Local Name
Datunia (1).
Description
Cap: The cap is 5–10 cm across, somewhat globose at first, later flattened convex, rather variable in colour, often with pastel tints, from dark or pale wine-coloured to buff, sometimes with olive or greenish tints, fleshy, firm, the skin half peeling, tending to retreat from the margin leaving the underlying flesh visible. Gills are adnexed, whitish to very pale cream, rather closely spaced, narrow, forked, especially near stem. Stem: The stem is 4–8 cm tall, 1–2 cm thick, cylindric, white or whitish to pale cream, rather hard, often with somewhat pointed base. Flesh: The flesh is white or whitish, rather solid, rarely granular or brittle, taste mild, nutty. Spores: The spores are 6–8 X 5–7 µm, ovoid with small warts, colourless.
Habitat: On soils, in mixed woodland, both in leafy and coniferous forests. Season: Summer, autumn.
Distribution: Abkhazeti, Svaneti, Javakheti (2).
Uses
Edibility: Edible when fresh and 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).