Veiny morel cup
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Morel vein cupling ( Disciotis venosa ) |
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The veined morel cup ( Disciotis venosa ), also known as the vein cup , common morel cup or flathorn , is a tube fungus from the family of morel relatives .
features
Macroscopic features
When ripe, the cups are mostly spread out flat on the ground, 3–18 cm in diameter, 2.5–3 mm thick and often slightly rounded and wrinkled in the center. Both the inside and outside are matt, i.e. without gloss. The inside is yellow-brown to red-brown. The clearly lighter, often even whitish outside or underside sometimes appears finely flaked. The base of the stalk is furrowed and very short. The flesh is tender and brittle; it smells more or less of chlorine , especially in injured areas. It also has a mild taste.
Microscopic features
The colorless, elliptical and smooth-walled spores measure 20–24 µm in length, 11–14 µm in width and have small droplets at the pole ends. They mature in cylindrical tubes that are 300 µm long and 18-20 µm wide. The tubes are mixed with thread-like, sterile sap hairs and together form the fruit layer . Those paraphyses can be forked and have a club-like shape at the top.
Species delimitation
Externally, the disc lorchel ( Gyromitra ancilis ), also called the largest disc, looks very similar. The doppelganger of the veined morel cup does not smell of chlorine, grows on coniferous wood and has fine black spores with appendages on the pole ends.
Ecology and phenology
The veined Morel Cupling lives saprobically and is often associated with morels that have comparable ecological demands. Like its namesake, it colonizes calcareous soils and appears to be completely absent from acidic soils. The typical biotope of the species are riparian forests along streams and rivers. The veined morel cup can also grow on orchards. The fruiting bodies appear from March to May individually or in large groups, which is why collecting is often worthwhile. In the areas densely covered with wild garlic, however, the mushrooms are difficult to track down. On the other hand, it is easier to find what you are looking for in areas with less vegetation.
distribution
The veined morel cup can be quite common in certain areas. So far, 250 finds have been reported in Switzerland (as of April 2009), most of them from the Central Plateau . It is very rare in the Alps and generally at higher altitudes, around 99% of the finds were made below 1000 meters above sea level. In the direction of Italy, in Ticino , it was detected again. In Switzerland's red list, it is currently listed under "low concern" - no risk. In Germany, however, it is classified as endangered ( RL 3).
meaning
Due to its morel-like aroma, it is a very tasty edible mushroom. The chlorine smell disappears during cooking and is therefore not a problem . What it has in common with morels is that dried specimens taste fresh when the fruit bodies have swelled up later when they are used.
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literature
- Rose Marie Dähncke: 200 mushrooms. 5th edition. Publishing house Aargauer Tagblatt, Aarau. 1992. ISBN 3-855-02145-7 .
- Ewald Gerhardt: Mushrooms. BLV Verlag, Munich. 2006. ISBN 978-3-835-40053-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans E. Laux: The new cosmos mushroom atlas . Kosmos, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 978-3-440-07229-5 (303 pages; over 1000 photos).
