Elegant dog tail
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![]() Elegant dog's tail ( Mutinus elegans ) |
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E. Fish. in Sacc. |
The noble dog's rod ( Mutinus elegans ) is a species of fungus from the genus of the dog's rod ( Mutinus ).
features
The fruiting bodies of the noble dog's tail are initially underground, 2–4 cm high and 2 cm wide witch eggs with a pale brownish outer surface and a strong, branched mycelium cord. The receptaculum breaking out of the witch's egg is up to 15 cm long, it is 1–2 cm thick at the base and tapers upwards. It is hollow and porous and is colored red almost everywhere. It is often curved or lying on the ground. The olive-green, slimy gleba covers the upper part of the receptaculum irregularly. In contrast to the common dog, the elegant dog's rod smells strongly of carrion.
ecology
The introduced elegant dog's tail occurs in Central Europe only in anthropogenically influenced locations. As a saprobiontic soil dweller, it is found in garden lawns, in parks and on path borders.
distribution
The noble dog's rod is a species native to North America, which in Central Europe was mostly found inconsistently in Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany. Outside of Europe it is also found in Japan.
meaning
The noble dog's rod is out of the question as an edible mushroom.
swell
- German Josef Krieglsteiner (Eds.), Andreas Gminder , Wulfard Winterhoff: Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg . Volume 2: Stand mushrooms: inguinal, club, coral and stubble mushrooms, belly mushrooms, boletus and deaf mushrooms. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0 .
- Josef Breitenbach, Fred Kränzlin (Ed.): Mushrooms of Switzerland. Contribution to knowledge of the fungal flora in Switzerland. Volume 2: Heterobasidiomycetes (gelatinous mushrooms), Aphyllophorales (non-leaf mushrooms), Gastromycetes (belly mushrooms). Mykologia, Luzern 1986, ISBN 3-85604-020-X .