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:
- Fucus-shaped trembling. This mushroom is eaten. Color - white, shape - blades. This species is found in China, Japan and Korea.
- 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.
Cosmetic and medicinal properties of the Snow Mushroom
For a long time, Chinese aristocrats have used Silver Ear for skin care, finding that its components lighten the skin and eliminate oily sheen, freckles and various age spots. These properties have been confirmed by modern scientists.
The healing properties of the Snow Mushroom
Creams with Shivering White moisturize and smooth the skin, prevent rosacea, eliminate fine wrinkles. Sunscreens with the addition of mushroom contribute to a better tan without scalding and overdrying the skin.
On the Far East and Ussuri land, Drozhalka fucus is considered a longevity mushroom and is used to increase endurance, strengthen overall tone and increase life expectancy.
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 colors.
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 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.
Fucus tremor (Tremella fuciformis)
Tremella fuciformis - an ice mushroom, which is also sometimes called snow, acquired this name due to its specific appearance - it looks like a snowy, ice ball. This species is very much appreciated in Asia - it is used both in cooking and in medicine. In fact, it is considered medicinal.
Synonyms: Nakaiomyces nipponicus, fusiform quiver, white quiver, fucus tremella, ice mushroom, snow mushroom, silver mushroom, silver ear, snow ear, jellyfish mushroom.
Tremella fucus-shaped (or trembling white) belongs to the Tremellaceae family, of the genus Tremella.
This mushroom also has other names, and all because of the fact that in different countries and continents it is called in different ways, namely: edible gelatinous mushroom, silver ear, coral mushroom, snow mushroom, fucus shiver, sea cep, silver mushroom, silver ears.
Appearance 
The fruit body is unusual, sinuous, as if it were in a fold, irregular in shape, reminiscent of algae collected in a bunch. The size can be from 2 to 10 cm.
The color is snow-white; specimens with a yellowish tint are less common.
The flesh of the trembling white is tender, translucent, fleshy, elastic-gelatinous, white, almost odorless, or less often - with a weak spicy smell.
Where does the ice mushroom grow
It can be found in deciduous and mixed forests. It grows on decaying, decayed wood and fallen trunks, as well as on the branches of deciduous trees (the favorite type of tree is oak). Occurs both singly and in groups.
Similarities with other species
White ice mushrooms are very difficult to confuse with other species - they look very unique. The only kind with which it can be confused is with a shivering orange, and then, only if, for some reason, it completely loses its colorful color. But this is not scary, since the orange shiver is also an edible mushroom.
Fucus trimella is an edible species. Most often it is used for preparing Asian dishes. And although by itself it does not have any pronounced taste, nevertheless, it crunches extremely appetizingly, thanks to its elastic texture.
Salads and soups are most often prepared from the white shiver. In our area, most often the mushroom can be found in various Korean snacks, for example, seaweed with coral mushrooms. But sometimes even sweet desserts are made from it - ice cream, drinks, syrups.
The trembling mushroom is quite nutritious - it contains proteins, useful minerals and trace elements, fiber. And also as many as 18 amino acids! It is believed that these mushrooms contain more vitamin D than, for example, cod liver and tuna combined.
Fucus tremella does not need long-term heat treatment - usually 5 minutes of boiling is enough to cook it, and at the same time the fruit body increases significantly in size.
Most often, the shiver can be found on sale in a dried form, and not fresh. In order for dried mushrooms to be used as food, they need to be poured with lukewarm water and left to soak in moisture for a couple of hours (even longer). Then put it on a sieve, and wait for all the liquid to glass. Well, then cook either salads and snacks, or soups. By the way, mushrooms saturated with moisture do not differ at all from fresh ones.
Ice mushroom: benefits and medicinal properties
Tremella also contains a substance that can prevent leukopenia (a drop in the number of leukocytes) in people undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and quickly restore bone marrow health. In addition, shiver white extract kills cancer cells in the cervix and certain types of other tumors.
In addition to being used in medicine, the coral mushroom is also used in cosmetology.Thanks to its high content of vitamin D, it is able to rejuvenate the skin and even smooth out wrinkles! But, despite the usefulness of this mushroom, you need to be careful with it during pregnancy and lactation, and it is better to completely abandon it. It should not be given to children and should not be consumed if you are prescribed anticoagulants.
Where and when do milky mushrooms grow?
Mushrooms of the milky genus grow all over the world, meeting on the following continents: Eurasia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America. But they are especially abundant in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Here the lactariuses form fruiting bodies in the summer in June-July. If the summer is dry, then "fruiting" is postponed to August-September. Since most of the species are cold-resistant and moisture-loving, they can bear fruit especially abundantly in autumn. But the lactarii do not grow for long, forming only 2 layers of fruit chalk.
