El relleno (contexto) es de 0,8 a 1,5 cm de ancho y de color blanco. Tiene olor desagradable y sabor leve a nueces. La parte fértil está formada por láminas (lamelas) blanco-crema con tintes parduscos cuando está muy madura, de adnadas a anexas, muy próximas entre sí, con el margen liso y de 0,5 a 1,3 cm de ancho.
El pie (estípite) tiene 5,0 a 12,5 cm de longitud y 1,5 a 3,0 cm de ancho, es uniforme, y está en posición central a excéntrica. La superficie es blanca desde el anillo hasta el ápice, y fibrilosa-escamosa del anillo hacia la base, lo cual se observa como una envoltura que cubre el estípite. Cuando se expande el píleo da lugar a un anillo apical, fibriloso y robusto. Las esporas se observan de color pardo cuando están agrupadas.
Tricholoma caligatum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. It is a large species with a distinct sheathing ring on the stem, found in mycorrhizal association with various trees throughout the Mediterranean. It is sometimes referred to as the European Matsutake,[2] though it is certainly gastronomically inferior to the true Matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), a related species highly prized in Japan.
Tricholoma caligatum was originally described in 1834 as "Agaricus caligatus" and was transferred to genus Tricholoma in 1914. Considerable controversy exists regarding the application of this name to Central European and North American collections, which likely represent different species.[3][4]
The name caligatum (Latin: 'boot') refers to the appearance of the mushroom, which looks like it is wearing a boot due to the presence of dark fibrils on the lower portion of the stem.[5]
The cap (pileus) is hemispherical at first, soon becoming convex to flat, reaching 12–15 cm in diameter, and it is covered in large, chestnut to dark-brown fibrous scales or patches.[5] The inrolled cap edge tends to host cottony bits of partial veil.[5] The gills (lamellae) are adnate to sinuate, crowded, whitish to cream (and reddish-brown-spotted in age).[5] The stem (stipe) is 4–12 cm long, tapering and somewhat rooting at the base, and has a well-developed cottony ring covering the gills when young. Below the ring the stem is covered in dark bands of scales, which are the same colour as the cap. The flesh is thick and fibrous, and has a distinct, spicy, penetrating smell resembling nutmeg or allspice. The spore print is white.[6][7][8][9][10]
Tricholoma caligatum is a strictly Southern species, locally common in Mediterranean woods. It is associated with several conifers, such as Pinus pinea, Pinus halepensis, Pinus nigra, Pinus brutia, and Pinus pinaster, but also with evergreen oaks, strawberry trees and terebinth bushes.[11][12][13][14] It appears in coastal and high altitude woods in autumn and winter. According to Christensen & Heilmann-Clausen, North American reports of this fungus likely represent a different species.[15]
Tricholoma caligatum is considered edible, although fruitbodies are often bitter, particularly when found under hardwoods.[16] The bitterness seems to vary from one collection to another and is removed by parboiling. It is regularly consumed along the Mediterranean coast, and is highly valued in the island of Cyprus, where is considered a delicacy pickled and preserved in brine or vinegar.[17] Conflicting reports regarding the species' edibility may be due to the poor taste and odor of some specimens, or confusion with other species.[5]
Tricholoma magnivelare is similar, and is more populous than T. caligatum in the Pacific Northwest; it also appears elsewhere in North America, Europe, and Asia.[5]
Tricholoma caligatum is a mushroom of the agaric genus Tricholoma. It is a large species with a distinct sheathing ring on the stem, found in mycorrhizal association with various trees throughout the Mediterranean. It is sometimes referred to as the European Matsutake, though it is certainly gastronomically inferior to the true Matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), a related species highly prized in Japan.
Tricholoma caligatum (Viv.) Ricken, Die Blätterpilze: 331 (1914)
8-20 cm di diametro; emisferico, poi convesso, con orlo involuto; umbonato, coperto di grosse squame fibrose, adnate, di colore giallo-ruggine o bruno-grigiastro; orlo nell'esemplare giovane attaccato al gambo che poi si lacera lasciando residui appendicolati
Fitte, adnato-arrotondate, biancastre, imbrunenti al tocco.
9-20 cm di altezza e 2-3 cm di spessore; cilindrico, pieno, bianco al di sopra dell'anello, al di sotto dell'anello è ricoperto di squame che gli conferiscono un aspetto "marmorizzato", concolore al cappello.
Biancastro, largo, membranoso.
Bianca, soda, fibrosa nel gambo.
Bianche, ovali, o lievemente ellittiche, lisce, 6-8 x 4-5,5 µm.
Edule ma sconsigliato per il sapore amarognolo un po' forte e pertanto non da tutti apprezzato. Inoltre un consumo eccessivo può causare nausea.
Emana un odore forte di formaggio Camembert. Si presta molto bene alla conservazione sott' olio.
gregario nei boschi di conifere o misti, ma preferisce boschi di pini, fruttifica in estate e autunno, talvolta anche in maggio-giugno.
Dal latino caliga = calzare, per il gambo rivestito di residui del velo generale.
Il "Tricholoma caligatum var. nauseosum" è una varietà di T. caligatum molto conosciuta ed apprezzata in Giappone, dove è nota con l'appellativo di Tricholoma matsutake (vedi foto).
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Tricholoma caligatum (Viv.) Ricken, Die Blätterpilze: 331 (1914)
Capel fin a 15 cm, carnos, con dle larghe scaje brun-e dzora a un fond crema òcra. Lamele s-ciasse, ciàire. Gamba àuta fin a 12 cm e larga fin a 3 cm, con n'armila pì o men scajosa e n'anel an pressa scressià, bianch dë dzora. Carn bianca. Odor aromàtich fòrt.
A chërs sota le conìfere o le latifeuje sempre vërde.
A venta mai mangé un bolè trovà se un a l'é nen un bon conossidor dij bolè!
Comestìbil.
Tricholoma caligatum (Viviani) Ricken
Capel fin a 15 cm, carnos, con dle larghe scaje brun-e dzora a un fond crema òcra. Lamele s-ciasse, ciàire. Gamba àuta fin a 12 cm e larga fin a 3 cm, con n'armila pì o men scajosa e n'anel an pressa scressià, bianch dë dzora. Carn bianca. Odor aromàtich fòrt.
AmbientA chërs sota le conìfere o le latifeuje sempre vërde.
Comestibilità A venta mai mangé un bolè trovà se un a l'é nen un bon conossidor dij bolè!
Comestìbil.
Tricholoma caligatum je grzib[4], co go nojprzōd ôpisoł Domenico Viviani, a terŏźnõ nazwã doł mu Ricken 1914. Tricholoma caligatum nŏleży do zorty 'Tricholoma' i familije Tricholomataceae.[5][6][7] Artens status i Sverige je: Ej påträffad.[7]Żŏdne podgatōnki niy sōm wymianowane we Catalogue of Life.[5]
Tricholoma caligatum je grzib, co go nojprzōd ôpisoł Domenico Viviani, a terŏźnõ nazwã doł mu Ricken 1914. Tricholoma caligatum nŏleży do zorty 'Tricholoma' i familije Tricholomataceae. Artens status i Sverige je: Ej påträffad.Żŏdne podgatōnki niy sōm wymianowane we Catalogue of Life.
