In coniferous and mixed forests, you can find a mushroom, which, most often, grows next to moss, hence the name - flyworm. You can meet him from the beginning of the summer until the end of autumn. All its varieties are considered edible, but they can be confused with a false flywheel - parasitic.
This will be our article, namely, how to distinguish a real flywheel from a poisonous one and whether it will be edible or not.
Did you know? The body of the fungus is a mycelium located in the ground. It can spread over vast distances, while the mushroom itself is a fruit intended for the implementation of the breeding program.
Boletus Mushroom: General Description
Mokhovik belongs to the Boletov family and is a direct relative of boletus. The most delicious of the species of mokhovik are motley, red, Polish and green. 
Each species of moss mushroom has a different description, but mostly its cap is dry, slightly velvety, and cracks appear on the skin with age. Its dimensions change as it grows, but it can be up to 9 cm in diameter.
Mushroom pulp - white, yellow, red, or, as in many species, blue. It is possible to learn a color in the place of a section. All mushroom caps, such as the flywheel, have a bottom side hymenophore (the surface on which a layer of spore-forming cells develops is hymeny). In the flyworm it is tubular, and the pores of the tubes are wide enough. They can be different colors: yellow, greenish yellow or red.
A distinctive feature of the flywheel from other types of mushrooms is that that when pressing on the hymenophore, blue remains at the place of contact. False flywheel can be found in another description, but they are very similar, which we will talk about a little later.
Mushroom leg wrinkled or smooth, depending on the species. It grows up to 8 cm. Spore powder comes in different shades (for example, brown).
Did you know? Each mushroom contains about 90% water.
Common species of flywheel with a description
There are about 18 species of moss fungi. Therefore, in the following sections, you will learn what moss mushrooms are and what their varieties exist.
Did you know? Mushrooms produce vitamin D, if, of course, they have enough sunny color. The color of the mushroom cap depends on this.
Mokhovik green
Mokhovik green is the most common and popular representative of its kind. It can be recognized by the golden-brown cap, which is 10 cm in diameter. The cap is prostrate and pillow-shaped. The leg of the green flywheel is cylindrical and expands towards the base. It reaches a height of 9 cm, and 3 cm in thickness can be leveled. It is lighter than the cap of the fungus, besides there is a brick-red shade. The pulp of the green mushroom is dense and white, but when cut, it turns blue. 
You can meet the mushroom in the meadows, near the roads and in the forests, where it grows from mid-May to early October.
This variety is fried, boiled, pickled and frozen.
Important! Mokhovik green is not dried, as with long storage it turns black.
Yellow-brown flywheel
Scientists attribute the yellow-brown flywheel to the genus Maslyat, but according to external signs it is not at all like a butterdish.
The cap of a mushroom has a brownish-yellow tint with a tucked edge. Cap size - 140 mm in diameter. The surface gradually cracks, and with age, the cap changes color: for example, young fungi have a gray-yellow tint, later becoming reddish, and in maturity they acquire a light ocher color.
The cap is poorly separated from the pulp, and when pressed blue. The stem of the mushroom is shaped like a cylinder and reaches a height of about 90 mm, with a thickness of up to 35 mm. It has a lemon yellow color. The pulp of the fungus is firm and light yellow. 
You can meet the mushroom in coniferous or mixed forests from July to October.
Yellow-brown Mokhovik can be consumed in fried, salted or pickled form. It can also be dried.
Did you know? In Switzerland, found a mushroom at the age of about 1000 years. It is a honeycomb, 800x500 meters in size, and its mycelium occupies 35 hectares of the area of the Swiss National Park of ofenpass.
Mokhovik red
Mokhovik red known to many precisely because of its color, and almost everyone knows where it grows. So, it can often be found in deciduous forests among moss or low grass.
The cap of the fungus is cushion-shaped and reaches 8 cm in diameter. The color of the fungus is deep red, the hymenophore is yellow, but slowly turns blue when pressed. The stem of the plant is cylindrical and grows up to 10 cm in height and up to 1 cm in thickness. Outside, under the cap, it is yellow, and closer to the base it becomes crimson-pink. The pulp of the mushroom is dense and yellow. 
