Feoklavulina fir

Edibility of Artomyces crynate

There is still no unambiguous definition to which category of edibility this mushroom should be attributed. Since a young mushroom is quite suitable for cooking and eating, some scientists attribute it to an edible species. Others are ranked as conditionally edible - as, "deer antlers" can be eaten, but after certain conditions are met. Still others consider it inedible due to its very rough and rubbery structure. In one thing, scientists completely agree - the mushroom is not poisonous. Some mushroom lovers consider arthomyces to be a completely safe species. If you chew on freshly plucked "coral", the first taste will be mild, but it will soon become scalding and pungent. Often this aftertaste does not go away after cooking. Gastronomic gourmets use this type, more, as a seasoning, adding a little to meat. Some mushroom guides have information that indicates that the fungus can cause vomiting and diarrhea.

Mushroom exotic in the forest, or Mushrooms-corals

Autumn is the most mushroom time. It is no longer hot, in the morning there is abundant dew. Since the earth is still warm, and foliage has already attacked from above, creating a very special microclimate in the surface layer, mushrooms are very comfortable. Mushroom pickers are also comfortable at this time, especially in the morning, when it is cooler. It's time for both of them to meet. And, if not introduced to each other - to get acquainted. In this article, I will introduce you to exotic, little-known and not always edible mushrooms that look like corals.

• Amazing ramaria
• Irresistible clavulins
• Clavicorona cryotate
• Kalocera - horned jellyfish
• Safety precautions when dealing with unfamiliar mushrooms

Kalocera - horned jellyfish

Sometimes a gummy calocera can look like a yellow ramaria. But this is outside. Feeling puts everything in its place - calocera is covered with mucus and somewhat sticky. And the pulp is gelatinous rubber. Not that inedible, rather, none. Grows on decaying coniferous wood.

These, of course, are not all "deer horns" that can be found in the forest, but the most bushy ones. There are also single sticks sticking out, there are beauties of clavaria, and there is a lot more, everything cannot be described at once. You should not touch or kick or knock unfamiliar mushrooms. Many fungi destroy wood - there is no need to spread them around the neighborhood.

Calocera viscosa. Living Planet

Description of Artomyces prynociform

Artomyces pryniformis belongs to the russula family and is a conditionally edible fungus. Another name for the mushroom is "clavicorona krynochkovidnaya" or "antlers".

• The shape of the fungus is coral with many branches, the top is in the form of a crown with four teeth, 4-13 cm in height and 2-10 cm in width, repeatedly branched.
• Branches 1-5 mm thick, smooth and flowing, from white to pale yellowish, sometimes darkened to a pale brown or delicate pinkish hue. The tips are crowned with 3-6 "crowns", painted in the same color as the branches or slightly darker.
• Legs 1-3 cm long, up to 1 cm thick. Whitish, pinkish or brownish. It seems fragile in appearance, however, in fact, it is quite strong, and can bear a relatively large weight compared to its size.
• The flesh is whitish, rather tough and slightly “rubbery”.
• The smell is not pronounced or freshly dug potatoes, the taste is mild with peppercorn.
• The spores are almost transparent, 4-5 x 2-3, elliptical, with a tiny apicule.

Safety precautions when dealing with unfamiliar mushrooms

It is better to go for mushrooms, especially exotic ones, with knowledgeable people. They will show you edible ones and warn you against the suspicious. At the same time, they will share the recipes.

There are no deadly poisonous antlers among the deer.The use of beautiful ramaria can cause severe intestinal disorders, ramaria is tough and ocher-green - hard and bitter. They must be studied separately and not touched at all.

