and in dry weather they become fragile.

Smell & Taste: No particular taste or smell, sometimes described as “mild”.

The spore-bearing layer is located over the entire surface.
Spores: 7-8.5 x 6-8.5 microns, subglobose to oval, smooth, non-amyloid.
Spore powder: cream to pale yellowish.

Ecology

Shivering leafy parasitizes other fungi of the Stereum species growing on conifers, for example, Stereum sanguinolentum (Reddening Stereum). Therefore, Phaeotremella foliacea can only be found on conifers (stumps, large valezha).

Season and distribution

Widespread in Eurasia, America. The fungus can be found at different times of the year in varying degrees of growth or dying, since the fruiting bodies persist for a long time.

Edibility

The mushroom is probably not poisonous, but its taste is so low that the question of preparation is not particularly considered.

Sparassis crispa

It has a much firmer texture, is yellowish brown rather than brown, and usually grows at the base of conifers rather than directly on the wood.

Note: a bit of history The taxonomy of the Phaeotremella foliacea group is being revised based on morphological, ecological, geographic and DNA data. The name P. foliacea is reserved for the gymnosperm species associated with Stereum sanguinolentum in Eurasia and North America. Tremella neofoliacea and Cryptococcus skinneri are considered synonymous with P. foliacea s.str. The other three species in the complex are inhabited by deciduous trees. Of these, Phaeotremella fimbriata, comb. nov. *, associated with Stereum rugosum; this species has a blackening of basidiocarps and small basidiospores, found in Europe. Its close relative is the East Asian Phaeotremella eugeniae, sp. nov., is associated with the Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) and has larger basidiospores. The third species, Phaeotremella frondosa, comb. nov., produces the largest basidiospores in the genus and is associated with either S.rugosum (mainly in Northern Europe), or with other Stereum species (temperate Eurasia and North America). In addition, T. nigrescens is typed and synonymous with P. frondosa, and two species, T. fuscosuccinea and T. roseotincta, are combined with Phaeotremella.

* - comb. nov. (abbreviated from Lat. Combinatio nova) - a new combination, that is, a combination formed from a previously promulgated legal name

** - sp. nov. (abbreviated from Lat. Species nova) - a new species. The phrase is used after the binomial name, which is published for the first time.

Leafy shiver (fringed, Phaeotremella foliacea), what it looks like, where and how it grows, edible

Mushroom shiver foliate (fringed): photo and description

Leafy shiver, you can meet the second name - fringed (Tremella foliacea, Exidia foliacea), an inedible mushroom of the Tremella family. It stands out in appearance, color. Has twins, similar in building.

Description of leafy shiver

The leafy shiver (pictured) is a brown or yellow-brown mushroom. The consistency is gelatinous, the fruiting body is curved in the form of lobes, often curly.

Spores are spherical or ovoid, colorless.

The color of the trembling leafy, in most cases brown or amber brown

It can buy a variety of shapes, it can reach a diameter of 15 cm. The characteristics of the structure in most cases depend on the growth conditions.

Where and how it grows

Shivering leafy is considered a parasite. It takes root on various species of wood-dwelling stereum fungi, parasitizing conifers. It can often be found on stumps, fallen trees. In other places, it is usually impossible to meet her.

This type of shiver is popular in America and Eurasia. Occurs at different times. The fruit body is preserved for a very long time, the key growth period falls on the warm season - from summer to autumn.

Eat a mushroom or not

Not hazardous, but not useful in cooking. The taste is not distinguished by anything. It is not recommended to eat it raw as it can be dangerous for your health. During heat treatment, the quality of taste is not constantly improved; therefore, the mushroom has no nutritional value.

Doubles and their differences

1. The deciduous shiver is distinguished by the fact that it lives exclusively on deciduous trees. The edibility of this representative of the mushroom family is unknown, there is no data on the toxicity. It is known not to be used in food, because does not stand out with a pleasant taste. It belongs to conditionally edible, but it is not used for cooking.
2. Curly Sparassis is an edible representative of the Sparassaceae mushroom family. Refers to parasites. The pulp is white, firm. It tastes like a nut.

