Local Name
Pkvilio (1), Kpilio (zem. imer.) (2), Pkvilo (rach.) (3), Pkvilue (lechkh.) (4).
Description
Cap: The cap is 2–8 cm, convex, flattening on the edges and creating a saucer-shaped depression, golden or yellow, but sometimes is apricot, peach, or coral colored either partly or entirely. Gills are not adnate, not very close, yellowish to orange. Stem: The stem is 2–4 cm tall, 0.6–0.8 cm thick, cylindric, white or whitish to pale cream, then with yellowish-grayish tinge. Flesh: The flesh is white or whitish, rather fragile, sometimes with yellowish tinge. Spores: The spores are 8–11 X 7–9 µm, elliptical, with conspicuous warts.
Habitat: On soils, in mixed woodland, coniferous and leafy forests. Season: Summer – autumn.
Distribution: All regions of Georgia (5).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when fresh and marinated (1).
Racha — “Pkvilio is an edible mushroom, yellowish” (3). Imereti — “These are yellowish mushrooms, we call them Pkvilo, usually we gather them with brittlegill mushrooms” (6).
References
- Nakhutsrishvili, I.G. (2007) Fungi of Georgia. Tbilisi: Buneba Printi.
- Makashvili, A. (1991) Botanical Dictionary. Tbilisi: Metsniereba.
- 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).
- Chighladze, M. (2016) Vlg. Sareki, Sachkhere.