טאַפּינעללאַ פּאַנואָידעס (טאַפּינעללאַ פּאַנואָידעס) פאָטאָ און באַשרייַבונג

Tapinella panusoides (Tapinella panuoides)

• Piggy ear
• Paxil panusoid
• mine mushroom
• Pig underground
• cellar mushroom

• Paxil panusoid;
• Mine mushroom;
• Pig underground;
• Fungus mushroom;
• Serpula panuoides;

Tapinella panusoides (Tapinella panuoides) is an agaric fungus widely distributed in Kazakhstan and Our Country.

Tapinella panusoidis is a fruiting body, consisting of a wide cap and a small, spreading leg. In most mushrooms of this species, the leg is almost completely absent.

If the panus-shaped tapinella has a leg-shaped base, then it is characterized by high density, rubbery, dark brown or brownish in color, and velvety to the touch.

The tissues of the fungus are fleshy, have a thickness in the range of 0.5-7 mm, a light brown or yellow-cream shade, when dried, the flesh becomes spongy.

The diameter of the mushroom cap varies from 2 to 12 cm, it has a fan-shaped shape, and sometimes a shell shape. The edge of the cap is often wavy, uneven, serrated. In young fruiting bodies, the surface of the cap is velvety to the touch, but in mature mushrooms it becomes smooth. The color of the cap of Tapinella panus varies from yellow-brown to light ocher.

The fungal hymenophore is represented by a lamellar type, while the plates of the fruiting body are narrow, located very close to each other, moray near the base. The color of the plates is cream, orange-brown or yellow-brown. If you press on the plates with your fingers, it will not change its shade.

In young fruiting bodies, the pulp is characterized by great rigidity, however, as it ripens, it becomes more lethargic, has a thickness of no more than 1 cm. On the cut, the pulp of the fungus often becomes darker, and in the absence of mechanical action it has a dirty yellow or whitish color. Mushroom pulp has no taste, but it has an aroma – coniferous or resinous.

The spores of the fungus are 4-6 * 3-4 microns in size, they are smooth to the touch, wide and oval in appearance, brown-ocher in color. Spore powder has a yellow-brown or yellow color.

Panusoid Tapinella (Tapinella panuoides) belongs to the category of saprobic fungi, fruiting from mid-summer to the very end of autumn. Fruiting bodies occur both singly and in groups. This type of mushroom prefers to grow on coniferous litter or dead wood of coniferous trees. The fungus is widespread, often settles on the surface of old wooden buildings, provoking their decay.

Panus-shaped tapinella is a mildly poisonous mushroom. The presence of toxins in it is due to the presence in the composition of the fruiting bodies of special substances – lectins. It is these substances that cause the aggregation of erythrocytes (red blood cells, the main components of blood).

The appearance of the panus-shaped tapinella does not stand out too much against the background of other mushrooms from this genus. Often this mushroom is confused with other varieties of agaric mushrooms. Among the most famous similar varieties with panus-shaped tapinella are Crepidotus mollis, Phyllotopsis nidulans, Lentinellus ursinus. For example, Phyllotopsis nidulans prefers to grow on the wood of deciduous trees, compared to panus-shaped tapinella, and is distinguished by a rich orange color of the cap. At the same time, the cap of this mushroom has even (and not jagged and wavy, like panus-shaped tapinella) edges. The fungus Phyllotopsis nidulans does not have a very pleasant pulp flavor. The fungus Crepidotus mollis grows in groups, mainly on deciduous trees. Its distinctive features are less wrinkled plates, a cap of a light ocher shade (compared to panus-shaped tapinella, it is not so bright). The color of the fungus Lentinellus ursinus is pale brown, its hat is the same in shape as that of the panus-shaped tapinella, but its hymenophore is distinguished by narrow, often arranged plates. This type of mushroom has an unpleasant odor.

The etymology of the name of the fungus Tapinella panus is interesting. The name “Tapinella” comes from the word ταπις, which means “carpet”. The epithet “panus-shaped” characterizes this type of fungus as similar to Panus (one of the genera of mushrooms).