In the Red Book of Russia, there are no described horns. It is difficult to consider them as a specific object of "quiet hunting", since it is often problematic to collect a whole basket of young and edible ones. But if you really caught a ramaria, even one, you have to take it. And amethyst clavulin

At the same time, it is better to fold it separately and transport it carefully, since the very beauty - the twigs - are fragile and easily break

For those who set themselves the goal of independently studying unfamiliar horns, it is possible to advise taking no more than one characteristic mushroom and putting them in separate bags (otherwise, when the branches break off, you cannot tell where whose). And already at home, having laid out everything separately, start studying by reference books, by trustworthy sites. If in doubt, you can contact the experts of mushroom sites, providing high-quality photographs from all angles and in section.

Mushroom exotic in the forest, or Mushrooms-corals - tips and tricks for home and garden from.

Places of distribution and neighborhood of Artomyces porchiform

Arthomyceses grow singly or in groups on dead deciduous wood (especially aspen, willow and maple). A widespread mushroom in East and North America in the rocky mountains and Mexico. They grow in families, both in a shady forest and in places well warmed by the sun on fallen small branches. Arthomyceses kryotkovidny form a symbiosis with deciduous and coniferous species, which are beneficial for both species. Coral mushrooms are Basidiomycetes. This means they grow in the fruit layer, on the outside of the branches. This "cohabitation" helps the fungi to preserve their genus.

Amazing ramaria

On a rotten tree, which is not particularly pleasant to look at, one finds amazingly beautiful corals - fragile and photogenic. It would seem completely inappropriate on these rotten ones. The words of Anna Akhmatova are immediately remembered: "If only you knew from what rubbish poetry grows without knowing shame!"

Ramaria golden

Beauty is born from dust, the living from the dead, fragile from the gross. But if you digress from poetry and philosophy and look at this miracle from a culinary point of view, you can see a delicious conditionally edible mushroom, popularly called yellow coral, mushroom cabbage or deer horns, and in science - golden ramaria.

If you come across a young mushroom of golden color, you can safely put it in the basket: in the marinade, in the soup, and as a roast - a very tasty mushroom. The main "stump" of a young mushroom (it is white) after boiling seemed to me even sweetish.

The older the mushroom, the more bitterness it contains. Starting with twigs. Perhaps that is why there are references to the conditional edibility of this mushroom and the need for boiling with a drain of water.

A mushroom of numerous branches growing from one base can weigh more than 2 kilograms. I, however, did not come across more than 0.5 kg. But often the mushroom is found in heaps. With age, it becomes bitter, "rubbery" and inedible.

The age is indicated by a change in color in a fairly wide palette: from grayish-yellow to brown-orange. Either golden ramaria or yellow ramaria can be found throughout the forest zone. Only mycologists can see the difference. And even then under a microscope.

Ramaria golden (Ramaria aurea). Tatiana Nikolina

Ramaria is beautiful

In pursuit of edible horns, a beautiful ramaria, even more attractive, more rare, but inedible due to bitterness and unpleasant gastrointestinal consequences, can insidiously fall under the arm.

It has pink tones, the base, branches and branches at the tips are colored differently. A kind of design approach with a hint of a photo shoot. Glamorous beauty. Turns pink when palpated. It is better not to rip off, but to limit yourself to groping and photographing.

Ramaria ordinary

The simplest ramaria is simply called ordinary. In comparison with the previous ones, it is really simpler. But it is found in the temperate zone more often mainly on coniferous litter and is very abundant. Sometimes not just a family, but a whole diaspora.

Moreover, it grows, at times, in the form of a braid, or in an arc, or in a row, or a complete "witch's ring". He dabbles in geometry.

It is difficult to confuse it with other mushrooms, its branches are straight, without any frills at the tips. And the color from root to crown is the same, not changing when damaged.

It is necessary to collect young specimens. To remove bitterness, soak for a day with 2-time change of water or boil, drain the water. Bitterness, just like in golden and yellow horned horns, is gained with age, but, unlike them, there is a starting bitterness.

Ramaria uviform

But not everything is so arbitrary with edibility in the ramaria family, there are also representatives there with outstanding culinary properties, for example, ramaria uviform.

