Pig's ear (mushroom)
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The pig's ear or the purple crest ( Gomphus clavatus ) is a mushroom from the order of the pig's ear-like . In the past it was placed close to the chanterelle-like because of the strip-like fruit layer . The genus Gomphus consists of only one species in Europe. The pig's ear is mushroom of the year 1998.
features
Macroscopic features
The 6–10 cm high and 6 cm wide fruiting body is circular to club-shaped, truncated or deepened like a funnel. The edges are turned up a little and lobed irregularly. The top is initially pale purple, later purple-gray and finally ocher to olive-colored. The outside is provided with irregular, forked ridges , which have a fleshy-light purple, later yellowish color. They run down almost to the base of the stem, which is tapered and has a smooth surface. The spore powder is a strong ocher color. The meat is white, tender and has a mild taste.
Microscopic features
The spores are covered with fine warts and are elongated in shape, spindle-shaped with hilar appendix . The size is approximately 9–12 × 4–5.5 μm.
Ecology and phenology
Pig's ears are usually found in tufts overgrown in witch rings or rows from summer to autumn , especially in mountain coniferous forests with limestone soils. They are quite rare. The species forms a mycorrhiza with spruce, fir and red beech.
meaning
The pig's ear is considered a very good edible mushroom . The mushrooms become a bit bitter with age. Confusion with poisonous species is almost impossible. Occasionally they are offered in markets.
literature
- E. Gerhardt: mushrooms, FSVO manual. , Verlag BLV, Munich 2003, ISBN 3835400533
- E. Gerhardt: mushrooms, FSVO manual. , Verlag BLV, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8354-0053-5
- RM Dähncke: 200 mushrooms. 5th edition, Verlag Aargauer Tagblatt, Aarau 1992, ISBN 3-85502-145-7
Web links
- Gomphus clavatus in the Index Fungorum
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mushroom of the year 1998: Pig's ear. In: dgfm-ev.de. German Society for Mycology eV, accessed on August 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Andreas Gminder , Armin Kaiser, German Josef Krieglsteiner , Wulfard Winterhoff: Stand mushrooms: inguinal, club, coral and stubble mushrooms, belly mushrooms, boletus and deaf mushrooms . In: GJ Krieglsteiner (Ed.): Die Großpilze Baden-Württemberg . tape 2 . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0 , p. 62 .
- ↑ Reinhard Agerer, Ludwig Beenken, Josef Christan: Gomphus clavatus (Pers .: Fr.) SF Gray. + Picea abies (L.) Karst. In: Descriptions of Ectomycorrhizae . tape 3 , 1998, p. 25-29 .
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