You can meet the mushroom from August to September. This type of flyworm has a pleasant smell, but it is better to cook it right away, since it gets dark when drying and is not suitable for storage.
Polish mushroom (brown)
Polish mushroom with a brown leg and a brown cap. Its cap reaches about 20 cm in diameter and is shaped like a dark brown pillow. When pressed on a yellow tubular surface, blue or brown-brown spots appear. The stem is dense, shaped like a cylinder and reaches up to 14 cm in length and up to 4 cm in thickness. When pressed blue. The pulp of the fungus is dense with a fruity or mushroom smell. 
This mocovic is one of the most popular edible mushrooms, and it is used in fresh, dried, salted, pickled and frozen form.
Did you know? Many mushrooms contain substances that cause a state of euphoria and hallucinations. This was known by the ancient shamans and Vikings, who used this property to perform rituals (in particular, in order to give themselves courage and attack the enemy with all their fearlessness and power).You can meet such a mushroom in mixed and coniferous forests, but the task becomes more difficult, because you need to know exactly when Polish mushrooms grow in your area. For example, in Western Europe, mushrooms are found from July to November, in Belarus - from August to November, in the Moscow region - from the beginning of July to the end of October, and in Ukraine - from July to October.
Moss Fissured
It occurs in coniferous and deciduous forests from July to October. The cap of the fungus is thick, fleshy, dull and has cracks, which served as the basis for the name. Between them you can see white and red flesh. Cap reaches 10 cm in diameter. The leg of the fungus has a cylindrical shape and a yellowish color. Closer to the base, the color of the legs changes to red. The leg reaches 6 cm in length and up to 2 cm in thickness. The flesh of the flywheel fissured is white or yellow, red at the base of the leg, and turns blue on the fracture and then reddens. 
The fungus moss fungus is best consumed young, as it has a mucous consistency in dishes. It can be dried, frozen, fried and salted.
Mossy Parasitic: How to distinguish edible Mohovik from its twin
Often on the ground, where the boletus grow, you can find conditionally edible mushrooms - Moss wheel parasitic. It most often grows on the site of the warty crotch or on its remains. The mushroom does not belong to poisonous mushrooms, although it has an unpleasant taste (there are no toxic substances in its pulp). 
If you carelessly collected a false flywheel, do not worry. All kinds of fake brittle dogs have only a bitter taste. This twin mushroom is very small in size, its cap is only 5 cm in diameter. It has no particular smell, and there is no blue in the cut. Many experienced mushroom pickers just try to avoid it.
Among the false mokhovikov include and bilious, pepper and chestnut fungus.
Chestnut mushroom has a convex shape of a red-brown color. The diameter of the cap reaches 8 cm. The flesh is white and does not change at the cut. Solid leg, shaped like a cylinder, and its color is similar to the color of the cap. The size of the leg is 3.5 by 3 cm. 
It is the chestnut mushroom that is most often confused with the Polish mushroom, only it is not poisonous. However, it can often be confused with a satanic mushroom that is poisonous enough. 
Gall mushroom occurs from June to October. It looks like white, as it has a massive sturdy leg. The diameter reaches 7 cm. The cap of the fungus is a spongy formation that contains a pinkish substance that has a bitter taste: even if you touch this substance with the tip of your tongue, you will feel a strong burning sensation. 
Also, this fungus is distinguished by one feature: the gall mushroom (false flyworm) is not damaged by insects.
Pepper Mushroom has a convex cap, the diameter of which is 7 cm. The color is light brown. The flesh of the cap is loose and yellow, but reddens on the cut. Its taste is spicy and peppery.
The leg of the fungus reaches 8 cm in height and up to 2 cm in thickness. In shape, it resembles a curved cylinder, and its color is the same as that of the cap, only at the base more yellow. He is often considered a false flywheel. He is poisonous. 
This moss mushroom is very tasty, and our description and photo will help you find it in the woods, without confusing it with a false congener.
