Mottled Dubovik - a description of where the toxicity of the fungus grows

Mottled Dubovik (Boletus erythropus) is part of the Boletov family. It is considered conditionally edible. It has other names:

• congenital bolus;
• bruise;
• boletus subdubic;
• grain-legged boletus;
• granulated oak;
• underbelly

Description

The cap of this fungus is matte, reminiscent of velvet, maybe with mucus. Its size ranges from five to twenty centimeters. In shape, it resembles a pillow or has a more rounded, spherical shape. Cap dark-brown, black-brown, dark brown color, sometimes with olive or red shade. As the fungus grows old, it becomes naked. When pressing or damage to its surface, this place darkens, takes on a bluish tint.

Inside is a yellow mushroom. When the mushroom picker cuts it, the cut place almost immediately turns blue or with a greenish tinge.The stem is barrel-shaped or cylindrical, may thicken towards the bottom with the growth of a dubovik. The inside of the leg is brown or red, there is no taste and smell. Outside are reddish scales and speckles. Its color is red-yellow, no mesh. Dimensions in height from five to fifteen centimeters, in diameter - up to four centimeters.

If you look under the cap, you can see olive, yellow-green or yellowish tubules. There are also small round pores that have a yellow color, as the fungus grows old — reddish or orange. Also darken when injured. Spores are brown-olive, their form is spindle-shaped, smooth to the touch.

The places where the oak grows speckled

He likes to settle under such trees as beeches, Christmas trees, oaks, fir. Its roots form a symbiosis with the rhizome of trees. Also grows in swampy soil, along with moss. The choice of the place of growth is influenced by his love for sour soil. New mushrooms appear from May to October.

Is it possible to have speckled dubovik

These mushrooms are conditionally edible. To eat them, you need to cook for about 15 minutes, and then pour out the water in which they are boiled. After that, you can cook various dishes from dubovikov, use for garnishes or sauces. After cooking, they are almost not reduced in size. These mushrooms have a lot of fragrant pulp. Very tasty dishes are obtained when frying, healthy properties are not lost, and they emanate a pleasant aroma. In addition, duboviki can be prepared in any form: pickled, dried, salted. Mushrooms for every taste.

Similar mushrooms

These mushrooms, like many others, have many "brothers", similar to themselves. It is necessary to know and be able to distinguish them. These include:

1. Yellow boletus grows usually in the western part of Europe. It differs from bruise brown-yellow color.
2. Dubovik Kele - rarely occurs. Prefers calcareous soils. Differs hat color: it is lighter and brown-yellow in color.
3. Olive-brown dubovik differs with a speckled mesh on the leg.
4. Satanic mushroom - is a poisonous species. In this case, it is especially important not to confuse the mushrooms.Different from dubovik unpleasant smell. In addition, at the cut it does not turn blue immediately, at first it turns red.

Useful properties of speckled dubovik

Dubovik contains nutrients:

1. Trace elements: copper, zinc, manganese, iron. Copper promotes the formation of blood cells, is involved in metabolic processes of the body and the synthesis of pituitary hormones. Zinc improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Increases the absorption of various nutrients, improves the digestion of food due to the accumulation in the pancreas. Iron is necessary for the formation of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the body. In a very small portion of mushrooms placed a whole daily dose of trace elements.
2. Amino acids improve memory, mental abilities, lead to normal coordination of movements.
3. Beta glucans are useful for immunity and have a negative effect on cancer cells.

In addition, these fungi reduce the risk of atherosclerosis.

Use of speckled dubovik!

It must be remembered that conditionally edible mushrooms and use them with caution. Children under twelve years cannot eat mushrooms.The fact is that they are specific and “heavy” food. They contain chitin, having a structure, the average between plant and animal. It is useful for adults, but in the digestive tract of children is not absorbed.

Video: speckled dubovik (Boletus erythropus)