Local Name
Mindvris sok’o (1).
Description
Cap: The cap is 5–20 cm, convex, flat, shallowly depressed, or irregular and distorted, dry or moist, hoary, finely hairy, or relatively smooth, gray to brownish gray, the margin inrolled at first and later wavy, sometimes lined. Gills are broadly attached to the stem or beginning to run down it, close, creamy. Stem: The stem is 6–12 cm long, 1–3 cm thick, with an enlarged base, dry, fairly smooth, or with tiny brownish fibers, white to cream, dingy when handled. Flesh: The flesh is white or whitish, thick, odor mealy. Spores: The spores are 5–8 X 3–5 µm, elliptical, smooth, colourless or pale yellowish.
Habitat: On soils, in leafy and coniferous forests, on the edges of the forests, on meadows and grasslands, also in gardens and squares. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (2).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when young and fresh (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).