Deer roach (Pluteus cervinus)
Systematics:- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Pluteaceae
- Genus: Pluteus (Plutey)
- Species: Pluteus cervinus
- Other names for the mushroom:
- Deer mushroom
Synonyms:
Deer mushroom
- Brown clown
- Plutey dark fibrous
Description
The hat of the Deer Pluteus (Pluteus cervinus) reaches a diameter of 5 to 15 cm, it is light brown or dark brown in color, at first bell-shaped, later spread out, sometimes with a tubercle, slightly sticky when wet.
The plates are free, first white, then pink, wide, frequent.
Spore powder pink.
The stem is long, fleshy, thin, flaky-fibrous.
The pulp is white, with a pleasant smell reminiscent of a radish.
Spread
Reindeer flock appears at the end of May and grows until autumn on stumps, dead wood and on the soil.
Similarity
The deer mushroom can only be confused with its edible spiny relatives, if you do not forget about the frequent, free pink plates and those places where this mushroom can grow. The varieties are distinguished: deer (or deer mushroom) , lion-yellow (Pluteus leoninus), willow (Pluteus salicinus), etc.
Assessment
An edible and delicious mushroom.