Grynszpan’s Ringniak is one of the most interesting mushrooms in Polish forests. Despite this, only a few collectors in our country know him. Most people who come across him for the first time rub their eyes in surprise.
He looks like he came from another world or was the result of an experiment of a crazy scientist. And yet it is real and grows just under our nosealthough he resembles a more invented comic hero than a typical forest mushroom.
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Grynszpan’s ring (Aeruginosa Stropharia), also called Grynszpanowa or Ring It is quite a common mushroom, which, however, is not popular even among those who go to the forest on a daily basis.
It surprises with its beauty, and its characteristic feature is a blue -green, sine layer of mucus on a hat. Experts are constantly arguing about whether it is edible. Some say no, others, but after removing the skin of the hat and thermal treatment.
Therefore, caution is recommended, but alone mushroom It does not impress with the taste, which in their messages in the past was already emphasized by the State Forests. This does not mean, however, that it is not worth watching it up close.
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This is one of the most photogenic species because it looks like pulled out of the comic. So it’s worth taking a picture of him. His hat usually has from 3 to 8 cm in diameter, in young individuals he is semicircular, and then a bit flattened. Its surface is mucous, and in moist conditions it shines strongly.
It has a bright color – turquoise/ greenish blue, sometimes celadon with silvery gloss. The fungal flesh is rather compact and the plates is thick, Natural to the shaft, initially bright, older individuals darken a bit).
The core itself has a light, white or aquamarine shade, from 5 to 10 cm high and about 1 cm thick (from 0.5 to 1.5). Importantly, Grynszpan’s ring also has a clearly marked ring, hence its name. The smell of the fungus is not expressive and the spores are purple -brown.
As for where the Grynszpan’s ring is growing, it occurs until late autumn, usually in coniferous and mixed forests, e.g. under beeches and oaks. It’s best to look for it on litter, sometimes it is also found in parks.
