The lilac-legged rowaceae is a very large edible, but rare, mushroom lamellar. In cooking, various dishes are prepared from it (fried, boiled, stewed). To taste, this rowing resembles chicken meat. In addition, this mushroom can be pickled for future use. People call it the blue root or the bruise. This mushroom has a very interesting color.
Description
The lilac-leg rowing has first a hemispherical, later a spherical hat, then it is flattened. Diameter - 10-15 cm. Its surface is leathery, dry, smooth. It can be light brown, pale cream, light ocher in color. The mushroom's plates are free, frequent, cream or yellow in color . The leg is somewhat thicker at the base, cylindrical, longitudinally fibrous. At first it is continuous, but then cavities may appear. Diameter - about 3 cm, height - up to 8 cm. The surface is fibrous, matte, has a lilac or light purple hue. The flesh is thick, hard, fleshy, elastic in young specimens, watery, slightly purple, whitish or pale cream. With breaks and cuts, it does not change its shade. In mature mushrooms, it is friable and lilac-brown. The pulp has an interesting fruity smell and a pleasant taste. The spore powder has a pinkish yellow tint. The lilac leg is one of the most cold-resistant mushrooms. It continues to grow even after frosts to -5 C.
Beneficial features
Not only a very interesting outwardly mushroom is the lilac-leg rowing (a photo of it can be seen in this article). This mushroom has a rich mineral and vitamin composition, which determines its great value as a food product. In addition, it has a list of useful properties. The fungus is the order of the lilac-leg has a pronounced antibiotic activity. Such antibiotic substances are isolated from it: nemotin, agrocybin, biformin, Drosophillin, polyporin and others.
Habitat
The lilac-legged rower prefers humus soils and often grows not in the forest thicket, but in open glades and meadows. She often settles not far from livestock farms and human habitation, she is fond of old heaps of manure and compost. Of the forests, it prefers deciduous. This mushroom grows alone and in large groups. The lilac-leg rowing can form large witch rings (a diameter of several tens of meters). In the middle zone of the Russian Federation, this fungus usually bears fruit once a year - in the fall (September-December). In the southern regions, the lilac-leg rowing gives a harvest also in spring (March-May). However, spring fertility is lower than autumn.
SimilarityThis mushroom looks very similar to another row - purple. It grows in forests on a litter of fallen leaves. In contrast to the order of the lilac-foot, this mushroom is completely colored in purple (especially at an early age). Confusing these varieties is fearless. Because the row of violets is an edible and very tasty mushroom. In cooking, they are used almost identically. Inedible and poisonous doubles in the rank of lilac-legged no. The fungus is easily identified thanks to its unique two-tone color.