Leccinum quercinum

Deciduous forest Rotkappe ( Leccinum aurantiacum )

The deciduous forest Rotkappe ( aurantiacum leccinum, syn. Quercinum L., L. rufum ), also oak or oak Rotkappe Raufuß, is a species of fungus in the family Dickröhrlingsverwandten.

Features

The brick-red to brown hat has a diameter of 6-15 (-20 ) cm. In youth, the hat is spherical and is bulky cushion -shaped in age. The top is finely tomentose, similar to suede and is greasy when wet. The tubes are up to 3 cm long, white young, brownish staining in contact and later gray to dunkelolivgrau. The stem is up to 18 cm long and 2-4 cm wide. It is thick and solid covered with reddish-brown scales. The meat is dark purple with discoloration in the stem base in violation, as in cooking.

Artabgrenzung

The deciduous forest Rotkappe belongs to the group of difficult to be distinguished from each other Rotkappen within the genus Raufußröhrlinge that actually differ only slightly different dimensions of spores and by the mycorrhizal partners. Two closely related and very similar species are the coniferous forest or pine Rotkappe ( leccinum vulpinum ) and the spruce Rotkappe (L. piceinum ).

Ecology

The thermophilous deciduous forest Rotkappe is a mycorrhizal partners by oaks and other deciduous trees and comes in mild areas in oak-hornbeam forests as well as in beech forests with scattered oaks, partially also in parks and cemeteries before. She prefers fresh to dry soils on neutral or moderately acidic underground, but can also occur on basic soils. The fruiting bodies appear from late summer to autumn, but may exceptionally be found even earlier.

Dissemination

The deciduous forest Rotkappe comes in the Mediterranean to temperate regions of Europe from the premises of the genus Quercus and goes north to southern Finland. The distribution center is Central Europe, in other areas the species is rare. Whether reported from Costa Rica finds with European style are identical, is still unclear.

Importance

The deciduous forest Rotkappe is a popular edible mushroom, but, like all species of the genus leccinum under protection. Your stocks are declining, the species is in category G3 ( endangered) Red List of endangered ended large mushrooms in Germany filed. The deciduous forest Rotkappe, at that time under the name "Oak Rotkappe ", was chosen in 1994 as the first fungal species of the German Society of Mycology for fungus of the year to draw attention to their danger.

Swell

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• GJ Krieglsteiner: The Great Mushrooms of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3531-0
• Bollmann, A.; Gminder, A.; Reil, P.: List of Figures major European fungi. 4th Edition, generic CD, Black Forest Mushroom Teaching Show, Hornberg 2007, ISSN 0932 - 920X