Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Mean Stockschwämmchen

The Common Stockschwämmchen ( Kuehneromyces mutabilis syn:. Galerina mutabilis, Pholiota mutabilis ) is a species of fungus in the family Träuschlingsverwandten ( Strophariaceae ).

Features

Distinguishing features are the clear hunched, glossy, three to six inches wide, cinnamon or honey -colored to red-brownish hat that is paler in the dry state. The hat is hygrophanous ( when wet becoming blotchy ) with gerieftem edge. The lamellae are initially pale brown, powdered clay to reddish brown later by the spores and easily run down the stem. The thin stem has a protruding ring, the rest of the velum partiale (partial cover). Below this ring of the stem is dark and sparrig - scaly, above light yellow. The thin flesh of the fungus is russet in the stem, hat brighter. The mushroom has a pleasant smell like a mushroom. Are the fruit bodies exposed Dim lighting, the fruiting bodies remain very kleinhütig, in total darkness remains under the formation of fruiting bodies entirely.

Ecology

The Common Stockschwämmchen is a saprobiontischer residents of deciduous and coniferous wood, with at lower altitudes mainly deciduous in higher elevations is preferred softwood. The species inhabits particularly rotten stumps, stumps and trunks lying, certain soils and forest types are not preferred. The fruiting bodies appear in central Europe from May to November but usually in the fall, with mild weather throughout the year also.

Dissemination

The congregation is Stockschwämmchen, Asia spread in Australia ( in the Caucasus, Siberia, and Japan), North America and Europe. In Europe, it comes from Southern Europe to Iceland and Scandinavia widespread. In Germany it is common everywhere.

Importance

The Common Stockschwämmchen is a popular edible mushroom. It can be easily confused with the deadly - poisonous Softwood or Gifthäubling ( Galerina marginata ) with which it can even form mixed grass on a substrate, therefore each mushroom is individually determined. Also confusion with other poisonous Häublingen is possible. Collecting Stockschwämmchen to edible purposes therefore requires great experience. The Common Stockschwämmchen can be grown on wood. The Japanese nameko ( Pholiota nameko ) is a member of the closely related genus Pholiota ( Pholiota ).

Swell

• GJ Krieglsteiner, A. Gminder: The Great Mushrooms of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 4, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3281-8
• Horak, Egon: boletes and agarics in Europe 6th edition, Elsevier (2005), ISBN 978-3-8274-1478-6
• H. E. Laux: The Great Cosmos mushroom guide. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-440-08457-4