Helvella elastica
The Elastic Lorchel ( Helvella elastica )
The Elastic Lorchel ( Helvella elastica, syn. Leptopodia elastica ) is a species of fungus in the family Lorchelverwandten ( Helvellaceae ). Typical of the mushroom is the two-to three-lobed, more or less saddle-shaped and yellow- to gray-brown hat and the whitish stem. You can find the fruiting bodies of the fungus spread moderately from August to October in deciduous and coniferous forests.
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Features
Macroscopic characteristics
The mushroom has a greyish or olive green to yellow-brown 2-4 cm wide, more or less saddle-shaped to irregular two-to three-lobed hat. Sometimes the very variably colored hat is almost off-white. The ear- like lobes are often bent down, her bottom is smooth and whitish.
The whitish, fairly elastic stalk is 3-8 (-12 ) cm long and 0.3-0.7 (-1 ) cm wide. He is initially fully filled until spongy and later hollow. Its surface is smooth and not ribbed. Sometimes small grooves are formed on the base.
The whitish, dünnfleischige meat is tough in the stalk and the smell and the taste are slightly marked.
Microscopic characteristics
The translucent ( hyaline ) spores are oblong to elliptical and contain a large oil droplets. They are 18-22 microns long and 10-14 microns wide. Young spores have a rough, warty surface, while older are smooth. The hoses ( asci ), which are the cells in which the spores develop, are 310-350 microns long and 14-15 microns wide. The filiform paraphyses (sterile cells that are between the asci ) are thickened club-shaped at the 6-10 microns wide lace and contain oil droplets.
Artabgrenzung
Law is similar to the Black Lorchel ( Helvella altra ). Its fruiting body is usually smaller and uniformly colored blackish. Your ungerippter stem is feinfilzig until fluffy. Very similar is also closely related Brown Violet Lorchel ( Helvella spadicea ). It has a thicker stem and a two-to four-lobed, cap -like hat. Another similar, but rare species is also the weißstielige Pale Grey Lorchel ( Helvella latispora ). It differs by its saddle-shaped hat and the broader spores. Other similar species are very rare and can usually be distinguished only by specialists.
Ecology and distribution
The fungus usually grows individually or in groups. In light deciduous and coniferous forests, often along roadsides He makes no special demands on the soil. The fruiting bodies occur between August and October.
The Lorchel arrives in Europe, North America before (especially in the western states and provinces) and North Asia (Japan, China, North Korea). The species is quite widespread scattered in Germany and Austria. In Germany you can find them from the North Sea and the Baltic coast up into the Alps. It is one addition to the fall and the Pit Lorchel to the more common Lorcheln. At its location, it can often occur in large numbers.
Importance
The fungus is not edible fungus and should not be eaten, although some authors describe it as conditionally edible. Who, still want to eat the fungus that has little to offer in taste, should note that all raw Lorcheln are poisonous. Although the toxins in the boiling off are largely destroyed or removed, it comes when consuming sometimes .. to individual intolerance reactions