Elastic lobe (Helvella elastica) photo and description

Lobules (Helvetia lacunosa)

Lobules pitted Helvetia lacunosa

Grade

The mushroom is edible. Young specimens are tasty, although somewhat tough.

Agrodelo

Curly loafer

Helvetia crispa (Scop.): Fr. Syn. Helvetia leucophaea Pers

Of the many types of blades that have become quite rare now, you can most often find curly blades.

Fruit bodies 5-12 cm tall, very fragile, hollow, with a white, whitish or pale ocher cap 2-5 cm wide, formed by thin curly lobes.

Stem white, slightly widened at the bottom, 3-8 cm high and 1-2.5 cm thick, with longitudinal ribs and elongated pits. Spores are colorless, smooth, elliptical, 15-18 x 10-12 microns in size. It is found infrequently or even rarely in July-September in deciduous and mixed forests - mainly on clay soil.

Edible, but should not be harvested due to its rare occurrence.

Curly lobster is similar to another species - the edible pitted lobe (Helvetia lacunosa), but in that the fruit body has a gray or gray-brownish color.

Habitat: The fungus is very widespread, the first mushrooms appear in July, but the main "layer" is in mid-September. It grows both in deciduous and mixed forests on calcareous and neutral soils, often on the edges of the grass and under shrubs on clay-sandy soils. Alone, the mushroom rarely comes across, mainly in small groups.

Description: Fruit body: 5-9cm. Hat: 2-3 (5) cm in diameter, curved, two- or four-lobed with a free wavy-curly edge (adhered in places), light yellow or ocher. Spore powder is white.

It is irregular in shape, wavy, mainly has a lobular-patchwork structure. Often the edges of the "cap" hang down and grow to the stem.

The upper side (fruit layer) is whitish, cream or dirty ocher, later slightly brownish, smooth. The underside is more or less equally colored, slightly fluffy, 1-4cm thick and up to 10cm long.

Stem: usually thin, cylindrical, sometimes thickened downwards or somewhat swollen. Its whitish surface is longitudinally ribbed and slightly transversely sinewy, with deep longitudinal grooves, pitted. The inside of the leg is oblong-chambered.

Pulp: waxy in appearance, whitish at a young age, cream-colored by old age, very fragile, without any special smell or taste.

Conditionally edible mushroom of the fourth category: hard mushroom. It is advisable to boil it before using it.

Doubles: Similar to helvella lacunos. These mushrooms often grow in the same places. Lobules are more dark-colored, usually gray-brown or gray-black, and curly lobes have neither gray nor black tones.

Notes: The word crispus in the name of the mushroom means "curly".

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Edibility

In a number of authoritative sources, there is information that the vane curly or helwell curly - This is a conditionally edible mushroom, which requires prolonged digestion or prolonged drying before consumption and belongs to the 4th taste category. It is advisable to soak the mushrooms in cold water before boiling, since the leg consists of cavernous depressions and folds, insects may be inside.

However, some domestic experts regard it as inedible, and abroad consider it poisonous, considering that mushrooms may contain carcinogenic substances. Apparently, the peculiarities of the chemical composition of the pulp of fruit bodies in specific places of growth are affected.

Ultimately, it is safer and safer to assume that curly helwell is inedible. What is the point of risking your health to try tasteless mushrooms that have lost all taste after long digestion? You decide.

Folded "horned" caps, furrowed high legs immediately highlight curly paddles among other forest mushrooms. Unusual appearance in this case is a warning that this conditionally edible species requires careful heat treatment before consumption.

Long-legged lobe: what it looks like, where it grows, photo

Name:	Long-legged lobe
Latin name:	Helvella macropus
Type of:	Inedible
Synonyms:	Helwella long-legged, Macropodia long-legged
Specifications:
Systematics:	Department: Ascomycota (Ascomycetes) Subdivision: Pezizomycotina Class: Pezizomycetes Subclass: Pezizomycetidae Order: Pezizales Family: Helvellaceae Genus: Helvella Species: Helvella macropus

Long-legged lobe is an unusual mushroom of the Helwell genus. Having met his family in the forest, you might think that in the middle of the clearing, someone has placed a service. This is because the top of the mushroom resembles a glass in which morning dew collects. This species is also called macropodia and long-legged Helvella, and in the official reference books of mycologists it can be found as Helvella macropus.

