Local Name
Tq’is kama (1), Tq’is kama sok’o (2).
Description
Cap: The cap is 5–10 cm across, convex, covered in ochre to brown fibrils breaking up into small adpressed scales. Gills are pale at first then reddish, later dark brown. Stem: The stem is 5–15 cm tall, 0.5–1.5 cm thick, whitish sometimes with brownish fibrous scales below the dirty brown ring. Flesh: The flesh is white, reddening on cutting when fresh, later turning brownish. Spores: The spores are 4.5–6 X 3–3.5 µm, elliptical, brownish.
Habitat: On soils, in mixed coniferous forests. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (3).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when young and fresh (1).
References
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G. (2007) Fungi of Georgia. Tbilisi: Buneba Printi.
- Makashvili, A. (1991) Botanical Dictionary. Tbilisi: Metsniereba.
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G., et al. (1986) Flora of Spore-producing Plants of Georgia (Summary). Tbilisi: Metsniereba (Russian).