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Olla's glass is an inedible species of the Champignon family. It has a peculiar appearance, grows on woody and deciduous substrates, in steppes, on pastures, and meadows. Fruits in large clusters from May to October. Since the mushroom is not eaten as food, you need to know its external characteristics and view photos and videos.
Where does Olla's glass grow?
Olla's glass prefers to grow on grassy, rotten substrate among coniferous and deciduous trees. The species is distributed throughout Russia and bears fruit in large families all summer. It can be found in greenhouses; in favorable conditions it also grows in winter.
What does a glass of Olla look like?
Getting acquainted with the mushroom should begin with external characteristics.The fruiting body of young specimens has an oblong or spherical shape; as it grows, it elongates and becomes bell-shaped or takes the shape of an inverted cone. This representative is small in size: the width of the fruiting body reaches 130 mm, the height is 150 mm. The velvety surface is painted in a light coffee color. With age, the membrane covering the upper part of the fruiting body breaks through and the inner part of the fungus, lined with peridium, is exposed.
The smooth and glossy peridium is dark brown or black. Attached to the inner, wavy part are rounded peridioles with a diameter of 0.2 cm, containing maturing spores.
The mushroom is distinguished by its unusual shape and color.
The rounded-angular peridioles have a transverse color, but as they dry they become snow-white. The peridium is attached to the inner part by threads of mycelium.
The Olla glass has no pulp, the fruit body is thin and hard. Smooth, oblong spores are colorless.
If you look at the mushroom from above, you might think that no more than 3-4 peridioles fit in a glass. But if you cut the fruiting body, you can see that they are placed in tiers, and there are about 10 of them.
Peridioles are arranged in layers
Is it possible to have a glass of Olla?
Olla's glass is an inedible representative of the mushroom kingdom. The mushroom is not used in cooking, but it is great for creating beautiful photographs.
Doubles
Olla's glass, like any forest dweller, has similar doubles. These include:
- Striped - an inedible specimen with an unusual appearance. The fruiting body is not divided into a cap and a stem; it is a velvety ball, which, as it grows, straightens and takes on the shape of a glass. The outer surface is painted brownish-red. The spore layer covers the entire internal surface and is a storehouse for ripening spores, which resemble small chestnuts in appearance. The specimen is rare, found in coniferous and deciduous forests, choosing rotting leaves and wood as a substrate. Fruits in small groups throughout the warm period.
- Dung - refers to the inedible representatives of the forest kingdom. The mushroom has a miniature size, resembling a glass or an inverted cone. Prefers to grow on fertile soil and is found on manure heaps. The mushroom differs from the Olla glass in size, darker peridioli, which do not discolor when drying. It prefers high humidity, so it can be found in large families in early spring and late autumn. The enzymes of this forest inhabitant are used to make paper and utilize grass and straw. The fruiting body contains antioxidants and is used in folk medicine for epigastric pain.
- Smooth – an inedible, original mushroom, a relative of the champignon. In terms of external data, there is no similarity, since the fruiting body of the smooth glass resembles an inverted cone. The spores are found in the peridia, which are located on the upper surface of the mushroom. The white or brown pulp is hard, elastic, tasteless and odorless. With mechanical damage, the color does not change, the milky juice is not released. Grows in mixed forests on fallen leaves and rotting wood.Fruits in numerous specimens from June until the first frost.
Conclusion
Olla's glass is an unusual, inedible representative of the mushroom kingdom. It can be found on rotting substrates and the roots of dead wood. During the opening of the upper layer, peridioles appear, shaped like chestnuts or coffee beans.
