Local Name
Mt’redio (1), T’redo, Khrashuna (rach.) (2), T’reda, Khrashuna (gur.) (3).
Description
Cap: The cap is 5–10 cm broad, convex when young, becoming broadly convex to flat with a shallow depression, dry or slightly moist, smooth, or minutely velvety over the center, grayish green to yellowish green, the margin often lined by maturity, the skin peeling about halfway to the center. Gills attached or running slightly down the stem, close, often forking near the stem, creamy to pale yellow, sometimes becoming spotted brownish in places. Stem: The stem is 4–7 cm tall, 2–3 cm thick, whitish, dry, smooth, discoloring brownish in places, especially near the base. Flesh: The flesh is white or whitish, brittle, not changing when sliced, odor not distinctive, taste mild. Spores: The spores are 6–9 X 5–7 µm, elliptical, with isolated warts.
Habitat: On soils, in mixed woodland, fairly common and is often found at the base of beech trees. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (4).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when fresh and marinated (1).
Racha — “Mt’redio is like Arq’a; no one can say anything bad about these mushrooms” (2). Imereti — “We gather Mt’redio, Khakhvilo, Ghvinio and Ts’itlio together and then fry them in oil” (5).
References
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G. (2007) Fungi of Georgia. Tbilisi: Buneba Printi.
- Kobakhidze, A. (1987) Dictionary of the Rachan Dialect. Tbilisi: Metsniereba.
- Ghlonti, A. (1974) Dictionary of the Georgian Dialects. Vol. I. Tbilisi: Ganatleba.
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G., et al. (1986) Flora of Spore-producing Plants of Georgia (Summary). Tbilisi: Metsniereba (Russian).
- Tsartsidze, N. (2016) Vlg. Sareki, Sachkhere.