3. Auricularia auricular is an edible representative of the Auriculyariev family. considered a parasite, grows on deciduous trees, on dead, weakened specimens, felled trunks, stumps. Auricularia auricular was named because of its extraordinary shape, reminiscent of the human auricle.

4. Orange tremor (Tremella mesenterica) is a conditionally edible representative of the mushroom kingdom. It is prized for its health-improving properties. The pulp does not have a non-standard taste or smell. Glucuronoxylomannan is a polysaccharide compound that is obtained from the orange shiver. It is used to stop inflammation processes. It is also used to treat diseases associated with allergies. The substance has a beneficial effect on the immune system, the excretory system. Helps the liver and the entire hepatobiliary system. It is used in alternative medicine.

Conclusion

Leafy shiver is not an edible species

Better to pay your own attention to the edible counterparts. Some mushroom pickers collect it incorrectly, mistaking it for relatives of the same family

The leafy variety is of no value. It is not used for cooking, nor is it used in alternative medicine.

Leafy shiver (Phaeotremella foliacea)

Photo by K.Yu. Sinelnikov.

Synonyms: Trembling fringed Tremella foliacea Gyraria foliacea Naematelia foliacea Ulocolla foliacea Exidia foliacea

Taxonomy: Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes) Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes) Class: Tremellomycetes (Tremellomycetes) Subclass: Tremellomycetidae (Tremellomycetidae) Order: Tremellales (Pharyocephalaceae) Family: Tremeeotremella leafy)

Fruit body: 5-15 centimeters and more, the shape is varied, it can be correct, from spherical to cushion-shaped, it can be irregular, depending on the growth conditions. The body of the fungus consists of a mass of leaf-like formations that have grown together with a common base; in young specimens, until they have lost their elasticity, they give the impression of “ruffled” thin combs.

The surface is oily-moist in wet weather, in dry periods it remains wet for a long time, when dry, individual petals wrinkle in different ways, so that the shape of the fruit body is constantly changing.

Color: brownish, maroon to cinnamon brown, darker in age. When dry, they can acquire a light purple tint, later darken to almost black.

Flesh: translucent, gelatinous, firm. With the aging of the fruiting body in wet weather, the “petals” from which the mushroom is formed lose their elasticity and shape, and in dry weather they become fragile.

Odor and Taste: No particular taste or smell, sometimes described as “mild”.

The spore-bearing layer is located over the entire surface. Spores: 7-8.5 x 6-8.5 microns, subglobose to oval, smooth, non-amyloid. Spore powder: cream to pale yellowish.

The leaf tremor parasitizes other fungi of the Stereum species growing on conifers, for example, Stereum sanguinolentum (Reddening Stereum). Therefore, Phaeotremella foliacea can only be found on conifers (stumps, large valezha).

Season and distribution Widespread in Eurasia, America. The fungus can be found in different seasons of the year in varying degrees of growth or dying, since the fruiting bodies persist for a long time.

The mushroom is probably not poisonous, but its taste is so low that the question of preparation is not particularly considered.

It is a deciduous tremor that lives exclusively on deciduous species, as it parasitizes types of stereums attached to deciduous species.

Auricularia auricular (Judas ear) is distinguished by the shape of fruit chalk.

Sparassis crispa, which has a much firmer texture, is yellowish brown rather than brown, and usually grows at the base of conifers rather than directly on the wood.

