Beech slime

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Beech slime
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Beech mucus root ( Mucidula mucida )

Systematics
Class : Agaricomycetes
Subclass : Agaricomycetidae
Order : Mushroom-like (Agaricales)
Family : Physalacriaceae
Genre : Mucidula
Type : Beech slime
Scientific name
Mucidula mucida
( Schrad. ) Pat.

The beech or ringed mucous root ( Mucidula mucida , syn. Oudemansiella mucida ) is a species of fungus from the Physalacriaceae family .

features

Beech slime spores under the light microscope

Macroscopic features

The fruit bodies are usually tufted. The hat is 2–10 cm wide, initially arched, later flattened out, pale gray when young, then more whitish with a slight ocher tinge in the middle, somewhat translucent, slimy. The lamellas are wide and distant. The abundantly released spore powder often covers the area around the fruiting bodies. The 30–100 mm long and 3–10 mm thick stalk has white stripes above the grooved ring, and below it is somewhat scaly. The beech slime has thin, white flesh.

Microscopic features

The spores are white and approximately spherical and measure 13–18 × 12–15 µm. The cap skin consists of club-shaped, upright, densely packed cells.

Ecology and diffusion

The hat of the species is slimy and translucent.

The beech slime root grows saprobionically or parasitically on branches or trunks of the common beech , less often on other deciduous trees, very rarely on spruce , it occurs mainly in mountainous areas. Its fruiting bodies appear in Central Europe from July to October. The species is widespread in Europe and Asia, especially in the beech area in the oceanic influenced, temperate zone .

meaning

The beech slime is edible after thorough washing, but is not considered a valuable edible mushroom. An antifungal agent that can be used against skin fungi was obtained from its mycelium . It is unmistakable due to its striking shape.

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literature

  • Josef Breitenbach, Fred Kränzlin (Ed.): Mushrooms of Switzerland. Contribution to knowledge of the fungal flora in Switzerland. Volume 3: Bolete and agaric mushrooms. Part 1: Strobilomycetaceae and Boletaceae, Paxillaceae, Gomphidiaceae, Hygrophoracea, Tricholomataceae, Polyporaceae (lamellar). Mykologia Publishing House, Lucerne 1991, ISBN 3-85604-030-7 .
  • Heinrich Dörfelt , Gottfried Jetschke (Ed.): Dictionary of mycology. 2nd Edition. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0920-9 .
  • Frieder Gröger : Identification key for agaric mushrooms and boletus in Europe. Part 1: Master Key; Generic key; Species key for boletes and relatives Wachsblättler, hellblättrige oyster, Hellblättler and mullet (family Boletaceae ss. I., Paxillaceae, Gomphidiaceae, Hygrophoraceae, Pleurotaceae, Tricholomataceae, Entolomataceae) (= Regensburger mycological journals. Vol. 13, ISSN  0944-2820 ). Regensburg Botanical Society of 1790 eV , Regensburg 2006.
  • Helmut Grünert, Renate Grünert: Mushrooms (= Steinbach's natural guide. Vol. 21). Edited by Gunter Steinbach. Mosaik-Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-570-01162-3 .
  • K. Monday: The Tintling . Weekly calendar for 2008. Monday, Schmelz 2007.
  • Roger Phillips: The Mushroom Book of Mushrooms. Over 900 native mushroom species in color. A great cosmos nature guide. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-440-05049-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronald H. Petersen, Karen W. Hughes: The Xerula / Oudemansiella Complex (Agaricales). September 27, 2010, accessed May 19, 2020 .

Web links

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