Dnygės (Chroogomphus rutilus) sniegbačiai

Juodasis raganosis (Chroogomphus rutilus)

• Mokruha pine
• Mokruha mucous
• Mokruha shiny
• Mokruha purple
• Mokruha yellow-legged

• Gomphidius viscidus
• Gomphidius red

vadovas: 2-12 cm in diameter, in youth rounded, convex, often with a clear blunt tubercle in the middle. With growth, it straightens, becomes almost flat and even with a raised edge, the central tubercle, as a rule, remains, although less pronounced. The cap skin is smooth and varies in color from yellowish to orange, copper, reddish, purplish red or reddish brown, usually darker as it matures. The surface of the cap is slimy at a young age, in wet weather it is wet and slimy in adult mushrooms. But do not think that “mokruha” is always wet. In dry weather or a couple of hours after harvesting, the caps dry out, become dry, shiny or silky, pleasant to the touch.

plokštės: strongly descending, sparse, wide, sometimes branching, with few blades. Easily separated from the hat. In a young purple mokruha, the plates are completely covered with a translucent mucous coverlet of a lilac-brown color. The color of the plates is at first pale yellowish, then becomes grayish-cinnamon, and as the spores mature, they become dark brown, brownish-blackish.

Mokruha purple, like many other species, is often affected by hypomyces, and then its plates take on this form.

koja: 3,5-12 cm long (up to 18), up to 2,5 cm wide. Central, cylindrical, more or less uniform, tapering towards the base. It is often twisted.

On the leg, the “annular zone” is almost always clearly visible – a trace from the collapsed cobweb-mucous bedspread. This is not a “ring” or “skirt”, this is a dirty trace, often reminiscent of the remnants of a cobweb cover, such as cobwebs have. The color of the stem above the annular zone is light, from yellowish to pale orange, the surface is smooth. Below the annular zone, the stem, as a rule, slightly but sharply widens, the color is noticeably darker, matching the cap, sometimes with clearly visible sparse orange or reddish scale fibers.

Pulp: Pinkish in the cap, fibrous in the stem, with a purple tint, yellowish at the base of the stem.

When heated (for example, when boiled), and sometimes just after soaking, the pulp of the purple mokruha acquires an absolutely unforgettable “purple” color.

Old wormholes can also stand out against the pinkish-yellowish flesh.

Kvapas ir skonis: Soft, without features.

Mokrukha purple forms mycorrhiza with coniferous trees, especially pines, less often with larch and cedar. There are references that it can grow without conifers, with birch. According to some reports, Chroogomphus rutilus parasitizes on fungi of the genus Suillus (Oiler) – and this explains why mokruha grows where butterflies grow.

Mokruha purple grows from early August to late September in pine forests and in forests with an admixture of pine. It can grow both in old forests and young plantings, on the sides of forest roads and edges. Often adjacent to an ordinary butter dish. Occurs singly or in small groups.

Įdomus faktas:

Mokruha purple – a species common in Europe and Asia.

In North America, another species grows, outwardly almost indistinguishable from Chroogomphus rutilus. This is Chroogomphus ochraceus, a distinction confirmed by DNA testing (Orson Miller, 2003, 2006). Thus, Chroogomphus rutilus in the understanding of North American authors is a synonym for Chroogomphus ochraceus.

At a respectable age, as well as in wet weather, all mokruhas are similar to each other.

Normal edible mushroom. Pre-boiling is necessary, after which purple mokruha can be fried or pickled. It is recommended to remove the skin from the cap.

Photos used in the article and in the gallery: Alexander Kozlovskikh and from questions in recognition.