Clitocybe nebularis is one of the sturdiest representatives of its genus. It is readily identified by its loudy whitish cap, whose surface has a slight ashp:ey bloom, and by its sharp aromatic distinctive men, reminiscent of soap. It grows gregariously in different types of woods and even outside them.
Clitocybe wbularis is edible but of a poor quality, though some mushroom-pickers collect it and add it to a mixture of other mushrooms or pickle it in vinegar. It is advisable to scald the sliced mushrooms be[bre proceeding further, otherwise they can cause indigestion.
Like Blewits, fresh fruit-bodies of Wood Blewits contain a substance which damages red blood- cells. However, it is neutralized by boiling and so thoroughly cooked mushrooms are not dangerous. Wood Blewits can be confused with some purple species of the Cortiwarivs genus. However, all of these are distinguished by their rust-brown spore powder, by the presence of the cobweb-like veil (cortina) and by their unpleasant smell.
In summer and autumn the yellow fruit-bodies of the Hynholoma species can often be seen growing in large clusters on old tree stumps. The cap margins of young specimens are connected with the stipe by a cobweb-like whitish veil, which later almost disappears. Both species look very much alike, but they can be easily distinguished by the colour of the flesh and by their taste.
The flesh of the Blewits has a pleasant mushroom taste and scent, the stipe is short and looks as if it had been stained with ink. Blewits are excellent edible mushrooms, and can be prepared in a number of ways. Their utility is further increased by the fact that they can still embellish our diet when other edible mushrooms are on the decline.
Hypholoma sublateritium is sturdier with the cap a deeper black and the stipe not as vivid a sulphur-yellow, but rather more whitish in colour. Sulphur tuft is poisonous but the strength of its poison varies according to the geographical location of its habitat. For example in Japan it is rated as one of the most poisonous mushrooms and judging by the number of poisonings, it ranks second only to the Death Cap (Amanita phalloides). In Europe it has a weaker poison and accidents stemming from it are much rarer. Hypholoma sublateritiunz, on the other hand, is not poisonous, but it is still inadvisable to pick it, because of the possible confusion with Sulphur tuft.
Clitocybe wbularis is edible but of a poor quality, though some mushroom-pickers collect it and add it to a mixture of other mushrooms or pickle it in vinegar. It is advisable to scald the sliced mushrooms be[bre proceeding further, otherwise they can cause indigestion.
Like Blewits, fresh fruit-bodies of Wood Blewits contain a substance which damages red blood- cells. However, it is neutralized by boiling and so thoroughly cooked mushrooms are not dangerous. Wood Blewits can be confused with some purple species of the Cortiwarivs genus. However, all of these are distinguished by their rust-brown spore powder, by the presence of the cobweb-like veil (cortina) and by their unpleasant smell.
In summer and autumn the yellow fruit-bodies of the Hynholoma species can often be seen growing in large clusters on old tree stumps. The cap margins of young specimens are connected with the stipe by a cobweb-like whitish veil, which later almost disappears. Both species look very much alike, but they can be easily distinguished by the colour of the flesh and by their taste.
The flesh of the Blewits has a pleasant mushroom taste and scent, the stipe is short and looks as if it had been stained with ink. Blewits are excellent edible mushrooms, and can be prepared in a number of ways. Their utility is further increased by the fact that they can still embellish our diet when other edible mushrooms are on the decline.
Hypholoma sublateritium is sturdier with the cap a deeper black and the stipe not as vivid a sulphur-yellow, but rather more whitish in colour. Sulphur tuft is poisonous but the strength of its poison varies according to the geographical location of its habitat. For example in Japan it is rated as one of the most poisonous mushrooms and judging by the number of poisonings, it ranks second only to the Death Cap (Amanita phalloides). In Europe it has a weaker poison and accidents stemming from it are much rarer. Hypholoma sublateritiunz, on the other hand, is not poisonous, but it is still inadvisable to pick it, because of the possible confusion with Sulphur tuft.
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