Maintenance and care
The optimal aquarium size for a couple of fish (including other neighbors) starts at 150 liters. The design uses a sand and gravel substrate, heaps of stones and rocks from which form caves, grottoes, etc. Any suitable items from decorative objects from a pet store to ceramic pots, hollow tubes, etc. are suitable as a shelter. be located evenly along the bottom of the aquarium, since each of them can become a place for some kind of territorial fish. Lamprologus cylindricus is safe for plants, but it is not necessary to use them. If desired, you can diversify the design with hardy varieties that can tolerate high-hardness alkaline water, such as anubias, valisnerias, some mosses and ferns.
When keeping it, it is important to provide stable water conditions characteristic of the natural habitat. In addition to maintaining the correct hydrochemical values and temperatures, regular maintenance of the aquarium is key.
Obligatory actions are the timely removal of organic waste and the weekly replacement of part of the water (10-15% of the volume) with fresh water.
Views
- Agrocybe acericola (Peck) Singer, 1950
- Agrocybe allocystis Singer, 1969
- Agrocybe apepla Singer, 1978
- Agrocybe arvalis (Fr.) Singer, 1936 - Field vole
- Agrocybe attenuata (Kühner) P.D. Orton, 1960
- Agrocybe bokotensis (Beeli) Watling, 1973
- Agrocybe broadwayi (Murrill) Dennis, 1953
- Agrocybe brunneola (Fr.) Bon, 1980
- Agrocybe calicutensis K.A. Thomas & Manim., 2003
- Agrocybe carneobrunnea Watling, 1973
- Agrocybe collybiiformis (Murrill) Singer, 1951
- Agrocybe coprophila Singer, 1945
- Agrocybe cubensis (Murrill) Singer, 1978
- Agrocybe cylindracea (DC.) Gillet, 1874 - Cylindrical vole
- Agrocybe dura (Bolton) Singer, 1936 - Hard vole
- Agrocybe earlei (Murrill) Dennis ex Singer, 1978
- Agrocybe erebia (Fr.) Kühner ex Singer, 1939
- Agrocybe fimicola (Speg.) Singer, 1950
- Agrocybe firma (Peck) Singer, 1940
- Agrocybe guruvayoorensis K.A. Thomas & Manim., 2003
- Agrocybe howeverana (Peck) Singer, 1951
- Agrocybe hortensis (Burt) Singer, 1978
- Agrocybe illicita (Peck) Watling, 1977
- Agrocybe insignis Singer, 1941
- Agrocybe lenticeps (Peck) Singer, 1973
- Agrocybe microspora Singer, 1978
- Agrocybe molesta (Lasch) Singer, 1978 - Unpleasant vole
- Agrocybe munnarensis K.A. Thomas & Manim., 2003
- Agrocybe neocoprophila Singer, 1953
- Agrocybe olivacea Watling & G.M. Taylor, 1987
- Agrocybe paludosa (J.E. Lange) Kühner & Romagn. ex Bon, 1987 - Marsh vole
- Agrocybe paradoxa Singer, 1973
- Agrocybe parasitica G. Stev., 1982
- Agrocybe pediades (Fr.) Fayod, 1889 - Stop vole
- Agrocybe platysperma (Peck) Singer, 1973
- Agrocybe praecox (Pers.) Fayod, 1889 - Early vole
- Agrocybe procera Singer, 1969
- Agrocybe pruinatipes (Peck) Watling, 1977
- Agrocybe puiggarii (Speg.) Singer, 1952
- Agrocybe pusiola (Fr.) R. Heim, 1934
- Agrocybe putaminum (Maire) Singer, 1936
- Agrocybe retigera (Speg.) Singer, 1951
- Agrocybe rivulosa Nauta, 2003
- Agrocybe sacchari (Murrill) Dennis, 1953
- Agrocybe sororia (Peck) Watling, 1978
- Agrocybe tucumana (Singer) Watling, 1981
- Agrocybe underwoodii (Murrill) Singer, 1962
- Agrocybe vervacti (Fr.) Singer, 1936
- Agrocybe viscosa Singer, 1969
- Agrocybe xerophytica Singer, 1959
- Agrocybe xuchilensis (Murrill) Singer, 1958
Home care
Irezine adapts well to any conditions. For example, during the heating period it can adapt to low humidity.