If there are prolonged rains in the spring, then the milkmen will be very rare, since they do not like excessive moisture.
Mushrooms of this genus live in symbiosis with many species of deciduous (usually birch) and coniferous trees. Brown milky (Lactarius lignyotus) forms mycorrhiza with spruce, white milky (Lactarius musteus) - with pine, brown milky (Lactarius fuliginosus) - with oak and beech, pale milky (Lactarius vietus) - with birch.
Mushrooms grow, as a rule, in damp places of the forest or on its edges, but they are also found in parks, in meadows, where there are tree roots. They often settle in the soil, sometimes on rotten wood or moss. The temperature favorable for their development ranges from 10-20 ° С. Fruit bodies live for 10-15 days, after which they rot. More often, milkmen grow in groups, some of them can form "witch's rings", for example, mushrooms and milk mushrooms.
The miller is gray-pink. Photo by: Björn S…, CC BY-SA 2.0
Mushrooms, with the most bizarre shapes
Nature is simply amazing
Today we will turn our attention to the kingdom of the Mushrooms. The specimens mentioned below have such an unusual appearance that, at first glance, it is impossible to understand that these are mushrooms.
You will be shocked! Vaulted starfish (lat.Geastrum fornicatum)
It seems as if Mother Earth decided to create a mushroom in the image and likeness of man. The vaulted starfish really resembles a human figure. Also, this mushroom looks like a domed earth star. Therefore, the people, in the English-speaking countries, call it that. The second variant of the name is the acrobatic earth star.
It reaches a height of 4-8 cm.It is usually found singly or in small groups in forests North America and Europe, mainly in Mexico and the southwest of the United States of America. If you find this mushroom, you should know that it is inedible.
Brain tremor (lat.Tremella encephala) - forest brain
If you take a glimpse of a brain tremor, you can involuntarily confuse it with a brain, a small, but still a brain. The body of the mushroom is like a pink jelly with a white hard filling. The cerebral shiver is a parasite of another fungus, a reddening stereum (blood-red), which in turn parasitizes on dead branches of coniferous trees. The fungus is found in the temperate latitudes of Europe, North America, northern Asia, and sometimes in Australia. It cannot be eaten, since the consequences can be fatal.
Cerebral tremor in section.
Striped glass (lat.Cyathus striatus) - a small bird's nest with miniature eggs
What tiny bird found this nest and laid its eggs in it? Calm down: this is not at all a matter of the wings of a miniature bird. We are talking about a beautiful striped glass mushroom, or, as it is also called, striped cyatus. You can find these interesting mushrooms in summer and autumn on dead wood in temperate regions around the planet: Asia, Europe, North, Central and South America, New Zealand. The color and size of striped glasses may differ slightly, but, as a rule, they are no more than 1 cm in width and height. The striped cyatus is gray or brown in color.By the way, in the scientific literature, tiny "eggs" are called peridioles.
Auricularia auricular (lat.Auricularia auricula-judae) - the forest hears everything
Ears in the middle of the forest? It looks like a David Lynch movie. But this can happen to you in reality. You can even eat them if you like. In fact, these are mushrooms called auricular auricular. Their size varies from 3 to 12 cm. These reddish-brown "ears" can be found in humid places, mainly on dead deciduous trees and shrubs. Mushrooms grow all year round, but most often they can be found in the fall. They are widespread in temperate and subtropical climates around the world.
Auricularia auricular mushroom in Asia, especially in China, is considered a delicacy. It is specially grown on dead wood, for example, cork oak, elderberry, banana of paradise. While in the People's Republic of China, you can taste the Chinese Black Mushroom Soup, an essential ingredient of which the aforementioned mushroom. Also, auricular auricular is used for making salads. In China, Ghana, Nigeria, it is believed that dishes made from these mushrooms are medicinal. In particular, the Chinese believe that the soup with "ears" helps in the fight against colds and fevers.
Anturus archeri (lat.Clathrus archeri) - devil's fingers, octopus or starfish?
When the anthurus archer mushroom opens, it looks like a starfish or octopus. Usually has 4 to 7 pinkish-red "tentacles". Popularly known as the devil's fingers, the world's creepiest mushroom. It is easy to recognize not only by its appearance, but also by the terrible unpleasant smell of the falling. The scent attracts flies, which spread spores. Anturus archer grows in groups, often among wood chips, old stumps and fallen leaves. It originally grew in Australia and Tasmania, but now it can be found in Europe and North America and Asia. Do not taste this mushroom when opened, it is inedible.
Unopened mushroom Anturus archer.
