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Even one who is not well versed in mushrooms knows that certain mushrooms can be eaten, and some of them are inedible. There are even such representatives of the mushroom kingdom, which bring only harm. With their growth on a tree, it rots. Such species include false polygamous, whose life expectancy can reach up to 80 years. This mushroom is very widespread and can be seen quite often in the forests of our country.
general characteristics
This mushroom is a long-lived and is found in those places where there are many trees. For them, this is a real mortal enemy. With its growth, it causes the formation of white rot. If a tree is infected with such a fungus, it will die rather quickly. This happens because a tinder false appeared on the tree, which, by the way, is quite simple to determine the age. Every year a new layer appears below the mushroom.It is almost impossible to separate them, but they are easy to count.
Unlike the real tinder, the surface of a false look is covered with cracks. They are quite deep in nature. This species belongs to polypore fungi. Most of them are inedible. Such a representative is a member of the fellinus genus, which has several species, for example, pine sponge, which includes tinder pine sponge.
False funs have a lot of other names. They are also called burnt, and popularly called wood mushrooms. If you literally translate the name from Latin, you get a "cork". The variety of false tinder fits into one kind of fellinus. This name is not given to these mushrooms by accident. Indeed, in adulthood, it is somewhat reminiscent of a cork, the location of which is the bark of a tree.
Description
The surface of the fungus is covered with a black crust. The mushroom is attached to the tree sideways. The body is round with blunt ends. The form has the appearance of a hemisphere or hoof. The diameter of the fungus can be up to 25 millimeters, and in height with its height it is 12 cm.
According to external signs, it is very difficult to distinguish various types of mushrooms, but it can be done by the type of tree on which it grows. Some of them prefer poplar, others - pine, other types of trees. False tinder refers to perennial fungi, but it cannot be attributed to tubular species, since the location of the tubes is the inner part of the fetus itself. Each year is formed by one new layer. It is represented by a solid hoof-like growth. It is characterized by significant color variability with different shades. The color may be chestnut or even cherry shades.
The mushroom is very hard, so it is not eaten.Its rigidity cannot be eliminated even if it is boiled for a long time. But do not assume that this representative is useless for people. It is quite widely used for medical purposes.
Characteristics of healing properties
If in the old days this mushroom in a crushed form was used only as smoking mixture, now it is used for medicinal purposes. Chinese traditional medicine uses this fungus for the prevention and treatment of cardiac pathology, conditions caused by liver pathology, prevention of oncology. But it must be said that to fight against cancer diseases, you can only use the mushroom, the growth place of which is Taiwan. In addition, the fungus can be used as a means to prevent the formation of blood clots.
Natural prevalence
It is quite widespread in European countries and in our country. The place of its growth are deciduous and coniferous forests. Most often it can be seen on the trunk of a birch. It can appear not only on a sick, decaying tree.It is likely that it will appear on healthy trees. In addition, he prefers to grow on stumps, in dead wood. Most often, it is characterized by a single growth, but it is often possible to meet couples. Fruit formation occurs during the warmest season. The beginning of this is May, and the process ends in December.
Video: tinder false (Phellinus robustus)
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