Clawfoot Talker - Clitocybe clavipes
Written by Nikolay Budnik and Elena Meck.
Clawfoot talker is a small fragrant mushroom. It appears on Ulom Zheleznaya in July and grows until October. This mushroom is edible, but no one collects it from us.
We tried Fried and dried Govorushka clubfoot. Not to say that this is a very tasty mushroom, but in a mixture with other mushrooms it is quite possible to eat it.
1. Macefoot talker usually grows when there are many other mushrooms.
2. And if there are other, larger or more valuable mushrooms, there is no point in collecting it.
3. It's actually a cute little mushroom.
4. When the weather is damp, the clawfoot talker absorbs moisture strongly.
5. At the same time, the mushrooms become almost transparent.
7. In dry weather, clubfoot talkers are harder and even more rubbery.
7a. ... and become brittle when wet.
8. Usually mushrooms do not grow alone.
9. They form whole families.
10. Most often, the mace-footed talker can be found in the pine forest.
11. But this forest should not be too dry.
12. At this place, near the road, micefoot talkers have been growing for many years.
13. This is the same place three years later.
14. The mushroom is very small in size.
15. It rarely grows more than this diameter.
16. This is the size of the cap of a young mushroom.
17. And this is its height.
18. A larger mushroom, although it will grow, but not by much.
19. And it won't rise in height anymore.
20. Hat of a mace-footed talker in different shades of gray.
21. It is noticeably darker in the center.
22. Sometimes a small bump can be seen in the center.
23. The cap is smooth and almost round.
24. Sometimes small black dots are visible on its surface.
25. In old age, the edges of the cap become wavy.
26. This is how the cap is attached to the leg.
27. Plates of medium frequency, almost white.
28. They are smooth and neat.
29. Plates descend along the leg, like all talkers.
30. The leg of a clawfoot talker is darker than the plates.
31. She is the same color as the hat.
32. At the bottom, the leg thickens clavate.
33. In dry weather, this thickening is very strong.
34. That is why the talker is called macefoot.
35. This is how the leg connects to the cap.
36. And so it is attached to the ground.
37. On the cut, the leg is solid, incomplete.
38. She is quite dense, white.
39. The flesh of the mushroom is thin, white, brittle.
40. In dry weather, it is stronger.
41.. in the wet - all soaked in water.
42. Macefoot talker is a little-known edible mushroom.
A small video about the Clawfoot Talker
Places of growth of micefoot talkers.
This talker bears fruit from July to October, the period of highest activity is August-September. You can find them in different forests. Most likely, these mushrooms are preferred from deciduous birch trees, and from conifers - pine. Macefoot talkers grow abundantly, in numerous groups.
Evaluation of the edibility of the clubfoot talker.
The clubfoot talker is considered edible, but its quality is very low. This mushroom is strictly forbidden to eat at the same time as alcoholic beverages, it can cause severe food poisoning!
Similar species.
Thanks to the club-shaped leg, the clubfoot govrushka can be distinguished from the externally similar smoky govorushka. Smoky talker is conditionally edible. Her cap is large, fleshy, hemispherical or prostrate. Its color is ashy, sometimes there is a yellowish tint. The pulp is thick, loose, white, with a characteristic floral aroma. The leg is thick, wider towards the base, light.
Smoky talkers bear fruit from August to October. Found in mixed forests and pine forests. You can find them on forest edges and gardens. Quite often there are quite large groups of smoky talkers.
The clubfoot talker also differs from the rowing of the soapy talkative by its characteristic leg. Soap row is also conditionally edible. Her hat varies from hemispherical to open. Its surface is scaly or smooth, after rain it becomes a little sticky. Its color can be ocher, gray, black-brown with a lead or blue tint. The pulp on the break is reddened, its taste is rather bitter, and the smell is soapy, which is a distinctive feature of the species. Leg narrowed downwards, covered with small blackish scales.
Soap row is a numerous and widespread mushroom. It grows in conifers and deciduous forests, and is also found in meadows. Soap rows bear fruit from August to October. They settle in large groups.
Mace-footed talker
Clitocybe clavipes.
Ampulloclitocybe clavipes is a species of fungi of the Hygrophoraceae family. Previously, it was ranked as a member of the Tricholomataceae family.
Hat: 4-8 cm in diameter, convex in youth, with age it opens to spreading and even funnel-shaped, sometimes with a tubercle in the center. The color is vaguely gray, brownish, the edges are usually much lighter. The flesh of the cap is loose, hygrophane (very watery in damp weather), can emit a strong sweetish odor (or may not).
Plates: Medium frequency, strongly descending along the pedicle, white in youth, then acquire a light cream color.
Spore powder: White.
Stem: 3-9 cm in height, solid, usually strongly widening towards the base, clavate, occasionally almost cylindrical, smooth or slightly fibrous, pubescent at the base. The thickness of the leg is 0.5-1 cm in the upper part, 1-3.5 cm in the lower part. The color of the leg changes with age from almost white to brownish-gray, almost the color of the cap. The flesh of the leg is whitish, friable, hygrophilous, fibrous.
Distribution: Macefoot talker occurs from mid-July to mid-October in forests of various types, apparently preferring pine from coniferous trees, and birch from deciduous trees; during the most active fruiting period (late August - early September) it grows very abundantly, in large groups.
Similar species: The club-shaped stem and deeply creeping plates make it easy to distinguish the clawfoot from other gray fleshy mushrooms - from the clouded goofer (Clitocybe nebularis), the soapy line (Tricholoma saponaceum) and others.
Edible: Considered a very poor quality edible mushroom.
Note: It is not often that the name of a mushroom directly corresponds to its properties. Porcini mushrooms have practically nothing white in nature. Russula will eat raw except slugs. Boletus grows under anything. But the clubfoot talker justifies its name at least half. Her swollen elephant leg is a wonderful feature to define, and for that alone, we must love and respect her. You don't often see such a flexible mushroom.