Illumination
It is better to place the flower on the south, southwest and southeast window. But, although the plant loves bright light.
In summer, it is better to shade it from direct rays, and in winter, the total exposure to the light should be at least 15 hours. This can be achieved with artificial lighting.
It can tolerate direct sunlight, but the irezine flower should get used to them gradually.
If the plant grows indoors and is illuminated only by fluorescent lamps, then they should be turned on for at least 14 hours a day.
Temperature regime
The plant grows quietly at home at room temperature. In summer, irezine can withstand temperature fluctuations within 15-25 ° C, and in winter - 15-22 ° C, but not lower than 13 ° C.
If the plant grows outside, then it should be kept there until the first frost.
Fertilizer
It is necessary to intensively fertilize irezine during the growth period, which takes place in the plant from spring to early autumn. It should be fed every week using mineral or organic fertilizers.
Since the plant has a dormant period in winter, it should be fertilized less often and less. Approximately once a month, reducing the concentration of the fertilizer used by 2 times.
Watering
In the period from spring to early autumn, it is necessary to water the plant at least once every 2 days. Or focusing on the topsoil - as soon as it has dried, the plant should be watered immediately. The soil must be constantly moistened.
In the cold season, the flower should be watered more moderately - about once a week. But in no case is the substrate allowed to dry out. If in winter the temperature in the room where the flower is located drops below 16 ° C, then watering irezine should be even less frequent. You should be guided in the same way as in the summer on the topsoil - it should not be dry.
For watering, you should take soft or infused water (at least a day). It is good to use rainwater for irrigation.
Planting and transplanting
If the flower will be grown as an indoor perennial plant, then it is better to transplant once every 2-3 years. It is better to transplant in the spring.
Transplanting can be done earlier if the pot no longer holds the plant.
The plant prefers slightly acidic soil. For example:
- Peat, sand, deciduous and sod land, humus - 1: 1: 4: 4: 2.
- Garden land, leaf, perlite, peat - 1: 1: 1: 1.
- Sod and deciduous land, humus, sand - 2: 2: 2: 1.
During the warm season, the plant can be planted outdoors.
The main condition for transplanting is the presence of a drainage layer in the pot. It can be expanded clay or broken bricks.
Cropping flowers
The flower should be trimmed and pinched every year. After these procedures, the plant grows more branched and lush. These manipulations are carried out over the apical shoots of irezine. Pruning and pinching can be done all year round, but it is better in February for plant development in spring.
Reproduction
Most often, flower reproduction is carried out by cuttings, since this method is faster. To do this, you should:
- In the spring and summer, cut off the apical stalk about 5-8 centimeters long with 2 knots.
- Plant him in moistened sand.
- Cover with plastic.
- Maintain the temperature within 17-21 ° C.
- After the roots appear (7-10 days), transplant into a small pot.
- For the plant to branch better, it should be pinched twice as it grows.
- Purchase seeds.
- Sow them into a container with suitable soil.
- Cover with glass or plastic.
- Ventilate and humidify.
- Remove the cap as soon as sprouts appear.
- Place in a well-lit place.
- As soon as 3 (or more) leaves appear on the sprout, plant it separately.
Pests and diseases
Pests:
Green aphid - requires treatment with an insecticide, which contains pyrethrum.
Scratch. Appears due to waterlogging of the soil.
Also, the irezin plant is susceptible to such pests as whitefly and spider mites.
The main causes of flower disease are improper living conditions.
So, if the flower lacks lighting, then:
- leaves become small and fade;
- the stem is pulled out;
- foliage falls.