Hydnellum peck (lat. Hydnellum peckii) - "bleeding" mushroom
If you walk through the forests of North America and some European countries, you may find a mushroom with a frightening popular name, a bloody tooth or a devil's tooth. Although there are people who look at it from a culinary point of view. To them, the mushroom resembles ice cream with strawberry syrup.
Description of the mushroom
Shivering orange, Tremella scarious or Dragga (Tremella mesenterica in Latin) is very reminiscent of jelly or a reddish beard, but definitely not a mushroom.
In dry times, the orange shiver dries up and resembles a crust that has adhered to the substrate. Once there is enough moisture, the body swells and returns to its original appearance. In too humid weather, this mushroom becomes white, transparent. Old specimens dry out, turn black, their surface coarsens.
Hat
The cap, or fruiting body, has a jelly-like shape. At first it is cerebral, and when it grows, folds appear on it. The surface is sticky. The sizes of this mushroom can be from one to ten centimeters. In nature, there is a yellow, pale yellow, orange tremella, sometimes transparent bodies are also found.
Pulp
The pulp of a yellow or ordinary shiver resembles a jelly in shape. Despite this, it is quite strong. In appearance, the pulp is jelly-like, and when it dries, it becomes more solid. As such, it has no taste and smell.
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.
Medicinal properties
Shiver is appreciated by Russians, residents of the CIS, representatives of the countries of Europe and the United States, not only for its edible properties, but also for medicinal properties. This mushroom contains a very useful substance, a biologically active polysaccharide. it glucuronoxylomannan
Scientists studied this polysaccharide for a very long time before coming to the following conclusions. It has a number of health benefits and functions. For example, it stimulates the immune system, has a radioprotective function, anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic effect, and also has antiallergenic activity. Also, this particular fungus may be involved in protecting the liver from such a serious disease as hepatitis B.
In addition, the mushroom contains a pronounced ethanol extract. It is found mainly in fresh fruit bodies, but already in dried ones it disappears. It affects the growth of cancer cells. If you start taking the mushroom early in the development of the disease, death can be avoided. This means that it prevents lung cancer, as well as such a serious disease as cervical cancer.
Ethanol extract helps to increase the production of interferon in the body, improve immunity, and enhance the effect of the chemotherapy performed.
In China, based on the orange shiver, several good and effective medicines have already been produced, tested and officially patented, the main focus of which is anti-inflammatory and antitumor effects. Also, drugs that contain ingredients from the tremor help to regulate blood pressure inside the body.
The fruit bodies of the tremors themselves contain amino acids, which are indispensable for the proper functioning of the body. Also, it contains B vitamins.
It turns out that the mushroom is a very valuable medicine and it is worth eating it at least in order to fill your body with useful substances.
In order to produce mushrooms for medicinal purposes, China uses the deep-seated method specially. Since ancient times, this mushroom has been used as a restorative and fortifying agent, mushrooms were eaten raw, made into porridge, dried and made into powder. They proved to be excellent in the fight against pulmonary diseases, paralysis, bronchitis.
Drops from the tremor well prevented the development of eye inflammation, and also worked as a sedative.
Shiver was used for treatment not only in Asian countries, but also in England.For example, with freshly plucked wet fruit bodies, they rubbed the sites of damage, where tissue ruptures were formed. Thus, they prevented the development of diseases and showed a healing effect. Also, the trembling showed itself well in the fight against ulcers that appear on the skin.
The mushroom was widely used in the Balkans as well. For example, in Bulgaria there is one proven folk recipe that is still used today.
- You need to take from 6 to 10 g of dried shiver.
- Add 30 to 50 g of fresh mushrooms.
- All this must be poured with cold water and put on fire.
- It is necessary to cook the mixture over low heat until the mushrooms and water turn into a state of sour cream or become like a paste.
- At the end of cooking, add one new spoonful of honey to the resulting liquid.
This broth must be drunk before bedtime, and the duration of treatment is from 7 to 10 days. This remedy quickly helps with pneumonia, bronchitis, colds, asthma, flu, SARS and other undesirable manifestations.
Output
Based on the foregoing, we can conclude that the shiver is an incredibly tasty and at the same time healthy mushroom. It will help fight colds, relieve a number of diseases.
And also, it naturally helps to restore the immune system, which is important in our time.
The orange tremble will decorate your table, and will organically combine with any food in any dish.
Collect this mushroom in order to experiment and finally taste what it is. In fact, the orange shiver is widespread throughout Russia, it will not be difficult to find it.
Look carefully at the branches of trees, and then, soon, you will find a bright yellow spot, which will open for you an amazing world of trembling taste.
