Exidia truncated

Evaluation of the edibility of glandular exidia

There is no information about the edibility of glandular exidia. But, most likely, the mushroom is not poisonous.

Other members of the genus

The brain tremor is an inedible mushroom. The fruit body of this strange mushroom is jelly-like, pink in color. The core is white on the cut, quite dense. The shape of the fruit bodies is irregular, their diameter is 1-3 cm. The surface of the fruit body is small tuberous. The color of the fruit bodies is yellow or white.

Brain tremors are widespread in temperate northern latitudes. You can find these mushrooms only on dead branches of coniferous wood, mainly on pines. Fruiting occurs from summer to autumn.

Orange tremor is a conditionally edible mushroom. The fruit body has the appearance of sinuous lobes. The blades appear to be watery. The height of the fruiting body is 1-4 centimeters. Its color can be almost white, orange or yellow. Its pulp is gelatinous, odorless and tasteless. Fruit bodies, like the rest of the tremors, can dry out, and after rain take their original shape.

Orange tremors bear fruit from August to November. They often persist in the winter as well. They settle on the dead dry branches of deciduous wood species. Under favorable conditions, fruiting is very abundant.

Description

Exidia of glandular Shaped dark sepia to blackish, rubbery-gelatinous fruiting bodies that are top-shaped (such as an inverted cone) and about 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter. They are firm when fresh, but become weak and distorted with age or in damp weather. Fruiting bodies are found singly or in small groups. The upper, spore-bearing support surface is shiny and dotted with small pimples or pins. The underside is smooth and matte at first, but also develops a dense coating of small gelatinous spines. The fruiting bodies are attached to the tree at the base. Dispute print white. When the fruit bodies are dry, they can shrink to form a flattened black rind.

Microscopic symbols

Microscopic symbols are characteristic of the genus Exidia ... Basidia have ellipsoidal septa, 15-25 from 8-13 microns. These spores are allantoid (Sausage), 14-19 microns in size, 4.5-5.5 microns.

Similar species

Exidia psapzBulgaria inquinans

Exidia glandular often confused with Exidia psapz ... The two are similar but E. psapz produces button-shaped fruiting bodies in clusters that quickly become deformed and coalesce to form an oozing, lobed mass that can be 10 cm (3.9 in) or more in diameter. The two species are microscopically indistinguishable, but DNA testing indicates they are different. Closely connected E. recisa has more erect fruiting bodies without warts on the surface, lighter colors (ranging from yellowish brown to dark brown), and a small base.

In the ascomycete Bulgaria inquinans shape, similar to rubbery-gelatinous, blackish fruiting bodies on oak. Their upper surfaces are completely smooth, however, and they produce abundant black (non-white) spore marks, often leaving a black discoloration when rubbed with hands.

Exidia

Exidia glandular Exidia compressed

Exidia is a widespread species of the large Auriculariaceae family; these mushrooms grow in Russian forests almost everywhere. They have a pulp similar to dense jelly and an indefinite shape of fruit chalk. They have a characteristic feature, they dry out in heat / drought, in cool rainy seasons they swell again and grow actively. Therefore, they become noticeable only in autumn and spring, although they can appear in cold, damp summers. In our region, two species are often found, both prefer alder-willow thickets, I have tasted (raw!) No taste at all!

Exidia glandular (Exidia glandulos)

Exidia glandular on birch

It is sometimes called glandular tremor. Actually, it does not look like mushrooms at all, fruiting bodies are born in the form of shapeless dense gelatinous tubercles densely adhered to wood. Growing up, as a rule, they merge into irregularly rounded or elongated blotches with clearly defined edges. The surface is glossy with numerous winding folds and peculiar rounded mini outgrowths (lat. Carrier glands).

Elastic flesh, odorless and absolutely tasteless. Colors of all shades of brown and black. Spores form over the entire surface of the fruiting bodies; therefore, drying mushrooms are often covered with a whitish spore powder. They grow on fallen trunks and thick branches of deciduous trees. Drying, they turn into a thin smoothed crust. Exidia glandular is edible and they write that it even has medicinal properties. Only eat raw!

Exidia compressed (Exidia recisa)

In Latin, "recisa" stands for abbreviation

Exidia compressed on aspen

Compressed exsidia mushrooms are compact, small (1 - 2.5 cm). Fruit bodies are rounded, wrinkled, with uneven edges and tiny, barely noticeable legs or a narrowed base. The outer surface is matt, the inner spore-forming is smooth and shiny. mobile pulp is translucent, thin, without any taste or smell. The color of the fruit bodies is brownish-yellow, orange-brown or reddish-brown, usually grows in small families, but usually does not form intergrowths. When dried, compressed significantly decreases in size, shrinks, becoming a dull dark brown color. Grows on decaying deciduous trees / branches, preferring willow trees. These nondescript woody mushrooms have hardly been studied, so their edibility is not known. Poisonous species are not described among exsidia, they are simply not edible due to their small size, unappetizing appearance and hard gelatinous pulp.

