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Basement pecitsa (Peziza cerea) or wax is an interesting in appearance mushroom from the Pezizaceae family and the Pecitsa genus. It was first described by James Sowerby, an English naturalist in 1796. Its other synonyms:
- peziza vesiculosa var. Cerea;
- macroscyphus cereus;
- basement pustularia;
- basement cup, from 1881;
- wall or integumentary calyx, woody, from 1907;
- cover galactinia or basement, since 1962;
- geopyxis muralis, from 1889;
- wall or cover petsica, since 1875
What a basement pecica looks like
At a young age, the fruit bodies are domed in the form of a cognac glass with a jagged edge. Sedentary, attached to the substrate by the lower part of the cap or by a rudimentary stem. With age, a regular inverted sphere becomes curved-wavy, broken, flattened. Often opens to a saucer-like or prostrate state. The edge becomes uneven, torn.
The size of the bowl ranges from 0.8 to 5-8 cm in diameter. Hymenium - the inner surface is lacquered, shiny, waxy. The outer one is rough, covered with small adjoining scales-grains. The color is cream, beige-golden, honey, brownish-yellow, ocher. The pulp is brittle, white or coffee with milk. Spore powder is white or slightly yellowish.
The mushroom resembles fancy flower buds
Where and how it grows
This variety is ubiquitous, especially in America and Europe. It is able to grow and develop in closed, damp rooms during all seasons. In the open air, it begins to develop with the onset of warm days and before frost.
Loves wet, shaded places. Basements, abandoned houses and gullies, rotting rotting plant remains and manure. Feels great on a wet solution, between road slabs, on rotting rags, sandbags.
Basement pecitsa is able to exist on vertical concrete walls, fragments of boards and other building materials
Is the mushroom edible or not
It is classified as inedible due to its low nutritional value. The pulp has an unpleasant damp basement smell, mixed with mushroom.
The scalloped edge of the "cups" has a distinct dark, burnt-like border
Doubles and their differences
Basement pecitsa has similarities with individual representatives of its species, but is easily determined by its habitat - basements.
Bladder pecica. Conditionally edible. It has a yellowish-cream color, its edges are without pronounced teeth.
This species grows up to 7 cm in diameter and has a tough, tasteless, odorless flesh.
Conclusion
Basement or wax pecitsa settle in warm, humid places. Inedible, no toxicity data found, has a twin. Loves closed underground rooms, abandoned wooden buildings, cellars. It can live on sackcloth and rags, on plywood and dung heaps, at the joints of slabs and house foundations. It grows everywhere, from May to October, and in warm rooms - all year round.
