Local Name
Tskhvario (1).
Description
Cap: The cap is 5–18 cm across, convex, very thick, fleshy, dense, whitish, and deep-jointed, with very large scales. Stem: The stem is 3–4 cm tall, 1–3 cm thick, wide, dense, with a thick ring. Gills are white or whitish at first, then dark chocolate brown, close. Flesh: The flesh is white or whitish and thick, yellowing when crushed. Spores: The spores are 8–12 X 5–8 µm, broad elliptical, brownish.
Habitat: On soils, in mountain meadows (subalpine areas). Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli (3).
Uses
Edibility: Considered one of the best of the edible fungi, usually when young and fresh (1).
Guria — “Tskhvario — it’s a quite big, white mushroom, with brownish gills, it’s like Kama, but bigger” (3).
References
- 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).
- Khukhunaishvili, T. (2016) Lanchkhuti.