Gall mushroom (gorchak): photo, description; how to distinguish a gall mushroom
The gall mushroom, with a photo and a description of which you can find on this page, is in itself non-toxic, but even prolonged heat treatment does not relieve it of bitterness. Therefore, if you are worried about the question of whether the poisonous gall fungus is or not, you do not need to worry - it is impossible to get poisoned with it. True, you cannot eat this mushroom either because of its unsatisfactory taste.
It is because of the bitterness that the second name of the gall mushroom is bitterness. An unpleasant taste does not prevent this gift of the forest from being the object of hunting for various animals. For example, squirrels are happy to drag mustards into their hollows, and hares do not disdain gall mushrooms.
Below you will find out what a gall fungus looks like in the photo, get information about where it grows and how it is used in traditional medicine.
What a gall mushroom looks like: photo and description
Category: inedible.
Gall mushroom cap (Tylopilus felleus) (diameter 5-15 cm): cushion-shaped, brown, brown, yellow and chestnut color. Velvety to the touch with a little fuzz and dry. After rain and in a humid environment, it becomes slightly sticky.
Leg (height 4-13 cm): cream, ocher, brown or gray. It has a cylindrical shape, slightly inflated from top to bottom. At the base, there is an unexpressed mesh pattern. On the cut, it may turn slightly pink or redden.
Look at the photo, gall mushroom: the flesh of its cap is white, and the color of the flesh of the leg changes when it interacts with air. No pronounced odor.
Tubular layer: pinkish, the pores are smallish, rounded.
How to distinguish gall mushroom from doubles
The twins of the gall fungus (bitterness) are boletus and boletus. If you do not know how to distinguish gall fungus from similar ones, pay attention to the leg and scales. Unlike the boletus boletus, the gorchak does not have small scales on the skin, and the boletus boletus has a lighter mesh color on the leg.
Where is its application growing
When it grows: from late June to mid-October in Europe and Asia.
Where can I find: prefers acidic soils of deciduous and coniferous forests. Can grow on rotten wood.
Application in traditional medicine (data not confirmed and not passed clinical trials!): used as a choleretic agent.
Other names: bitterness, yellow mushroom, false porcini mushroom, false boletus.
Due to the high bitterness content, this mushroom is almost never eaten by pests.
