Local Name
Irmist’ucha (1).
Description
Cap: The cap is 4–16 cm across, flattened convex or centrally depressed, even, velvety at first then more suede-like, cream, yellowish or pale flesh-coloured. Stem: The stem is 3–9 X 1–3 cm, often off-centred, cylindrical, finely downy, white bruising yellow near the base. Flesh: The flesh is pulpy, whitish, granular or brittle, taste bitter after a few seconds, smell pleasant. Spores: The spores are 6.5–9 X 5.5–8 µm, white, broadly elliptic to subglobose,
Habitat: Deciduous or coniferous woods, especially in birch woods. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (3).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when young and fresh (2).
References
- Makashvili, A. (1991) Botanical Dictionary. Tbilisi: Metsniereba.
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G. (2007) Fungi of Georgia. Tbilisi: Buneba Printi.
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G., et al. (1986) Flora of Spore-producing Plants of Georgia (Summary). Tbilisi: Metsniereba (Russian).