Note: a bit of history

The taxonomy of the Phaeotremella foliacea group is being revised based on morphological, ecological, geographic and DNA data. The name P. foliacea is reserved for the gymnosperm species associated with Stereum sanguinolentum in Eurasia and North America. Tremella neofoliacea and Cryptococcus skinneri are considered synonymous with P. foliacea s.str. The other three species in the complex are inhabited by deciduous trees. Of these, Phaeotremella fimbriata, comb. nov. *, associated with Stereum rugosum; this species has a blackening of basidiocarps and small basidiospores, found in Europe. Its close relative is the East Asian Phaeotremella eugeniae, sp. nov., is associated with the Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) and has larger basidiospores. The third species, Phaeotremella frondosa, comb. nov., produces the largest basidiospores in the genus and is associated with either S. rugosum (mainly in Northern Europe) or other Stereum species (temperate Eurasia and North America). In addition, T. nigrescens is typed and synonymous with P. frondosa, and two species, T. fuscosuccinea and T. roseotincta, are combined with Phaeotremella.

* - comb. nov. (abbreviated from Lat. Combinatio nova) - a new combination, that is, a combination formed from a previously promulgated legal name

** - sp. nov. (abbreviated from Lat. Species nova) - a new species. The phrase is used after the binomial name, which is published for the first time.

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Tremella foliacea

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Current title

Systematic position

Fungi, Basidiomycota, Tremellomycetes, Tremellales, Tremellaceae, Tremella

Etymology of the species epithet

Foliāceus, a, um, from leaf, referring to leaf.

Synonyms

• Gyraria foliacea (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 594 (1821)
• Naematelia foliacea (Pers.) Bonord., (1864)
• Ulocolla foliacea (Pers.) Bref., Unters. Gesammtgeb. Mykol. (Liepzig) 7:98 (1888)
• Exidia foliacea (Pers.) P. Karst., Bidr. Känn. Finl. Nat. Folk 48: 449 (1889)
• Tremella fimbriata Pers., Observ. mycol. (Lipsiae) 2: 97 (1800)
• Tremella ferruginea Sm. In Smith & Sowerby, Engl. Fl. (London): tab. 1454 (1805)
• Gyraria ferruginea (Sm.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 593 (1821)
• Tremella succinea Pers., Mycol. eur. (Erlanga) 1: 101 (1822)
• Tremella nigrescens Fr., Summa veg. Scand., Sectio Post. (Stockholm): 341 (1849)
• Phaeotremella pseudofoliacea Rea, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 3 (5): 377 (1912)

Habit

Fruit body: Gelatinous, gelatinous

Hymenophore: Smooth, not pronounced

Fruiting body

Fruiting bodies of fungi are lobed, leaf-shaped, gelatinous and gelatinous (in the brain-like group), with a blunt edge, rusty-brown to reddish-brown, lighter in youth, darken with age, brown or blackish when dry, horny, shriveled and harden. Collected in groups up to 10 - 20 cm wide and 5 cm high.

Microscopy

Spores are smooth, rounded to oval, 7 - 8.5 × 6 - 8 µm.

Ecology and distribution

Substance: Woody plants (living trees, bark and dead wood)

It grows on dead wood and weakened deciduous trees (mainly oak and birch) and conifers.

It is rare in the Novosibirsk region. Regularly bears fruit on oak fallen trees in artificial plantations on the territory of the Central Siberian Garden of the SB RAS; recorded singly on birch fallen trees at the border of a forest and a swamp in the Shlyuzovsky bog complex. Mention is made of the discovery of an aspen tree in the Toguchinsky region in 1984

Fruiting

June - September.

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Nutritional properties

Unknown

Leafy shiver - description of where it grows, the toxicity of the mushroom

Any mushroom picker has met a shivering leaf in his life. It is difficult to pass by it, as it attracts with its unusual shape and color. The mushroom is vaguely similar to a red beard, which hangs down in damp weather, and, on the contrary, shrinks in dry weather. This type is used to treat many diseases: skin diseases, bronchitis and even cancer. Let's consider it in detail, as well as other varieties of the family, their features.

Appearance

This mushroom body has a translucent, orange color, consisting of smooth blades attached to each other. The older it is, the more it looks like a human brain. The mushroom does not grow too large, its height is 4 cm. When it touches the fruiting body, it trembles, resembling frozen jelly. The surface is sticky.