Also very beautiful, with pink-colored twigs. Only the twigs are shorter, thicker and have a very massive base. A sort of donut. The structure of the twigs is similar to cauliflower. Pleasant smell and pleasant taste, no need to suffer with soaking and preliminary boiling, you can immediately fry or cook without draining the water.

Edible, while the twigs are pink-red, browning indicates the onset of inedible old age.

Unfortunately, it is less common, loves warmth (both in terms of degrees and in terms of regions), an individualist - she does not grow up in large families.

Ramaria uviform (Ramaria botrytis). Michael wood

Ramaria is beautiful (Ramaria formosa). Punkufer

Ramaria stricta. wikigrib

Inedible ramaria

There are still inedible representatives in this family, but deserving attention and photographing: ramaria is stiff, slender and straightforward, with parallel growing branches and turns red / brown when pressed. Initially bitter.

Ramaria is ocher-green in lime shades in youth, rapidly blue / green when damaged. It is rarely found, mainly on litter in coniferous forests. Bitter.

This mushroom, strictly speaking, is not particularly ramaria. At first, the mushroom was attributed to the genus Clavaria, then to the Ramaria, and now it is called Theoklavulina fir. A slingshot walking through the sections.

Feoklavulina fir, or Ramaria ocher-green (Phaeoclavulina abietina). H. Krisp

What are edible mushrooms?

Conditionally edible mushrooms differ from edible ones in that they are not allowed to be eaten raw. They need to be subjected to a special heat treatment, while it is necessary to change the water a couple of times, not just wash and fry them.

Mushrooms of Artomyces porciformis in medicine

In medicine, mushrooms have a rather significant place. Traditional medicine used them in ancient times. According to the old chronicles, the first who treated people with the help of mushrooms was Vladimir Monomakh. "Recipes for the drug" dating from the end of the 17th century recommended treating frostbite with mushrooms. For this, an extract was prepared from a fresh mushroom, and then stored in an airtight container throughout the entire cold period. In cold winters, this remedy was applied to the frostbitten areas of the body, and this helped the rapid healing of wounds.

Interesting facts about Artomyces porchiform

The varieties of arthomyces growing in the northern and southern hemispheres are quite geographically distant from each other, and genetically they are very different. But, despite this, they breed well with each other. In the laboratory, studies were carried out, for which 12 specimens of arthomyces were selected from different parts of the world in order to find out more about their DNA and the characteristics of enzymes. The analysis showed that each control group has characteristic exceptional features in the DNA chain, their enzymes and vital functions are released.However, Russian, Chinese, Swedish, Mexican, Costa Rican and American strains can interbreed and produce reproductive offspring.

In other words, they belong to the same biological species.

In Slavic folk mythology, mushrooms are endowed with souls with the gift of speech, capable of taking away strength and health from people.

Mushroom exotic in the forest, or a bizarre forest dweller - Coral mushroom. What do you know about him?

Autumn is the best time of the year for mushroom picking. Many mushroom pickers are looking forward to the autumn rainy season when their favorite varieties of mushrooms begin to appear.

Often, many bypass plants, not even realizing that they also belong to the kingdom of mushrooms, and in fact many varieties are quite interesting and edible.

Others, on the contrary, really should not be touched. The most interesting, however, are the coral mushrooms, some of which can be eaten. But it's worth exploring which ones are truly safe.

Incredible Ramaria

Very often on rotten trees you can find unusual beauties resembling corals from a distance. At first it may seem that they have sprouted completely inappropriately in such an area, but is this so?

Ramaria golden

It is a mushroom in the form of a golden coral. It is worth remembering that the color of this variety changes with age. The darker the shade, the older the mushroom. Only young plants are tasty, older ones gain bitterness and become almost inedible.

Ramaria is beautiful

This attractive specimen often distracts mushroom pickers from looking for edible mushrooms. She beckons, causing the desire to rip it off. It itself looks pinkish, and if you touch the twig, it will become even more pink. However, you shouldn't pluck it, as this variety is inedible and can cause stomach upset.

