Ziegenfuß-Porling

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Ziegenfuß-Porling
2008-09-11 Albatrellus pes-caprae Pouzar 37540 crop.jpg

Goat's foot porling ( Scutiger pes-caprae )

Systematics
Class : Agaricomycetes
Subclass : insecure position (incertae sedis)
Order : Russulales (Russulales)
Family : Sheepporling relatives (Albatrellaceae)
Genre : Scutiger
Type : Ziegenfuß-Porling
Scientific name
Scutiger pes-caprae
( Pers. ) Bondartsev & Singer

The Ziegenfuß-Porling ( Scutiger pes-caprae , Syn. : Albatrellus pes-caprae , Cerioporus inflexus ) is a fungal art from the family of Porlingsverwandten (Albatrellaceae).

features

Illustration by Albin Schmalfuß (1897)

Macroscopic features

The approximately 5–20 cm wide hat is irregularly shaped and fleshy, initially convex, later flat arched. Its color is cinnamon or coffee brown, black-brown with age; the skin of the hat has cracked open, it appears scaly. It has a matt felt texture. The tube pad is thin and runs down the handle for a short time. The color is whitish, later yellowish. The tube openings are wide-holed. The stem is usually attached to the side, unevenly, often bulbous or indented, and yellow to dirty brown in color. The meat has a white to slightly lemon yellow color, is brittle, has a pleasant smell and a nutty taste. The spore powder is white.

Microscopic features

The large, ovate-elliptical shaped spores measure 7–11 µm × 5–7 µm.

Species delimitation

The goat's foot porling cannot be confused with poisonous mushrooms, at best with the bitter-tasting, inedible yellow-green comb porling ( Laeticutis cristata ) or the edible black and white soot porling ( Boletopsis leucomelaena ).

Ecology and phenology

The fungus grows mainly at higher altitudes in coniferous forests. It is a ground-dwelling saprobiont and feeds on dead organic material. The fruiting bodies appear from August to September in groups or individually, sometimes also in clusters.

distribution

The goat's foot porling is rare in Northern and Western Europe, including Germany, where it has only been found sporadically. The species is listed under category 2 (endangered) on the red list of large mushrooms in Germany . According to some authors, it is completely absent in Holland. In the Alpine region it is more common in places. It is also found in North America.

meaning

The goat's foot porling is a good edible mushroom . However, in Germany it is protected under the Federal Species Protection Ordinance and may not be collected.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. Editor: Rote Liste Zentrum: Detail page - Rote Liste. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  2. ^ German Society for Mycology: The positive list of edible mushrooms. June 20, 2019, accessed August 2, 2020.

Web links

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