The fungus kid is a member of the Polevoids family. The people call it: a goat, mullein, a lattice, ivanchik, etc. The goat mushroom is relatively little known. However, his relatives are such popular macromycetes as boletus, boletus and boletus. In kids, the peel is not removed from the hat. They differ from oils in somewhat smaller sizes. In addition, there is no cuff on the legs of the goats - a hallmark of autumn butter.
Description
In goats, the hat 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 hat is mucous to the touch, and wavy around the edges. Its color is orange-brown, and sometimes light brown. In dry weather, it becomes brilliant, and in wet - greasy. The skirt under the hat is missing. In young specimens, the hymenophore is red-yellow, and in more mature specimens, it is brown-olive. In older mushrooms, the flesh is harsh, dense, elastic, has a mild taste and a subtle, pleasant smell. The tubular layer of macromycete is adhered to the stem. Initially, it has a dirty yellow color, but as it grows up, the mullein becomes light brown or brown. From touching the tubular layer, dark spots remain on it. The fungus does not secrete milky juice. Its spore powder has a light brown or olive brown color. Leg of cylindrical macromycete. Its maximum thickness is 2 cm and height is 10 cm. It is dense, solid and smooth, sometimes it can be bent, in young specimens it is slightly swollen. The leg has the same color as the hat. Photos of mushroom kids can be viewed in this article.
Habitat and distribution
The mushroom kid grows in coniferous as well as mixed forests. Moreover, it can be found on the entire area of the northern part of the temperate zone from July to September-October. Little goats prefer wet places. They especially like the lowlands, as well as the swampy areas of coniferous forests. In the neighborhood with them you can often find blueberries, cloudberries or blueberries. Mushroom kid is very unpretentious. Usually it settles in large communities, although there are solitary specimens. One of the positive qualities of the goat is that there are no toxic doubles with which it can be confused. An exception is pepper mushroom, which is somewhat similar to it. However, this macromycete, although not edible, is not toxic. Moreover, pepper mushrooms extremely rarely form communities.
Culinary characteristics
The kid is an edible mushroom. It belongs to the third category. It can be eaten after fifteen minutes of cooking. Longer processing is not recommended, since the fruiting bodies are boiled and turn purple, which can ruin the aesthetics of the dish. The mushroom is pickled, pickled, stewed and roasted. They can be dried for the winter. Dry goats make wonderful mushroom powder. These mushrooms have a rich composition. They contain such useful substances: vitamins of group B, vitamin PP and D, phosphorus, carotene, as well as a complex of valuable amino acids. These fungi have antimicrobial activity.