Views

• Exidia compressed (Exidia recisa) synonyms: Tremella recisa or Tremella salicus
• Exidia glandulosa synonym: Exidia truncata
• Exidia cartilaginous (Exidia cartilaginea) synonym: Exidia fragilis
• Exidia blackening (Exidia nigricans) synonyms: Exidia plana, Auricularia nigrescens, Auricularia polytricha, Exidia polytricha
• Exidia sugar (Exidia saccharina)
• Exidia thuretiana synonyms: Tremella thuretiana, Tremella albida, Exidia albida, Tremella cerebrina, Tremella hyalina, White Brain
• Exidia willow (Exidia iteinos)
• (Exidia pusilla)
• Fir exidia (Exidia pithya)
• Exidia novozealandica
• Japanese exidia (Exidia japonica) belongs to the Auriculariaceae family, genus Tremellochaete
• (Exidia alveolata)
• (Exidia aeruginosa)
• Exidia or Tremella vesicular, pearly (Exidia nucleata, Myxarium nucleatum) or Criystal Brain belongs to the family Hyaloriaceae, genus Myxarium
• (Exidia alba) synonym Ductifera pululahuana
• (Exidia compacta)
• (Exidia badioumbrina)
• Exidia brownish (Exidia brunneola)
• (Exidia uvapassa)
• Exidia blossoming (Exidia repanda)
• (Exidia villosa)
• (Exidia umbrinella)
• (Exidia zelleri)
• (Exidia vitrea)
• (Exidia tucumanensis)
• (Exidia tomentosa)
• (Exidia testacea)
• (Exidia pergamena)
• (Exidia parvula)
• (Exidia panamensis)
• (Exidia intumescens)
• (Exidia lagunensis)
• (Exidia lutea)
• (Exidia maracensis)
• (Exidia maya)
• Exidia Mexican (Exidia mexicana)
• (Exidia cystidiata)
• (Exidia fulva)
• (Exidia cokeri)
• (Exidia antiguae)
• (Exidia ambipapillata)

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  Exidia compressed

Exidia compressed: photo and description

Compressed exidia is a poorly studied mushroom, which, perhaps, only avid mushroom pickers know about. What are these gifts of the forest, it is worth finding out before the start of the "quiet hunt".

What does Exidia look like

The mushroom resembles a closed shell with a barely noticeable stem 2-3 cm long. The fruit body is erect, rounded, leaf-shaped, compact, disc-shaped, or in the form of an inverted cone. As a rule, the surface of a young exidium is compressed smooth, but over time it becomes folded and wrinkled.

Color - from yellow and amber shades to red-brown, and when dry, the pulp begins to turn black. The edge of the fruiting body is wavy-wrinkled. It is characterized by an expressionless taste and smell.

Basidia are tetrasporous with a buckle at the base and long cylindrical sterigmas, reaching sizes of 10-13 × 7-10 microns. Spores 12-14 × 3-4 μm, thin-walled, hyaline, allantoid with a pronounced apex.

Is the mushroom edible or not

Mushrooms of this genus have several varieties, some of which are edible. However, this specimen belongs to the group of inedibles, but is not considered poisonous.

Where and how it grows

You can meet this species on dead deciduous wood that grows along rivers and lakes.

The variety is widespread throughout Russia, and the favorable time for their growth is from July to September. However, in some parts of the country with a mild climate, this specimen continues to grow continuously.

For example, in the southern region of Russia, where frosts reach a maximum of -10 degrees in winter, fungi do not die. And at above-zero temperatures, they continue to develop and form spores. In those regions where winters are more severe, for example, in the European part, exsidia winters successfully and begins to grow immediately after the thaw.

In dry weather, the fruit bodies dry out, acquiring a black tint, turning into hard thin crusts, the viability of which is several years in herbarium conditions. However, with heavy rain, the mushrooms return to their original form.

Doubles and their differences

There are several types of mushrooms that are considered twins of the Compressed Exidia:

1. Exidium glandular - resembles compressed in shape and color. Nevertheless, the glandular has a more saturated black color, and small warts can be seen on the surface of the fruiting body. This doppelgänger is believed to be an edible and delicious mushroom.
2. Truncated exidia - similar in color and shape. You can distinguish a double from a real one by the presence of a lower velvety surface and small warts on its fruiting body. They are classified as inedible.
3. Exidia blossoming - has a similar color and rounded flattened fruiting bodies. However, it will not be so difficult to distinguish a twin from a compressed exsidium, since most often it grows on a birch. This variety is never found on willow. It is an inedible species.
4. Leafy shiver - similar in shape and color to fruit bodies, but this species is quite rare and grows on stumps. Experts classify it as inedible and do not recommend using it for food.