Poplar row (mushroom sandpiper)

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Poplar row - a mushroom, which is also popularly called sandbox, poplar or poplar. This macromycete is edible (third category), but quite rare. Poplar row is a mushroom whose name clearly reflects where it should be collected. As a rule, it grows in large clusters. This macromycete has a lot of admirers among fans of "silent hunting".

Description

Poplar row - a mushroom that has a cap with a diameter of up to 15 cm, with a fibrous-scaly or fibrous edge. In young macromycetes, it has a hemispherical shape. Then it becomes convex-prostrate, and then fissured and depressed. The cap of the poplar can be dark brown with a reddish tint or yellowish-grayish brown. Its flesh is thick, white and fleshy. Under the skin it is greyish-brown. On breaks and cuts, the flesh acquires a brownish tint. It tastes bitter, smells like fresh flour. Wide, frequent plates of macromycetes can be attached to the stem or free. In young specimens theywhitish with a slight pale pink tint, in old ones brownish with rusty spots. Podtopolnik spores are spherical or oval. Their powder is white. The stem of the fungus is dense, dry, fibrous, cylindrical, thickened from below, slightly flattened, solid inside, yellowish-brown. It reaches a diameter of 4 cm and a length of 8 cm. Brown spots appear on it in places of pressure.

Habitat

Many "quiet hunters" are interested in where to collect these mushrooms. Poplar rowing is most often found in deciduous plantings with the presence of poplars. As a rule, these mushrooms are well covered with a layer of fallen leaves. Because of this, litter and sand stick to them. Many mushroom pickers joke that you need to hunt this row with a shovel, and not with a knife. Podtopolniks always grow in very large clusters. These macromycetes can be found on roadsides and in parks (poplar is required). In dry years, they need to be sought in the lowlands, as well as along the banks of reservoirs. These mushrooms are distributed in all areas where there are poplars: Eastern and Western Europe, the south and the middle zone of the Russian Federation, Siberia, the Urals, the Far East. Poplar row begins to bear fruit in August. In more northern regions, the starting point is the beginning of leaf fall. The season usually ends by the first of November.

Twins

Poplar row - a mushroom that at a young age is similar to crowded row. The latter is a conditionally edible macromycete, so it’s not scary to confuse. However, there is another double - a poisonous tiger row. When collecting, you need to focus on the fact that the podtopolnik, unlike the latter, grows in large communities and is always close to poplars.

Culinary Features

Poplar row - the mushroom is quite tasty in pickled and s alted form, but it can be cooked in other ways. Oddly enough, washing the row of sand and debris is not at all difficult. To remove bitterness from macromycetes, they must be soaked for at least two days with frequent changes of water, and then boiled. The hat must first be peeled.