The cause of foliage falling can also be if pruning has not been done. But if the plant is already adult, this phenomenon is considered normal.
Consequences associated with watering:
- leaf discharge (lack or excess of watering);
- drooping leaves (drying out of the soil).
If the temperature is below normal (12 ° C):
- soft and drooping leaves and stems;
- leaf discharge;
- rotting roots.
If the temperature is increased, then the leaves lose their elasticity and droop.
Appearance and features
Photo: What a water vole looks like
Many of us have had the unpleasant experience of hearing domestic rats gnaw at night: an unwanted wild animal that can spread disease. In contrast, the Australian water vole, despite belonging to the same family, is an attractive native animal.
The water vole is a distinctive rodent that specializes in aquatic life. It is a relatively large rodent (its body is about 30 cm long, its tail is up to 40 cm long, and its weight is about 700 g) with wide, partially webbed hind legs, water-repellent long and thick fur and many sensitive whiskers.
The long, wide hind legs of the water vole are bordered with hard hairs and have a bald sole with noticeable webbing between the toes. They use their large, partially webbed hind legs as oars, while their thick tail acts as a rudder. The body is streamlined, its color ranging from gray to almost black on the back and from white to orange on the belly.As the animals age, the dorsal (back or top side) fur changes to a gray-brown color and may be covered with white spots.
The tail is thick, usually with thick hair, and in some species the hairs form a keel along the underside. The skull of the water vole is large and elongated. The eyes are small, the nostrils can be closed to keep out water, and the outer part of the ears is either small and fluffy or missing. In addition to their obvious need for water, they are habitats versatile, capable of occupying a range of aquatic environments, both natural and artificial, fresh, brackish and salty. They tend to avoid high energy currents, preferring slow movement or calm water.
Home care for austrocylindropuntium
For the successful cultivation of austrocylindropuntia, it is enough to remember only one thing - the need to avoid getting the cactus itself wet and dampness of the soil. Caring for this cactus is not simple, but super simple, the absence of mandatory procedures is easy for the cactus and requires minimal care. All care procedures are reduced to several dressings and watering.
Watering and air humidity
These are unique cacti that can be content with really minimal watering. Of course, experimenting with permanently dry soil is not worth it. But austrocylindropuntia will need minimal water procedures. Water the plant so that the substrate dries out almost completely between these procedures. Even in summer, one watering per week is usually sufficient. In spring, autumn and winter, the plant will prefer 2-3 times less watering.
In winter, when kept cool or cold, watering is not carried out; when wintering in warmth, they are made minimal, only after the stems lose turgor. Watering "in several passes" - with light soil saturation is the best option.
Water from the pallet, even if it appears in a minimal amount, is drained immediately, preventing it from accumulating. It is worth watering the plant carefully, without soaking the stems. This plant can also be grown with bottom irrigation.
Austrocylindropunctions not only do not require, but are also afraid of high air humidity. For them, you should carefully choose a place, avoiding the neighborhood with tropical moisture-loving plants.
Top dressing and fertilizer composition
An excess of nutrients is very dangerous for austrocylindropuntia. Plants are fed very rarely, but with a standard dose of fertilizers. The usual strategy is feeding from May to September once a month. If this is more convenient, feeding can be made more frequent, but less concentrated.
For austrocylindropuntia, standard cactus or succulent fertilizers are used.
Particular attention should be paid to trace elements. Universal fertilizers will not work for this plant.
Transplant, containers and substrate
The transplantation of austrocylindropuntium is carried out not annually, but as they develop the soil and container space. Usually, the plant is transplanted no more than 1 time in 2-3 years. Replacement of the topsoil is carried out annually in years without replanting. The optimal time for changing the capacity and substrate is considered early spring (if the cactus is blooming, the transplant is postponed until the end of flowering). Always oriented towards the beginning of growth.
For the cultivation of this type of cacti, it is preferable to use purchased soil mixtures.