Common ramaria

This view looks much simpler than the others. When touched, it does not change shade and along the entire length of the same color.

However, it should be borne in mind that this variety also contains bitterness, therefore, it is worth picking young mushrooms and insisting in water before cooking, changing it periodically for several days. You can find it in the coniferous zone, it grows quite abundantly, forming different geometric shapes in shape.

Bunched ramaria

This mushroom looks more like cauliflower in appearance. It is pink in color and grows in small families. Finding her is quite difficult, because she loves warmth.

As long as this mushroom has pink-red twigs, it can be safely eaten without the need for soaking. When its color begins to turn brownish, it means that it should not be consumed, as it becomes inedible.

Ramarias that should not be consumed

These mushrooms have an incredibly photogenic appearance, which is why curiosity lovers and photographers will also be attracted by such varieties as: hard ramaria. It has slender twigs that, if pressed, will turn redder. However, this variety is bitter and should not be eaten.

Ocher-green ramaria - young shoots of a lime shade, although if damaged, they will almost immediately become darker shades. You can meet them in coniferous forests and they are very bitter.

Fir pheoklavulina, was previously assigned to a different genus, but in the end it was decided to nevertheless refer it to the genus Ramaria.

Charming clavulins

Not only ramarias are admired, their brethren, which do not differ much in appearance, also cause a lot of delight.

Coral clavulina

In coniferous forests, you can often find this beauty that looks like white coral. As to whether or not it is edible, there are many different versions. However, among those who have ever tried it, it did not cause any particular delight.

Amethyst Clavulina

This beauty can not only be photographed, posted on all social networks, shown to relatives, friends and acquaintances, but even eaten.This mushroom has nothing outstanding in terms of taste, but in combination with beauty, it’s nothing like that.

Crown-shaped clavicorona

This species has nice little cups on the tips. It grows mainly on rotten wood. Sand color with a slightly pinkish tinge. Young mushrooms can be eaten, but you will have to tinker a little with cooking, since they are a little island. The old mushroom is too rubbery.

Kalocera

This mushroom sometimes looks like a yellow ramaria. From above it is covered with mucus, which distinguishes it from its relative. You can find a horned jellyfish on rotting needles. The mushroom itself is edible, but few people like the taste, since it is simply not there.

Of course, these are not all types of attractive coral mushrooms that can be found. However, you should not hope to go hunting to collect a whole basket.

Moreover, you need to be careful, their branches are very fragile, therefore it is difficult to preserve them. It is also worth remembering that not all ramarias are edible.

On the one hand, they are not deadly, but at the same time they can cause stomach upset. Therefore, it is worthwhile to study first from the reference books whether it is really possible to use these mushrooms, and how to cook them correctly.

Similar species

The forest does not cease to amaze with the variety of mushroom flora, but individual species are so similar to each other that they can be easily confused. Artomyces crynociform is one of such twins. This mushroom is easily confused with blood red ramaria. She has a fruiting body, like that of arthomyces, branched, "branches" are cylindrical, straight, crimson-pink, with whitish villi at the root, the extreme branches are light. The leg is small, up to 1 cm, the flesh is white or beige. The smell is barely perceptible - anise, the taste is slightly bitter.

The hornbeam is an erect, rod-shaped species, with a clavate or branched body of white, gray, lemon or beige color.

All these mushrooms stand out only a little in color. The places of their distribution often coincide. But a closer look reveals differences in shape, structure and color.

Fir: description and characteristics, where the tree grows

Botanical description

Common fir is capable of giving a large shade and transmitting little light. Forest fir blooms at 70 years old. If it grows in an open space, it happens in the fortieth year of life. It develops rather slowly. In the future, its growth is accelerated. Fir is a tree that lives up to 500 years, some species live up to 700 years.

