European mushrooms - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1980 - 5 Pfennig

European edible mushrooms With the images of European edible mushrooms, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues six multicolored special postage stamps. After a series of European toadstools came out in 1974, a series with images of six edible mushroom species is now coming out. These species are predominantly those that occur in almost all of Europe and, because of their good durability, are also traded across national borders. 5 Pfennig: Red cap (Leccinum testaceo scabrum) A stately mushroom with a lively ocher-brown to reddish hat. The tube lining on the top of the hat is initially greyish white, later greenish and finally brownish. The cylindrical stalk is scaly on a white ground black and discolored at pressure points blackish, at the end of the stem blue-green. The meat is quite firm, especially in the stalk. When cooking it gets almost black. The red cap occurs mainly under birch, but also among other deciduous and coniferous wood species. The color of the Huthaut varies from ocher-brown, orange-yellow, red-orange to bright rust-red. Since the woody species mentioned above are widespread in almost all of Europe, and all members of the genus Leccinum can exist only as mycorrhizal fungi, they also occur in almost all of Europe. The firm, only with old specimens soft hat meat contributes to their suitability as a market mushroom.