I have loved mushrooms since childhood, and I have also been a programmer for a long time. Combining these two hobbies, I wrote this website. Previously, I had two other mushroom identification sites, which I sold. Only one of them remains accessible today. My goal with the current site is to create an easy-to-use search and identification platform that works great both in the field and at home. I hope it brings joy to others.
Bartha László
Species flashcards
Practice area: created for the 303-species Hungarian mushroom inspector requirement. It is not an official examination; requirements in other countries may differ.
Tiger Sawgill
Lentinus tigrinus
edible
- Habitat: deciduous
- Fruiting season: April – November
- Cap: depressed infolded convex flat scaly funnel-shaped
- Stem: cylindrical
- Fertile layer: serrated decurrent dense adnate
Description
Cap: 3-8 (12) cm in diameter; initially convex, then flattening, becoming navel-like, finally funnel-shaped, its margin infolded when young; thin-fleshed; the whitish base cap has dark brown, blackish scales.
Gills: Decurrent on the stem, narrow, densely standing; their edges become slightly serrated over time; white when young, becoming ochre-tinged with age, yellowing.
Stem: 2-5 (10) cm long, 0.3-1 cm thick; central or lateral; has a quickly disappearing ring; base color whitish, blackish-brownish, decorated with fibrous scales.
Flesh: Initially soft, but quickly becomes tough, leathery; whitish, slightly yellowing; good smell and taste.
Spore: White; 3.5-4 x 7-8 μm; ellipsoid, smooth, transparent.
Occurrence: From April to November, on stumps of deciduous trees, especially willow and poplar, but also on lying, worked wood, a grouped occurrence, common species.
Edibility: Edible.
Confusion: There is no similar poisonous mushroom species. Its characteristic cap and habitat make it easily recognizable.
Note: tigrinus means tiger. The meaning of panus is not entirely clear, probably from the Latin panis - bread. The Latin word lentus means: flexible, elastic, tough. This genus name refers to the fact that the flesh of the mushroom species is fibrous, elastic, tough, and does not break easily.
Species description: The description of the species is attributed to Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, who described it as Agaricus tigrinus in 1782. Later, in 1951, it received its current name following the work of mycologist Rolf Singer.
Taxonomy
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderPolyporales
- FamilyPolyporaceae
- GenusLentinus
- Species: tigrinus
- Described by: (Bull.) Fr.
- Hungarian name: nyárfa-fagomba
- Lifestyle: wood saprotroph
- Edibility: not edible