Plant classification

Fir is a dioecious plant. On each individual, both female and male reproductive organs can be found. Fir is distinguished:

• Siberian.
• White.
• Nordmann or Caucasian.
• Korean.
• Fraser.
• Balsamic.

The buds of this plant grow vertically. They can ripen from June to August and fall off in autumn or winter. In this case, the seeds are released. A notable feature of fir is considered to be that it is capable of propagating by layering. Basal babies are located close to the soil surface. In contact with the soil, they take root and grow roots. A separate tree grows. Like spruce, it provides significant shading.

Siberian fir

Siberian is considered the most common of all varieties growing on the territory of Russia. Description of fir:

• It grows to a height of 40 m.
• The crown is narrow, conical.
• The barrel has a cylindrical shape at the top. Its diameter is 0.6 m.

Due to its powerful root system and columnar crown, Siberian fir is able to withstand strong winds. On moist soil, it forms a superficial root system. Mycorrhiza is often found on the roots. The bark of a plant has such characteristics as:

• dark gray tint;
• fine structure;
• smooth surface.

You can see special moves on the bark. There is a thick aromatic sap here. Her taste is bitter. It is called fir balsam. On one tree, you can see up to 600 such formations, differing in size. The buds that form at the ends:

• resinous;
• oval;
• outwardly resembling a ball.

They are protected by a large number of resinous layers. The processes are yellowish-gray with light stripes. Spirally growing formations can be found on the branches. They are thin, curved, straight, thornless, ring-shaped. They may have an emerald-colored groove in the central part. They are characterized by a coniferous smell. They are 3.5 cm long and 0.2 cm wide.

On the reverse side of the needles there are 2 white stripes. They are distinguished by a waxy layer. Each such needle is capable of living up to 12 years. When it falls off, flat marks can be seen on the branches. It is surprising that the fir does not shed its needles, even if its branches dry up. That is why they buy it for the New Year, because the spruce needles instantly fall off when they dry.

The lower branches of fir often reach ten meters in length. They grow to the sides and grow their roots. Breaking away from the bark, they are able to live independently for a long period. At the same time, the so-called dwarf fir is formed.

The female reproductive organs are cones of a dark scarlet hue. They are formed on green shoots that have formed from the previous season. They grow vertically upward. The bumps grow in a spiral in the sinus, they form two ovules. By the time the seeds are formed, the cones acquire impressive dimensions and reach a length of 10 cm. They have a light brown tone.

With the onset of September, the cones disappear. Together with them, the scales also descend, while the pineal shaft is present on the branches for a long time. These cones from fir have characteristic differences from cones of non-conifers. To use Siberian fir for medicinal purposes, they store:

White fir

The needles grow up to 3 cm and 3 mm wide. On the branches, the conifers are parallel. Their tips have a slight indentation. From the front, they are deep green, glossy, and on the opposite side, you can find white pores. Young white fir cones are green. Ripening, they acquire a dark brown color and become oval. They reach 4 cm in width.

Caucasian view

The Nordmann fir is a species that grows up to 50 m in height. The trunk can be up to 2 meters across. The crown has a triangular shape. This tree is called the Apollo fir, as well as the Caucasian fir. And it is also often said that this is a Trojan horse tree. There is a legend that this particular breed was used to make the famous object.

Kalocera - horned jellyfish

Sometimes a gummy calocera can look like a yellow ramaria. But this is outside. Feeling puts everything in its place - calocera is covered with mucus and somewhat sticky. And the pulp is gelatinous rubber. Not that inedible, rather, none. Grows on decaying coniferous wood.

These, of course, are not all "deer horns" that can be found in the forest, but the most bushy ones. There are also single sticks sticking out, there are beauties of clavaria, and there is a lot more, everything cannot be described at once. You should not touch or kick or knock unfamiliar mushrooms. Many fungi destroy wood - there is no need to spread them around the neighborhood.

Calocera viscosa. Living Planet