Laina vavae ese (Tricholoma Sejunctum) ata ma faʻamatalaga

Row isolated (Tricholoma Sejunctum)

Ua: hat diameter 10 cm. The surface of the cap is olive-brown in color, darker in the center, with light greenish edges bent down and dark sparse scales. In wet weather slimy, pale greenish, fibrous.

Vaʻa: at first white, in the process of ripening the fungus acquires a light green or olive color. The bottom of the leg is dark gray or black. The stalk is continuous, smooth or appressed-fibrous, cylindrical in shape, sometimes with small scales. In a young mushroom, the leg is expanded, in an adult it is thickened and pointed towards the base. Leg length 8cm, thickness 2cm.

pulupa: whitish in color, under the skin of the legs and caps pale yellowish. It has a slightly bitter taste and a smell reminiscent of fresh flour, some do not like this smell.

Spora pauta: white. Spores are smooth, almost rounded.

Faamaumauga: white or grayish, practically free, wide, silky, infrequent, branched with plates.

Mea'ai: medium taste, suitable for food, used in a salty form. The fungus is practically unknown.

Tutusa: resembles some other types of autumn rows, for example, green rows, which are distinguished by yellow plates and a greenish-yellow cap surface.

Faʻasalalau: found in coniferous and deciduous forests. Prefers moist and acidic soils with some deciduous trees may form mycorrhiza. Fruiting time – August – September.