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The weak-smelling talker is a lamellar mushroom. Belongs to the Trichomolidae family, the genus Clitocybe or Govorushka. In Latin, Clitocybe ditopa. It is called weakly odorous for its weak powdery taste and smell. Some sources contain information that the mushroom can be eaten. But most experts warn: it is inedible.
Where do weak-smelling talkers grow?
The weak-smelling govorushka is an inhabitant of shady mixed, mainly deciduous forests, as well as spruce forests and pine forests. Prefers soils saturated with nitrogen. Occurs in rare, small groups. It is a saprotroph. It grows on a litter of fallen needles and leaves.
The distribution area is the northern latitudes of the planet.In our country, it is most often found in the Republic of Komi and Karelia, in the northern regions of Siberia.
The species belongs to the late mushrooms. This means that ripening occurs in late autumn, from mid-November, and even in the first weeks of winter. Peak growth occurs from December to January.
What do low-smelling talkers look like?
The hat is medium size, about 6 cm in diameter. In young specimens it has a convex shape. As it develops, it quickly opens up and changes into a funnel-shaped or flat one. The edge of the cap is initially rolled up, gradually becoming smooth and wavy.
Cap color options are brown, beige, grayish-brown. It is covered with a white or gray waxy coating. In the center of the cap the color is always darker than at the edges. When the fruit body begins to dry out, its color changes to gray-beige. The pulp is loose and often watery, grayish, and has a floury taste and smell. In adult specimens it becomes more rigid.
The leg is smooth, thin, hollow, 1 cm in diameter and about 6 cm long. It is located in the center. It is flattened or cylindrical in shape. Its color matches the color of the cap or is slightly paler. There is whitish pubescence at the base of the stalk.
The species belongs to the lamellar mushrooms. Its spores are found in frequent thin gray plates. The spores are smooth and colorless. They can be spherical or ellipsoid in shape.
Is it possible to eat low-smelling talkers?
There is no exact information about whether the weak-smelling talker is suitable for consumption or how toxic it can be. It is believed that it can cause human poisoning. And if you eat a large amount, the harm to health can be very serious.
Lovers of quiet hunting also avoid the mushroom for the reason that it has poisonous counterparts that are dangerous to humans.
How to distinguish weak-smelling talkers
The mushroom has external similarities with the following representatives of the genus Clitocybe:
- The talker is fragrant. A conditionally edible mushroom, characterized by an earlier period of fruiting and a more yellowish shade of the cap.
- Talker Lange. It cannot be eaten. It does not have a white waxy coating. The edges of its cap are ribbed rather than smooth or wavy, and the spores are larger.
- The talker is pale-colored. An inedible specimen with a dark ash or gray-brown pitted cap.
Conclusion
Low-smelling talker is a mushroom known to residents of northern latitudes. Being poorly studied in terms of toxicity and similar to many inedible or conditionally edible species, it is not suitable for consumption, and does not have any culinary value. Some mushroom pickers note that the mushroom has a validol taste.
