Lyophyllum decastes

Tufted Rasling ( Lyophyllum decastes )

The Tufted Rasling or brown Rasling ( Lyophyllum decastes, syn. Lyophyllum aggregatum ) is a mushroom of the family of Raslingsverwandten.

Macroscopic characteristics

The hat of the Tufted Raslings is 3 to 15 inches wide. The hat color varies from brown to gray-brown to gray. The surface may be plain or mottled appear to striped. The meat has a firm, elastic consistency and smells slightly farinaceous. The whitish lamellae are bulged grown on a stick. The stem is dirty whitish, colored, darkening from the base and has tough, fibrous flesh. The fruiting bodies are individually or tufted have grown to several copies.

Microscopic characteristics

The spores without germ pore are smooth, rounded and measure 5-6.5 microns. The white spore powder is inamyloid. The basidia are siderophilous. Cystidia are absent.

Artabgrenzung

The Tufted Rasling can easily with other tufted growing Raslingen as the armored Rasling (L. loricatum ) and the frost - Rasling (L. fumosum ) are confused, which are also edible. The poisonous giant Anthias ( Entoloma sinuatum ) has hat colors brighter, and his fins are colored at least in older specimens pink to reddish.

Ecology

The fungus is soil- as a saprophyte often in deciduous and mixed forests and meadows before and preferred loose, humus-rich soils. The fruiting bodies appear in the spring from April to May and autumn from September to November.

Importance

The Tufted Rasling is a good, very productive edible mushroom. Should be used only hats, because the stems are zähfleischig.