When compiling the soil, it is worth checking the quality of all components yourself and paying attention to the disinfection of the substrate
The optimal characteristics of the substrate for austrocylindropuntia are good water permeability, light, loose, fine-grained structure and pH from 6 to 8 with addition of brick chips. The optimum soil composition is coarse sand, soddy soil, leafy soil and peat in a ratio of 3: 2: 2: 2.
Austrocylindropunctions are planted only in containers with large drainage holes and not too deep. Regardless of the substrate or composition, a high drainage layer is laid at the bottom.This cactus can grow in a minimal amount of soil, in stony, sandy, decorative substrates and common decorative and nutritious options for florariums.
Before transplanting, the substrate must stand completely dry for several days. When replanting austrocylindropuntia, it is best to avoid root trauma, but instead of transshipment, it is better to use full extraction. The roots of the cactus must be examined, removing all damaged, dry, and even more rotted areas and processing the sections. After transplanting, watering is resumed no earlier than 1 week later. At the same time, it is better to keep cacti in shade for 7-10 days.
Thanks to the active formation of lateral shoots and children, it is very easy to propagate austrocylindropuntia. World of succulents
Popular types of echinopsis grown at home
Cactus lovers will surely find in their collection more than one species and variety of Echinopsis, because it is he who is so fond of flower growers around the world.
Echinopsis oxygona
This type of cactus has a thick spherical stem, up to 20 cm in diameter, stretching in height as the plant grows. There are well-defined, sharp ribs (from 13 to 15), on which areoles with spines are located. Young plants have yellowish thorns, darkening at the ends; with age, they turn brown, almost black. The flowers are pinkish-white, the diameter of the blossoming flower reaches 10 cm.
Echinopis sharp-edged / Blooming
Echinopsis eyriesii
This type of cactus produces a large number of lateral "babies". He can count from 11 to 18 ribs. The thorns are tiny, only half a centimeter. Areoles in the upper part of the cactus are very noticeable, with a whitish downy. The color of the flowers is pale pink, saturated. The flowers also have wide, pointed petals that grow in several rows.
Echinopsis eirieza / Flowering
Echinopsis white-flowered (Echinopsis leucantha)
As the name implies, the flowers of this type of cactus are predominantly white. The plant itself has a stem with smooth, slightly wavy edges and a bright dark green color. This cactus grows in the form of a column, up to 30-35 in height, and up to 10-12 cm in diameter.
Echinopsis white-flowered / Flowering
Echinopsis mamillosa (Echinopsis mamillosa)
This type of cactus retains its spherical shape as it matures. On the stem, it has ribs with tubercles, from which small thorns grow up to 1 cm in length, yellowish in color. The wide petals of its flowers grow in several layers and are pink in color.
Echinopsis mamylosis / Flowering
Echinopsis golden (Echinopsis aurea)
Perhaps the smallest type of Echinopsis. It grows only up to 10 cm. It grows first like a ball, and then begins to grow upward, keeping the flattened top. The spines are brownish-golden, located on the ribs of the cactus in the areoles. There are up to 15 ribs in this species. The bright yellow flower reaches up to 8 cm in size.
Echinopsis golden / Flowering
Echinopsis hook-nosed (Echinopsis ancistrophora)
Also a miniature view - its size is only 8-10 cm in cross-section, it has the shape of a ball with a flat top, covered with ribs (up to 20 pieces). Areoles with light brownish spines, flexible to the touch, are located on the ribs. In one areola there can be from 4 to 10 spines, spread out in different directions, the central one reaches 1.5-2 cm and is bent at the end in the form of a hook. The flowers of this species of Echinopsis are very large for such a miniature plant - the corolla diameter is 10 cm, and the tube is about 15 cm.
