Local Name
Q’viteli sachechela (1), Sachechela (rach.) (2), Bats’ara (imer.) (3), Chichila, Bats’ara (borjomi reg.) (4). Irmis rka (imer.) (5), Irmis chkha (kakh.) (6).
Description
Fruitbody: When fully developed the whole fruitbody is usually 10–20 cm tall, and up to 15 cm across, lemon- to sulphur-yellow becoming more ochraceous with age with numerous densely crowded branches. Stem: The stem is 5–8 cm tall, 4–5 cm thick, with whitish base which often bruises reddish-brown especially with age. Flesh: The flesh is white to pale yellowish. Taste mild. Spores: The spores are 8–10 X 3–5 µm, pale ochraceous, elliptic, roughened.
Habitat: On the ground in mixed woods. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: Imereti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kakheti, Mtskheta-Mtianeti.
Uses
Edibility: Edible when young and fresh (1).
Sachechela — is a yellow fungi, with the head which is like a teeth of combing-machine (2). Bats’ara — a golden fungi, which stretches like a rope on the ground, plenty of them grow all of a sudden (3).
Kakheti — “Irmis chkha can reaches about 10–12 kg, this fungi is entirely yellow and looks like a comb, it’s also very tasty fungi, like a meat” (6). Guria — “Ch’uch’k’ut’a is the same fungi as the Irema Sok’o is, you can find these fungi here, we don’t eat them, but cattle do eat” (7). Ch’uch’k’ut’ai — “Looks like the grass, or looks like the moss on the ground, cattle do eat” (8). Imereti — “Bats’ara sok’o is a very tasty fungi, yellow, looks like collected ropes” (9).
References
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