Laccaria laccata
Reddish Lacktrichterling ( Laccaria laccata )
The Reddish Lacktrichterling or Red paint fungus ( Laccaria laccata ) is a species of fungus in the family of Heath truffle relatives ( Hydnangiaceae ).
Features
Macroscopic characteristics
The Reddish Lacktrichterling forms of relatively small fruiting bodies, which can fade heavily on drying ( Hygrophanität ). The hat has 1-6 cm in diameter, curved young and later flattened to depressed in the middle. He appears wet or young red or orange or ( pinklich ) brown tones part in various shades of salmon pink ( brick ); dry (and / or older) it appears monotonous and paler and can be quite washed out look drab. The surface is smooth to fine scales, the margin is initially rolled up and curls later. The irregular and far lamella are decurrent or attached and have a similar color as the hat, being white with increasing maturity of the spores. The spore powder is white. The cylindrical, tough - fibrous stalk is 5-10 cm long, 6-10 mm thick and similar to the hat color. The thin meat ( Trama ) has little taste and a faint spicy odor.
Microscopic characteristics
The spores are slightly elliptical in shape with diameters of 6-10 microns and up to 1 micrometer long spines on the surface.
Artabgrenzung
The Reddish Lacktrichterling is highly variable because it changes its appearance when dry, and is therefore very difficult to determine. There are several well-known varieties. For eaters safe any confusion with other species of the same genus possible, especially with the Violet (L. amethystea ), the two-colored (L. bicolor), the dwarf - Lacktrichterling (L. tortilis ) and the Brown Red Lacktrichterling (L. proxima ). The Purple Lacktrichterling has purple in all parts of shades. The Two-Tone has purple stem and base slats. The dwarf - Lacktrichterling has larger spores. The Brown Red Lacktrichterling, which was earlier considered by the French mycologist René Maire as a subspecies, occurs in wetter areas and is missing in America. Its spores are formed narrower and oval.
It can be confused with other small brown, even dangerous fungi ( such as the Blutblättrigen skin head, Cortinarius semisanguineus ). The best distinguishing feature make the slats dar. for confusion at least come with only superficial consideration many species of the genera of the skin heads or crack and Mycena mushrooms, navel rings ( Omphalina ), Schwind Linge and Linge veil in question.
Ecology and phenology
It grows in distributed groups in wooded areas and in heathland often on poor soils. It is widely distributed in all the northern Temperate zones, preferably tend However cooler weather. It forms mycorrhizal symbioses with different types of trees, including pine, beech and birch family. Paint hopper bodies are viewed by some as a pioneer species (compare pioneer plant ).
It is quite common and fruiting from June to November.
Dissemination
The Reddish Lacktrichterling is widely used in Europe and North America to Mexico and Costa Rica. In North America, the variety described by Charles Horton Peck is pallidifolia the most encountered.
Importance
Although quite small, it is edible (like all paint hopper compacts) and mild flavor. It is a traditional food of the Zapotec, the indigenous people in the area of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, and helps them ambiguous names " Beshia ladhi biinii ".
Systematics and Taxonomy
There are several varieties described by Reddish Lacktrichterling. It represents the type species of the genus worldwide spread of the paint hopper Linge ( Laccaria ), the precise inclusion in the system of louvers fungi is still unclear, and it is currently being attributed to the Heath family truffle relatives ( Hydnangiaceae ). He has also been the kind of funnel Linge ( Clitocybe ) or the family of Tricholoma relatives ( Tricholomataceae ) assigned.
The first scientific publication of this kind took place in 1772 under the name Agaricus laccatus and comes from the Tyrolean naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. She was Mordecai Cubitt Cooke in 1884 by its current scientific name. The specific epithet laccata derives from the Latin adjective laccatus, which means " coated" or " shiny " means.