Panus conchatus
Hardwood Knäueling ( Panus conchatus )
The Hardwood Knäueling ( Panus conchatus, syn. Lentinus conchatus, L. percomis, L. torulosus and Panus torulosus ) also Smooth, birch or variables Knäueling, a species of fungus in the family is Stielporlingsverwandten ( Polyporaceae ).
Features
The Hardwood Knäueling is a very variable and multiform fungus. The shell - to fan-shaped fruiting bodies typically grow in wispy balls, rare individually. The 4-10 cm broad hat is purple colored young to burgundy and faded at the age of ocher. The surface is smooth, only older specimens are weak procure scaly. The brim is initially rolled, later smooth and sharp. The narrow slats are crowded and run on short tomentose stalk down. You have young a white, later yellowish to hellockerliche color and are tinged purple. The blades are cutting entire. The spore powder is off-white. The central or lateral pedicle is short, may be absent or fused with other fruiting stems. He is full and has a firm, chewy consistency. Otherwise, the meat of the Hardwood Knäuelings is leathery - tough. It has a pleasant smell, the taste is mild to slightly bitter and astringent.
Ecology
The Hardwood Knäueling is a holzbewohnender Saprobiont, who rarely caused Laubholzstrünken in lying, thick branches a white rot. The preferred substrate is copper beech, birch trees next to it and other hardwoods. Rarely colonized, the fungus also softwood. He has a penchant for subozeanische, summer moist, mild winter layers and tends to avoid continental climate with dry summers and cold winters. The species occurs in European beech forests, occasionally in hornbeam - oak forests and riparian hardwood ago. Outside of forests, it is sometimes found in hedges or parks.
Dissemination
The Hardwood Knäueling is widespread occurrences are from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Asia (tropical to subarctic regions), North America and Europe ( Mediterranean to Scandinavia ) are known. In Germany it is scattered, with a regional compression and loosening areas before.
Importance
The Hardwood Knäueling is insignificant as wood inhabitants, as edible mushroom it is not suitable due to the viscous consistency and the often bitter taste.