Echinopsis hook-nosed / Flowering
Echinopsis subdenudata or half-naked (Echinopsis subdenudata)
This type of cactus has practically no thorns. The fluffy light areola contains one, and less often two or three small spines. The cactus itself has the shape of a flattened ball, on which there are 10-12 sharp edges. It blooms with large white flowers that open at night. This type of Echinopsis has proven itself as a rootstock for grafting other plants.
Echinopsis subdenudata / Flowering
Echinopsis hybrid
The large number of forms of this cactus, the variety in flowering prompted florists to think about crossing different species in order to get flowers with a new unusual color, different in shape and size. Hybrid echinopsis differ
- slow growth;
- almost complete absence of side shoots (children);
- abundant flowering;
- a variety of colors, terry and splendor of flowers.
One of the first to cross echinopsis and bring out new ones were flower growers in America, then in Germany. Popular varieties of such hybrid cacti: Golddollar, Madeira, Bonzo, Zanzibar, Sterntaler.
The hybrid variety can be purchased at the store as seeds and then sown. Echinopsis seeds have a high germination capacity.
Hybrid views
False doubles
The cylindrical vole has similar species. One of them is a ringed cap from the Webinnikov family. He loves conifers. Lives in the forest in large groups. Young fruiting bodies form an ovoid cap with a cylindrical sturdy stem. Over time, the surface straightens out. Edible. It tastes good.
The hat is like a cap, and there is a ring on the leg
Scale (moth) alder with a light brown surface of the cap grows in mixed and deciduous forests, choosing alder, willow, birch stumps and dead trees for growth. They are smaller in size and unsuitable for food because of the bitter pulp.
Beige moth caps with a lilac center are covered with small scales
Poplar honey fungus is another double that has excellent taste. Even the ancient Romans used it in food and put it on a par with truffles. It is found on dead poplars and stumps, the remains of other deciduous trees.
Poplar honey mushroom has a pleasant taste and smell
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AGROCYBE MOLESTA
System:
Kingdom: Mushrooms (Fungi)
Department: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaric (Agaricomycetes)
Order: Champignon (Agaricales)
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Vole (Agrocybe)
View: Agrocybe molesta (Lasch) Singer, (1978)
The hat is 3-10 cm, hemispherical, with age it straightens to a flat one, with the remnants of the veil along the edge. The skin is dry, reticulate-fissured, almost white or ivory, yellowish or brownish. Plates are frequent, adherent, cream, gray-brown, then clay, dark or purple-brown. The edges of the plates are unevenly serrated, often light, flaky pubescent. The pulp is very dense, whitish. The taste is usually bitter, the smell is weak, sometimes unpleasant. Stem: 5-10 x 0.3-1 cm, cylindrical, solid, at maturity with a narrow cavity, rigid, at the base with a flaky bloom, whitish or slightly yellowish, with a narrow, ribbed white ring, which is not always noticeable. Habitat: mushrooms grow among grass in anthropogenic landscapes: gardens, vegetable gardens, lawns, fields, less often in forests on litter or wood debris. Sometimes found in greenhouses. Fruiting period: May - end of September. Distribution in the Russian Federation: throughout the temperate zone.
Similar species: The durum vole is very similar to the early vole (A. praecox), the differences are mainly microscopic, and often these fungi are gathered together as one species. Inexperienced mushroom pickers can confuse the young hard vole with thin-legged champignons - distinctly nodule (Agaricus abrutibulbus, distinguished by a yellowish cap from touch, frequent, loose plates and a thick white ring), as well as field vole (A. arvensis, distinguished by whitish-fawn, yellowing with age cap, scaly underside of the ring, loose pale pink plates and the smell of almonds). There are no inedible and poisonous counterparts.
Edible: Due to the bitter and tough pulp, the mushroom has a low nutritional value. Used after pre-boiling.
Medicinal properties: contains the antibiotic agrocybin, which inhibits the growth and action of pathogenic bacteria and fungi.
It is known to be used in the southern regions of Russia as an antiseptic.
Flame and early scales
Fire scale is an inedible lamellar mushroom that grows in groups from mid-July to late September.
