ladina keeles: Phaeolepiota aurea

inglise keeles: Golden Bootleg

Kirjeldus:

Kuldmampel on mõnes vanemas raamatus paigutatud heade söögiseente hulka. Tänapäeval ta sinna enam ei kuulu. Kuldmamplit loetakse tinglikult söödavaks seeneks. See tähendab, et mitte kõik inimesed ei talu teda hästi. Küllaltki paljudel võib ta põhjustada mao- ja soolenähtudega mürgistusi ja ei aita siin ka kupatamine. Kuldmamplit võib süüa vaid tugeva seedimisega inimene, kes kindlalt teab, et see seen talle halvasti ei mõju. Turul teda müüa ei tohiks, eriti veel meelitava, kuid täiesti vale kuldšampinjoni nime all.Kuldmampel ei ole kuldšampinjon. Pole olemas sellist seent nagu kuldšampinjon.

Soome k. kultasieni, kultakehnäsieni; rootsi k. gyllenskivling

A beautiful and mysterious mushroom

By Tjakko Stijve, Daniel Andrey and Walter Goessler

Is it a Pholiota or a Lepiota? Is it edible or poisonous? This beautiful and almost golden luminous mushroom is easily recognisable, but rare. Many mushroom aficionados on both sides of the Atlantic have never seen it. As a result, this rare species had a place of honour at the Mushroom Exhibition 2000, organised by the Société Mycologique de la Riviera, in the town of Vevey, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.

Phaeolepiota aurea, young specimens with the granular sheath still covering the gills. Photo by Tjakko Stijve.

Description

The organisers of the exhibition had been lucky enough to find a large group of this golden coloured mushroom and could, therefore, present it at different stages of development. The cap diameter of the largest specimen was 15 cm, whereas the stalk was more than 20 cm long and about 2 cm thick. The whole mushroom was covered by a granulose sheath, breaking in older specimens to form a funnel-like ring, which later dropped to form a kind of skirt.

The colour of both stipe and pileus was golden brown to orange-tan. The flesh was yellowish. The gills were attached and orange-brownish in colour. The spore print was pale yellow-brown. The mushroom's strong odour was reminiscent of bitter almonds and the taste was mild.

A Rare Species