How long-legged lobes look like

The fruiting body of this species consists of a pseudo cap and an elongated stem. The diameter of the upper part reaches 2-6 cm. Its shape is irregular, round-disc-shaped with the edges turned upwards, which in appearance resembles a glass. However, there are specimens similar to a saddle, since their pseudo-hat is flattened on both sides. Inside, the surface is smooth and light in color, and on the outside it is fuzzy-pimpled, and its color is darker, ranging from brown to purple.Due to the structure of the upper part, water is often collected in it.

The flesh of the long-legged lobe is watery thin. It crumbles easily even with little physical impact. It has a gray tint at the fracture, which does not change upon contact with air. There is no pronounced mushroom smell.

The leg reaches a length of 3-6 cm, depending on the age of the mushroom. The bottom part is 0.5 cm thick. Its shade is light gray, like the inside of a pseudo hat. The surface can be smooth or slightly bumpy. At the bottom, the leg is slightly thickened. When cut, you can see the cavity inside.

The hymenophore is located on the outside of the upper part. The spores are white in color, their size is 18 - 25 × 10.3 - 12.2 µm. They are elliptical or spindle-shaped.

Often, the leg of this lobule narrows in the upper part.

The long-legged lobe has a pronounced characteristic feature that sets it apart from other bowl-shaped relatives - an elongated narrow stem. However, it can be distinguished from less common representatives of this genus only by microscopic signs in laboratory conditions.

Where long-legged lobes grow

Long-legged lobe belongs to the category of saprotrophs, therefore, certain favorable conditions are necessary for its growth. For nutrition, he needs a substrate based on organic compounds, which are formed as a result of the decomposition of plant remains. Therefore, most often the long-legged lobe grows on half-rotten stumps and tree trunks, which are in the last stage of decomposition. It can also grow directly on soil rich in organic matter, in grass and moss.

This species grows in families of 4-10 specimens, but in exceptional cases it can be found singly.

This species can be found in mixed and deciduous forests in the central part of Russia and European countries. The representative belongs to the category of rare mushrooms.

The fruiting period of long-legged lobe begins in mid-summer and lasts until early October. Its duration depends on weather conditions.

Is it possible to eat long-legged lobes

Long-legged lobe is considered inedible. You cannot eat it even after preliminary heat treatment. Although this fact remains questionable, since special studies in this direction have not been carried out.

But, judging by the appearance and prevalence of long-legged lobe, it is unlikely that a mushroom picker (even a beginner) will want to collect and harvest it.

Conclusion

The long-legged lobe is a bright representative of the Helwell genus. It is considered little known among lovers of quiet hunting, as it belongs to the category of inedible. But it enjoys increased interest among mycologists.

This mushroom can rarely be found in the forest, but if you managed to find it on occasion, you should not pluck it out of idle interest. It is better to admire him from the outside and allow the disputes to fully mature, which will allow him to leave behind offspring.

Places of growth of pitted lobes.

These mushrooms settle on soils, they can be found in deciduous forests and in conifers. They settle mainly in groups. Lobe blades bear fruit from summer to autumn.

This type of blades is widespread on the Eurasian continent. Lobules are never found in North America, but similar species grow in its western part - Helvella vespertina and Helvella dryophila.

Evaluation of the edibility of pitted lobes.

This is a conditionally edible mushroom. These mushrooms can be eaten only after preliminary boiling and further heat treatment.

Related species.

Long-legged lobe is an inedible member of the family. It has a saddle or goblet cap. The surface of the cap is smooth inside, beige and white in color, and the outer part is darker - purple or gray, with pimples.The color of the leg matches the inner surface of the cap, it can be bumpy or smooth. The pulp is thin, odorless and tasteless.

Long-legged lobe bears fruit from June to September. The places of growth are forests of various types. This species prefers damp places, often fruit bodies grow on the remains of wood and among mosses. Long-legged lobules settle in groups.

The white-legged lobe, like the pit lobe, is a conditionally edible fungus. The cap consists of 3 or more saddle-shaped petals, and sometimes it can be simply curved. The surface of the cap is smooth, dark - gray-brown or blackish, sometimes with lighter brown spots. There are rare villi on the underside of the cap. The leg is white, hollow inside. The pulp is thin and brittle, its smell is not expressed.

Fruiting lobe pitted from May to October. This type of mushroom grows in groups. Prefers sandy soils of coniferous and mixed forests.