Content
Marasmius ramealis, Latin name: Marasmius ramealis. The mushroom belongs to the Negniuchnikov family.
The lamellar rotting plant consists of a central leg and a cap
What does twig rotting worm look like?
Small, fragile fruiting bodies with a uniform color and a darker fragment in the central part of the cap. The color is cream with a pinkish tint and does not change throughout the growing season.
In wet weather the surface is slightly slimy
Description of the cap
The shape changes during the growing season; in young specimens it is round and convex with a regular shape.Then a depression appears in the center, the cap becomes spread out with concave wavy or smooth edges.
External characteristics:
- the diameter of mature specimens is within 1.5 cm;
- the surface is silky glossy, along the edge with slight radial ribbing;
- the spore-bearing layer is white with a pink tint;
- The plates are free, thin, sparsely located, and do not change color when the spores mature.
The pulp is white, uniform, thin and fragile, the structure is springy.
Young mushrooms are all of the same and proportional shape
Description of the leg
Leg cylindrical thin central. If the cluster of mushrooms is compact, it may be curved in the central part. In single specimens it grows upright. The structure is fine-fiber, fragile, the middle is hollow. The surface is colored the same as the upper part of the fruiting body, perhaps a shade darker near the mycelium.
The surface of the stalk is covered with flocculent segments
Where and how does it grow
The twig grass is widespread in Russia throughout the European part, Primorsky Krai, Siberia and the Caucasus. Saprophytes grow on decaying wood, mainly on branches, less often stumps in a damp, shaded place. Fruiting lasts for a long time - from June until the onset of winter. Forms dense colonies occupying vast areas; single specimens are almost never found.
Is the mushroom edible or not?
Due to the small size and fine structure of the fruiting body, the twig grass has no nutritional value.
There are no toxins in the chemical composition, but the twig beetle is a poorly studied species, so consumption is undesirable.
Doubles and their differences
Externally, oak garlic is similar to marasmiellus.The fruit body is small in size, but the color is darker with a fawn tint and a brown fragment in the center of the cap. It grows on leaf litter or wood debris, mainly under oak trees. The species is conditionally edible.
A mushroom with a pungent garlic odor, it is used as a seasoning.
Conclusion
Twig rotten is a small mushroom that grows on fallen branches or decaying stumps. Due to the structure of the fruiting body and its small size, it has no nutritional value; Fruits in compact groups from the beginning of summer until the onset of frost.
