Ẹtàn Beetle (Coprinellus domesticus) Fọto ati apejuwe

Dung beetle (Domestic coprinella)

• Agaricus domesticus Bolton, Hist. (1788)
• Domestic clothing (Bolton)

Orange shaggy carpeting was very popular in the seventies, but thankfully they are now out of fashion, along with cactus-shaped night lamps and macramé tapestries. However, they forgot to tell this to Dung Man: he lays out a fluffy bright orange carpet on dead logs in the forest in the old fashioned way.

This carpet is called “ozonium” and when laid out in a conspicuous place, there is no question of identification. This extravagant spectacle is created by several species of dung beetles, among them Coprinellus domesticus and the very similar Coprinellus radians, the two species are almost twins, it will take a microscope to distinguish them.

This is what ozonium looks like, these are vegetative hyphae of the mycelium, they are clearly visible to the naked eye (photo by Alexander Kozlovsky):

However, there are specimens of both species without ozonium – in which case they join the ranks of many indistinguishable grayish dung beetles growing on wood, and identification begins to depend on such things as the microscopic structure of granules and scales on the surface of the cap.

Dung beetle, along with some other fungi such as Peziza domiciliana or Peziza cerea (Basement Peziza), sometimes colonize damp indoor substrates, such as rafters or steps in basements, bathroom carpets, upholstered furniture in a country house.

Michael Kuo writes:

About twice a year I receive emails describing these mushrooms. If these alarming reports can be scientific evidence (and they can’t), perhaps ozonium is less noticeable or absent in the home. . . or maybe the writers of all my e-mails have a seventies bathroom carpet and just don’t notice the ozonium.

ori: 1-5, rarely up to 7 cm in diameter in adults, oval, ovoid at a young age, then the edges widen, the shape of the cap changes to convex or conical. Color at a young age is honey yellow and whitish towards the edge, at a more mature age it is gray with a brownish, rusty brown center. The entire cap is covered with the remains of a common spathe in the form of small scales or irregularly shaped granules, these scales are white, whitish, later brownish. In adult mushrooms, they are washed away by rain. The whole hat from the edge and almost to the center is in a small “rib”. The edges often crack, especially in adult mushrooms.

awọn apẹrẹ: frequent, thin, wide, lamellar, adherent or almost free, at first white, light, but soon become gray, then blackish, black, and eventually spread, turning into black “ink”.

ẹsẹ: 4-10 cm long, 0,2-0,8 cm thick, rarely up to 1 cm (in young specimens). Flat with a slightly swollen base, smooth, white, hollow. Sometimes at the very base of the leg you can see a volvo-shaped border. Usually, near the legs of the Dung beetle, a cluster of orange fibers, similar to a carpet, is clearly visible.

Pulp: whitish, very thin, fragile. In the leg – fibrous.

Olfato ati itọwo: lai awọn ẹya ara ẹrọ.

Spore lulú Isamisi: black or black-brown.

Ariyanjiyan 6-9 x 3,5-5 µm, elliptical, smooth, flowing, with eccentric pores, brown.

Saprophyte. Fruiting bodies appear in dense clusters or small groups, sometimes alone. They grow on rotting hardwood logs, on dead wood immersed in the substrate, on treated wet wood, as well as on sawdust, shavings, wood fibers in various soil mixtures.

From the end of spring, summer and autumn (or winter in warm regions), indoors – all year round. Found in gardens, parks, residential areas, roadsides, plantations and forests. Widespread in all regions.

The mushroom is edible at a young age until the autolysis process has begun (while the plates are white). We recommend pre-boiling for at least 5 minutes. But a small amount of pulp and a mild taste make it unattractive for mushroom pickers. However, in some European countries, Dung beetle, like Dung beetle, are considered restaurant delicacies.

There is a strong opinion that all dung beetles are incompatible with alcohol. This is not a completely correct statement. It is described in more detail in the note “Dung beetle mushroom and alcohol”.

A number of sources indicate Dung beetle as an inedible mushroom or “Edibility unknown”.

In simple words: the pulp in the cap is thin, there is nothing to eat there, the leg is harsh, and if you believe in its “anti-alcohol power”, then you can’t serve it to the table either.

Beetle igbe radiant (Coprinellus radians)

Coprinellus radians has larger spores (8,5-11,5 x 5,5-7 µm). The remains of the veil on the hat are yellowish-reddish-brown, not white.

Beetle igbe goolu (Coprinellus xanthothrix)

In general, slightly smaller than Homemade, the remains of the bedspread are brown in the center and creamy towards the edges.

Coprinellus ellisii with brownish-beige scales.

Beetle ìgbẹ́ tí ń fò (Coprinellus micaceus)

If ozonium is not found at the site of mushroom growth, then one of the species similar to the flickering dung beetle can be assumed.

But it should be understood: ozonium may not be noticed, it may be destroyed or has not yet had time to form a “carpet”. In this case, the definition to the species is possible only according to the results of microscopy, and even better – after genetic analysis.

Fọto: Andrey.