Local Name
Tavch’edila (1).
Description
Cap: The cap is 4–12 cm across, convex, becoming broadly convex or flat, sticky when fresh, brown to tan or yellowish brown, bald, adorned with numerous cottony, whitish warts. Gills are free from the stem or nearly so, white, crowded, short-gills frequent. Stem: The stem is 5–15 cm tall, 1–2 cm thick, tapering to apex and ending in a swollen basal bulb, somewhat scaly or fairly bald, whitish, with a skirtlike, whitish ring above, and a roll of tissue from the universal veil forming the upper margin of the bulb or, occasionally, with concentric rings of volval material. Flesh: The flesh is white, not discoloring on exposure, or turning slightly yellowish in the stem. Spores: The spores are 8–13.5 X 6–9.5 µm, broad elliptical, smooth, colourless or pale white.
Habitat: On soils, in mixed coniferous and leafy forests. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (2).
Uses
Edibility: Poisonous (1).
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).