The peak of fruiting is observed in August-September. Most often found on stumps and coniferous wood.
The cap of the mushroom is at first hemispherical, and then convex-outstretched, with a diameter of about 10 cm. Its surface is dry and contains concentric zones composed of small scales. Colored bright yellow. The plates are narrow, adherent, first bright yellow, and then brown.
The leg is rounded, solid inside, about 8 cm high and about 1 cm in diameter. Above it is smooth, and below it is scaly. It is painted orange-yellow at the cap, and rusty closer to the base. The peduncle has a characteristic scaly ring. The flesh is thin, tender, soft in the cap, hard in the stem, yellow in color, with an unpleasant herring smell.
Flame scales are not dangerous to human health, but due to their low taste and unpleasant odor, they are not used for food.
Early scaly, or early agrocybe, is a rare conditionally edible lamellar mushroom that grows in groups from late May to mid-June. Places of distribution - forest edges, parks, vegetable gardens, rare shrubs, roadsides.
The cap of the mushroom is hemispherical, over time it becomes convex-outstretched with a small tubercle in the middle. Its diameter is about 8 cm. The surface of the cap is matte, dry, dirty yellow. By the end of the season, it burns out and becomes faded. Plates are frequent, adherent, white in young mushrooms, brownish-olive in mature ones. The leg is rounded, hollow inside, about 8 cm high and about 1 cm in diameter. Its surface is smooth, dry, dull, white pubescent at the base, painted white, which acquires a brownish tint in the lower part. The peduncle has a characteristic filmy ring. The pulp is thin, dense, white, with a pleasant mushroom aroma.
Early flakes are eaten after preliminary soaking or boiling. It can be fried and marinated.
Fieldman (Agrocybe)
Agrocybe is a small but vibrant genus that belongs to the Bolbitiaceae family. The Russian name Agrocybe - Polevik - is rarely used; probably because there is no one to apply and there is no time. It cannot be said that ordinary users of the Russian language do not know the mushrooms of this family at all, but it has not yet reached an independent name. Perhaps the reason for this lies in the fact that the "collected" representatives of this genus are ideologically close to champignons (Agaricus), and the others are of little interest besides specialists. And experts are well aware that the genus Agrocybe includes soil saprophytes and xylotrophs, and the latter are abundantly cultivated in the respective countries.
Agrocybe is characterized by a medium size of the fruiting body, a private veil and, most importantly for determining the genus, the tobacco-brown color of the spore powder.
Early polevicAgrocybe praecox
Synonyms: Early flakes Agrocybe early - Russia Polowka wczesna - Poland Spring Agaric - England, UK Agrocybe precoce - France Voreilender Ackerling - Germany
The cap is 3-8 cm wide, in youth it is hemispherical with a distinct “cushion-like pattern”, with age it opens up to spread. The color is vaguely yellowish, light clay, sometimes fading in the sun to a dirty whitish color. In wet weather, faint signs of "zoning" can be found on the cap. The remains of the private bedspread often remain on the edges of the cap, which gives this mushroom a resemblance to representatives of the genus Psathyrella. The flesh of the cap is whitish, thin, with a pleasant mushroom smell. The plates are rather frequent, wide, adherent with a "tooth"; in youth, light, yellowish, with age, as the spores mature, darken to dirty brown. Spore powder, tobacco brown. The leg is the same color as the cap, darker in the lower part. The stem is hollow, but at the same time very stiff and fibrous.Height 5-8 cm, in the grass it can be higher; thickness up to 1 cm, although usually thinner. In the upper part, the remains of the ring, as a rule, are somewhat darker than the stem itself (they become even darker when the mushroom matures, being decorated with falling spores). The flesh is brownish, especially at the bottom.
Distribution: Occurs from early June to mid-July in gardens, parks, along the edges of forest roads, preferring rich soils; can settle on strongly rotted wood remains. In some seasons, it can bear fruit very abundantly, although it usually comes across less often.
