The goat mushroom is a member of the Boletaceae family. The people call it: goat, mullein, lattice, Ivanchik, etc. The fungus goat is relatively little known. However, its relatives are such popular macromycetes as boletus, boletus and boletus. In goatlings, the skin is not removed from the hat. They differ from butterflies in a slightly smaller size. In addition, there is no cuff on the legs of the goats - a distinctive feature of the autumn butterflies.
Description
In goats, the cap has a diameter of up to 12 cm. As a rule, in young macromycetes it is convex, but after a while it becomes smooth. The cap is slimy to the touch, and wavy along the edges. Its color is orange-brown, and sometimes light brown. In dry weather, it becomes shiny, and in wet weather, greasy. The skirt under the hat is missing. In young specimens, the hymenophore is red-yellow, while in more mature specimens it is brown-olive. In older mushrooms, the pulp is harsh, dense, elastic, has a mild taste and a barely perceptible pleasant smell. Tubular layer of macromycete - adherent to the stem. Initially, he hasdirty yellow, but becomes light brown or brown as the mullein matures. From touching the tubular layer, dark spots remain on it. The goat mushroom does not secrete milky juice. Its spore powder is light brown or olive brown in color. Cylindrical stalk of a macromycete. Its maximum thickness is 2 cm, and its height is 10 cm. It is dense, continuous and smooth, sometimes it can be bent, slightly swollen in young specimens. The stem is the same color as the hat. Photos of goat mushrooms can be viewed in this article.
Habitat and distribution
The goat mushroom grows in coniferous and mixed forests. Moreover, it can be found throughout the entire area of the northern part of the temperate zone from July to September-October. Goats prefer damp places. They especially like lowlands, as well as swampy areas of coniferous forests. In the neighborhood with them, you can often find blueberries, cloudberries or blueberries. Mushroom goatling is very unpretentious. It usually settles in large communities, although single specimens are also found. One of the positive qualities of the goat is that there are no poisonous counterparts with which it can be confused. The exception is the pepper mushroom, which is somewhat similar to it. However, this macromycete, although not edible, is not poisonous either. Moreover, pepper mushrooms rarely form communities.
Culinary Features
Goatling is an edible mushroom. It belongs to the third category. You can eat it after fifteen minutes of cooking. Longer processing is not recommended, as the fruit bodies boil and turn purple, which can spoil the aesthetics of the dish. Mushroom kid is s alted, marinated, stewed and fried. They can be dried for the winter. From dry goats make a wonderful mushroom powder. These mushrooms have a rich composition. They contain such useful substances: B vitamins, vitamin PP and D, phosphorus, carotene, as well as a complex of valuable amino acids. These mushrooms have antimicrobial activity.
