Cortinarius praestans

Barn Owl ( Cortinarius praestans )

The Barn Owl ( Cortinarius praestans ) or Blaugestiefelter mucus head is a mushroom of the genus veil Linge ( Cortinarius ) from the sub-genre of mucus heads and belongs to the family of the veil Ling relatives ( Cortinariaceae ).

Features

The hat is red-brown and covered in a young state of a whitish- purple shell. He is 10 to 20 inches tall. The brim is soon wrinkled and ribbed. The fins are whitish young and then pale brownish; compared to thick Cap flesh they are narrow, but are close. The slats are notched at the bottom. The stem is solid, light and up to 25 inches long. The stem base is bulbous. The meat is in young specimens violettlich, later whitish and has no particular odor, it is tender and firm. The spore powder is rust brown.

Ecology

The Blaugestiefelte mucus head is a mycorrhizal fungus, which is especially rare associated with European beech, besides also with oak, hazel with conifers. The heat-loving barn owl comes in semi-natural, herb -rich coniferous and deciduous forests ago with calcareous soil. In Central Europe the fruiting bodies appear in summer and autumn.

Dissemination

The Barn Owl is found in Europe and Asia. In Germany the species is rare and absent in northern Germany. In Switzerland, the barn owl is often the case, area- wise they may be rare, at a suitable location for it before they come in masses.

Importance

The barn owl is considered a very good edible mushroom, which is also traded in France and Switzerland. Since the species can be confused with poisonous veil Lingen light and heavy metals accumulated is discouraged from gathering for food. The species was explained by the German Mycological Society for Mushroom of 2010.

Threat

The Barn Owl is threatened and rare overall, despite occasional mass occurrence by modern forestry and the decline in natural forests. The type should therefore be spared.