A mushroom of the Basidiomycete/Gastromycete family in the order Phellodendronata, family Acanthaceae. It is 4-6cm tall, with two arched axes facing each other and resembling crab claws. The lower half is pale cream in colour and the upper half is vermilion, with a foul-smelling black mucus (spore mass) inside the connecting tip. The base is surrounded by a white membranous bud. When young, the entire mushroom is surrounded by this bud and resembles a lizard's egg. It grows in colonies in gardens, fields and other areas with a high level of humus from summer to autumn. A species endemic to Japan. It is non-toxic, but not edible. [Imaseki Rokuya] ©Junzo Fujishima "> Main types of mushrooms (Basidiomycota) (7) [… Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
担子菌類・腹菌類、スッポンタケ目アカカゴタケ科のキノコ。高さ4~6センチメートル、2本の弓形の軸が向かい合い、その形はカニのはさみに似る。色は下半部は淡いクリーム色、上部は朱色で先端の連結部の内側に黒い悪臭のある粘液、つまり胞子塊をつける。根元は白い膜質のつぼで包まれる。若いうちは、全体がこのつぼに包まれてトカゲの卵に似る。夏から秋にかけて庭や畑などの腐植が進んだ所に群生する。日本特産種。無毒だが食用にはしない。 [今関六也] ©藤島淳三"> キノコのおもな種類(担子菌類)(7)〔… 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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