Despite the fact that the mushroom resembles a jelly, it has a strong structure. The main feature is the change in color and consistency. In dry hot weather, when there is no precipitation, the pulp dries up and takes on a darker shade. With increasing humidity, the shiver returns to its original state. The fungus has many pores all over the body, so it appears white. The fruiting body has no smell, absolutely like a taste.

Where is it found?

Leafy shiver grows in almost any terrain: mountains, plains and forests. The fruiting body favors rotten trees, stumps and dried leaves. Considering the unusual appearance of the leafy shiver, it is difficult to confuse it with other types of mushrooms. Sometimes it is possible not to recognize it, since the Drozhalkov family has many subspecies. The only sign by which you can distinguish them is color, since they have the same shape.

Medicinal properties of orange shiver

A representative of the Drozhalkov family has in its structure a special substance that helps to fight allergies, diabetes, stop many inflammatory processes, and is also an immunomodulator. In addition, it contains amino acids and vitamin B. As a rule, alcohol tincture is prepared from the mushroom and used to relieve tumors.

Ethanol elixir is made from fresh orange shivers. It is prescribed when undergoing chemotherapy. Together with it, it blocks the development of cancer cells, and in some cases completely kills. Chinese doctors have patented several medicines based on this mushroom. Soon they will be available to the population. In Asian countries, these mushrooms are beneficial and fight against their destruction. They are used to treat many diseases: bronchitis; paralysis, etc.The British use orange tremors to treat skin conditions.

Other types of mushrooms

This family is also represented by other types:

1. Fucus-shaped trembling. This mushroom is eaten. Color - white, shape - blades. This species is found in China, Japan and Korea.
2. Brain trembling. This mushroom is not edible. It resembles a human brain in shape. Color - white or yellow. Mushrooms prefer to grow on conifers.

Similarities with other species

The leaf tremor is similar in its characteristics to auricular auricular. For growth, she chooses a black elderberry. This is a conditionally edible mushroom and even healthy. It is used to make broths. This type is especially appreciated in Asian countries, where it is used for making cold soups. The population claims that the exotic mushroom enhances immunity. However, there is one peculiarity - it is almost impossible to bring auricularia from the forest, as it evaporates.

Shivering leaf or fringed is a prominent representative of the family. It is quite easy to find in the forest for its bright color and unusual shape. It has the consistency of jelly, which dries up in dry weather, and vice versa in wet weather. You cannot eat a mushroom, unlike similar species.

What can be confused with

Despite its bright color, orange shiver is safe for humans, so it is easily used for cooking or in treating problems. However, there are false counterparts, the use of food or preparation of which can lead to serious problems, up to poisoning and causing significant harm to the body.

Given the specific external color of the mushroom, it will be difficult to confuse it with other mushrooms. However, it should be borne in mind that there are specimens in the shivering family that very much resemble their orange counterpart.

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Let's turn to the shivering leaf. This mushroom is inedible, however, in its external structure and placement, this mushroom very much reminds us of a yellow brain.

However, a significant difference appears in color. Leaf tremor is rather dark orange or pale red. But inexperienced mushroom pickers still believe that it is a trembling orange and pluck it. Such a mushroom cannot cause poisoning, however, it has a very mediocre taste and will simply ruin a couple of dishes for you.

Another species that can be confused with the orange quiver is the fucus-shaped quiver. True, it is easy to distinguish it by its color. The fucus-shaped shiver is almost transparent, with a white undertone, as if a cloudy liquid turned into jelly and froze for a while in a strange figure.

However, some mushroom pickers are sure that this is nothing more than an albino from an orange shiver and continue to pick these mushrooms and put them in their basket. Meanwhile, the fucus-shaped shiver is also an inedible mushroom that actively absorbs negative substances and can lead to poisoning.

Collecting such mushrooms must be taken very seriously.