Similar species: Given the timing of growth, it is rather difficult to confuse the early vole with any other fungus. Closely related and outwardly similar species (such as, for example, Agrocybe elatella) are much less common.
Edible: Normal edible mushroom, although some sources indicate bitterness.
In the collector's understanding, Agrocybe praecox is a kind of “unfinished champignon”. Growing conditions, discs darkening with age, strong dependence of size and weight on soil fertility - all this gives the right to treat this field as a champignon for the poor and hasty. Having met an old woman in the forest with a basket of selected agrocybians, I asked what she was collecting. “Why, chamignons, we eat them every year,” she replied. Inspired by this example, I also recruited early agrocytes and treated my friends. Champignons for ourselves and champignons, if you do not go into details, except for our brother, are of little interest to anyone.
Agrocybe erebiaAgrocybe erebia
The hat is 5-7 cm in diameter, at first bell-shaped, sticky, dark brown, brown-chestnut, with a fawn veil, then prostrate, flat, with a wavy-lobed edge, light brown or brown, smooth, shiny, with a raised wrinkled edge. Plates: frequent, adherent with a tooth, sometimes inversely forked, light, then leathery with a light edge. The spore powder is brown. Leg: 5-7 long and about 1 cm in diameter, slightly swollen or fusiform, longitudinally fibrous, with a ring, with a granular bloom above it, striped below. The ring is thin, bent or pendant, striped, gray-brownish. The pulp is thin, cotton-like, pale yellow, grayish-brownish, with a fruity odor. It is considered a conditionally edible mushroom.
Distribution: from the second half of June to autumn, in mixed and deciduous forests (with birch), at the edge of the forest, outside the forest, near roads, in parks, in grass and on bare soil, in groups, rarely.
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Scale is tough, cellular and destructive
The scaly scales are tough or the tough vole (Agrocybe dura) has a cap 3–7 cm in diameter, initially convex, later spread out.
Sometimes with remnants of bedspreads along the edges, velvety. The color is whitish or yellowish. The plates are adherent with a tooth, cream, then dark or purple-brown. The pulp is dense, odorless, the taste is slightly bitter.
Spore powder. Brown.
Habitat. Among the grass and dead wood in forests, gardens, parks.
Season. Spring - early autumn.
Similarity. With scaly, or vole, early (A. praecox).
Use. Edible, but nutritionally low value mushroom.
Medicinal properties. Contains the antibiotic agrocybin, which suppresses the action of many pathogens.
Glutinous scales (Pholiota lucifera) have a cap 3–6 cm in diameter.
At first hemispherical, then cone-shaped or convex-prostrate, with a lowered even edge, lemon-yellow, with rusty-yellow, appressed, elongated, sparse scales, with time almost reddish, naked. The plates are yellow at first, then reddish-brown, later brown-spotted. Leg 3–5 × 0.4–1 cm, cylindrical or narrowed downward, dense, yellow to the ring, smooth, below - the color of the cap. The pulp is dense, yellow, brownish at the base of the leg, bitter, without a special smell.
Fruiting. Forms fruiting bodies in June - September.
Usage. Inedible mushroom.
Destructive scaly (Pholiota destruens) has a cap with a diameter of 6-15 cm.
Densely fleshy, at first hemispherical, then convex-rounded, sometimes concave in the center, yellowish-whitish or light brown, with wide white hairy scales that disappear when fully ripe. The plates are wide, frequent, slightly descending, light brownish. The leg is 5-15 × 2-3 cm, often eccentric, thickened downward, with a short tapered outgrowth, dense, cap-colored, covered with large flaky white scales, subsequently disappearing, with a white flaky ring that disappears when fully ripe. The pulp is whitish, brownish in the lower half of the leg, corky, bitter, with an unpleasant odor.
Fruiting. Forms fruiting bodies in August - October.
Usage. Inedible mushroom.
Here you can see photos of various types of scaly mushrooms:
