Local Name
Mq’rali khrashuna (1).
Description
Cap: The cap is 5–15 cm, globose then convex depressed, glutinous then dry and shiny, somewhat tawny buff to bright rufous brown, sometimes marbled. Gills are adnate, not very close, interveined at the base, whitish then cream, finally rust spotted, edge sometimes with somewhat rufous dots. Stem: The stem is 4–12 cm tall, 2–3 cm thick, cylindric, white or whitish. Flesh: The flesh is white or whitish, rather fragile, taste very acrid. Spores: The spores are 8–11.5 X 7–9 µm, elliptical or subglobose, with conspicuous, isolated, conical warts.
Habitat: On soils, in mixed woodland. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (2).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when marinated (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).