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The parasitic flywheel is a rare mushroom. Belongs to the class Agaricomycetes, family Boletaceae, genus Pseudobolet. Another name is parasitic flywheel.
What do parasitic flywheels look like?
The parasitic flywheel is a small tubular mushroom of yellow or rusty brown color.
A young specimen has a hemisphere-shaped cap, while a mature specimen has a flat one. Its surface is covered with a velvety delicate skin, which can be difficult to remove. Color – from lemon yellow to nut. The diameter of the cap is from 2 to 5 cm. Its flesh is dense and thick.
The stem is yellow-olive, tapering towards the base. Its structure is fibrous, the flesh is yellow, dense, odorless, and does not change color when cut.The leg is curved, rather thin: it barely reaches 1 cm in diameter.
The parasitic flywheel has wide pores with ribbed edges. The layer of tubules in a young specimen is yellow-lemon in color, while in an old specimen it is olive or rusty brown. The tubes themselves are short and descending. The spores are large, olive-brown, fusiform.
The pulp is yellow or yellow-greenish, elastic, rather loose, odorless and tasteless.
Where do parasitic fly mushrooms grow?
Representatives of the species are found in northern Africa, Europe, and eastern North America. In Russia they are extremely rare.
They grow on the bodies of false raincoats during the period of maturation of the latter. They love sandstones and dry places. They grow in large colonies in deciduous and mixed forests.
Is it possible to eat parasitic fly mushrooms?
The parasitic flywheel is classified as an edible species, but is not eaten. The reason is low taste and nutritional value.
False doubles
The small fruiting body of the parasitic flywheel resembles the body of a young green flywheel. Adult specimens of these species differ only in size.
Green moss mushroom is an edible tubular mushroom, the most common of the Mohovikov genus, found in all Russian regions. It has quite high taste qualities - it belongs to the second category. Both the legs and caps are eaten. Most often they are salted and pickled.
The cap is olive-brown or gray, velvety, convex, its diameter is from 3 to 10 cm. The flesh is white, the color does not change or is slightly blue when cut. The leg is fibrous, smooth, with a brown mesh, cylindrical in shape, and may taper towards the base. Its height is from 4 to 10 cm, thickness is from 1 to 2 cm.The layer of tubules is adherent, yellowish-olive or yellowish, and turns slightly blue when pressed.
Fruiting season is May-October. Found in deciduous and coniferous forests, loving well-lit places. It grows along roadsides, in ditches, and on forest edges. Likes to settle on rotten stumps, remains of old wood, and anthills. Often grows singly, rarely in groups.
Several more moss mushrooms belong to this genus:
- Chestnut (brown). An edible species belonging to the third category in terms of taste. Fruiting time is June-October.
- Semi-gold. A very rare conditionally edible mushroom of gray-yellow color. Found in the Far East, Caucasus, Europe, North America.
- Tuposporous. Externally similar to other flywheels. Its main difference is the shape of the spores, which have a blunt cut end. Grows in North America, the North Caucasus, and Europe.
- Powdered (powdered, dusty). A rare edible mushroom with a pleasant-tasting pulp. Fruiting season is August-September. It can be found in deciduous and mixed forests. Grows in small groups or singly in the Caucasus, eastern Europe, and the Far East.
- Red. An extremely rare edible species belonging to the fourth taste category. They are eaten boiled, dried and pickled. It grows in ravines, on deserted roads, in deciduous forests, in thickets of grass. Found in small colonies. Growth time is August-September.
- Woody. Not found on Russian territory. Classified as inedible. Settles on tree trunks, stumps, sawdust. Grows in Europe and North America.
- Motley. A fairly common edible mushroom with low palatability. Young specimens are suitable for consumption. They can be dried, fried, pickled. Found in deciduous forests, prefers to live with linden trees.
Collection rules
The parasitic moss fly is of no interest and is not in demand among lovers of quiet hunting. They can be collected from mid-summer to mid-autumn. Only the fruiting body needs to be cut.
Use
The parasitic moss fly is practically not eaten because of its unpleasant taste, although it can be eaten. It is non-toxic, non-hazardous, and will not cause harm to health. Even prolonged heat treatment with the addition of flavoring seasonings cannot improve its taste.
Conclusion
The parasitic moss fly does not resemble any representative of its genus. It is impossible to confuse it with other mushrooms, since it is always attached to the fruiting body of another mushroom.
