Scotch bonnet (mushroom)

Clove Schwindling ( Marasmius oreades )

The clove - or field - Schwindling ( Marasmius oreades ) is a species of fungus in the family Schwindling relatives ( Marasmiaceae ).

Features

Macroscopic characteristics

The 2-6 cm wide hat is initially convex, later expanded flat and often hunched dull. He is tough, fleshy, and bare. Its color is pale leather brownish - yellow, dry washed out colors. The surface is grooved moist translucent. The border is often wrinkled. The slats are paler than the hat, queraderig interconnected, thick and around the stem away standing. The stem is tough, straight-grained, fine white flaky on leather colored ground and measures 4-7 cm × 3-9 mm. The fungus smells of cloves with bitter almonds.

Microscopic characteristics

The broadly elliptical spores measure 7-10 × 5-6 micrometers.

Ecology and phenology

The clove - Schwindling is a saprobiontischer bottom dwellers, it is mainly found in meadows, pastures, on lawns in parks and gardens as well as in grassy forests. The clove - Schwindling is a common fungus that often grows in fairy rings or rows. The mycelium is during growth free nitrogen compounds, causing the surrounding grass is often dyed particularly juicy green.

The fruiting bodies of the Fairy Ring Ling appear in central Europe from May to November.

Importance

The clove - Schwindling regarded as a good edible mushroom, which is often used as a seasoning or soup mushroom. It is partially considered harmful fungus in lawns through his fairy rings and the products resulting from the released nitrogen compounds spots.

Swell

• Sven Gunnar Countryman, Ingmar Holmåsen: Mushrooms: described over 1,500 species of fungi in detail and photographed in natural surroundings. Bernhard Thalacker Verlag, Braunschweig, 1992, ISBN 3-87815-043-1
• J. Breitenbach, F. Kränzlin (ed.): Fungi of Switzerland. Mykologia, Lucerne, 1991, ISBN 3-85604-030-7 (Volume 3)