Mushroom bilious: description and photo

Inhabitant of dry coniferous forests - bilious fungus - grows from July to October, both on soil and on stumps. Sometimes he chooses mixed, less often deciduous forests. In the people he received the nickname "gorchak" for a pronounced bitter taste. In Latin its name Tylopilus felleus. It can easily be confused with porcini mushrooms, but if you look closely, the differences will be very noticeable.

Mushroom bilious has a thick cushion-shaped hat, its color varies from golden to rusty with a gray tinge. The diameter of the cap is from 5 to 20 cm, it is matte, dry, sometimes velvety. It is this solid tubular "cap" that so often misleads mushroom pickers.

The leg is 5-10 cm high, thin and thickened on the lower part, its surface is covered with red or brown scales. The flesh is cyanotic white, dense, on the cut it becomes pink; Almost not affected by worms. On the back of the cap is a white tubular layer, in the tubes there is a spore powder. The unbroken spores are light, but eventually become pink. Mushroom bilious refers to inedible mushrooms. It has an unpleasant bitter taste and practically does not smell. However, it is not considered toxic, since it does not contain heavy toxins.

Fertility of mycelium directly depends on weather conditions. In a warm favorable summer fructifies actively, but huge colonies are rare. The bile white fungus grows locally, sometimes singly, sometimes in small groups. White calls him for similarity, even if not one hundred percent, but inexperienced mushroom pickers often make mistakes. The consequences are the spoiled taste of the dish; Poisoning, as a rule, does not arise.

The main distinctive feature that should alert is the pinking leg on the cut, which in the usual fungus always remains white. The second thing that should strike the eye is pronounced scales that form a mesh pattern on the stem. The bile fungus, described above, also differs in the choice of the location of growth. This inhabitant of the forest was noticed in the foliage on the ground, under the trees, near the stumps, and on the stumps, and even in the rotten roots of the trees. At the same time, the appearance of the fungus is so variable that it can be taken for a podberezovik, a moss or a boletus.

While the gorchak is quite young, it looks like a strong podberezovik, only the net on the leg is not gray, but reddish, and does not darken at the cut, but turns pink. In old age, huge specimens are very similar to white, but their thin leg (only 3-4 cm in diameter) looks awkward, and suggests the falsity of this fungus.

Before preparing a dish, it is worth biting off a small piece, and everything will fall into place. Sharp bitter taste, which has a mild bile, excludes the possibility of its consumption in food. Even a small slice of pulp, caught in the frying pan, can completely ruin the taste of the whole dish. However, an interesting fact is noticed: not all taste the bitter taste of this mushroom, some it seems sweetish. And someone diligently soaks mushrooms in salty cold water and then fry or marinate. Due to the fact that the bitter is not poisonous, eating it is not contraindicated. Those who tried to dry thin slices of the mentioned fungus, say that as a result of drying, bitterness goes away.