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Description:
CAP: 5-15 cm. Young mushrooms are regularly semi-circular, latex convex and finally spread open and frequently irregularly curvy, with margins facing inward. Very fleshy, dry skin, not shiny, usually creamy-white colour, with dark yellow, yellow or grey shades, slightly darker in the middle (mature specimen).
GILLS/LEAFLETS: Gills are very dense and tight, white or pale creamy colour.
STALK: Up to 8 cm high and 2 cm thick. Cylindrical shape, young mushrooms have a stubby stalk, full, smooth, white or creamy colour.
FLESH: Very thick and compacted in the cap, fibrous in the Stalk, white. Taste and odour resemble flour and when the mushrooms are soaked with rain, it is even more intense.
Uses:
Usable part:
Cap, stipe
Usage:
Edible mushroom of top quality, many consider it to be the best edible species in general. Some mind its penetrating odour and floury taste. It can be fried or grilled. It is suitable for drying and pickling or it can be stored in oil. It can be frozen after blanching because otherwise it might develop a strong disagreeable taste. St. George's mushroom has some medicinal properties, to be more precise, it has hypoglycaemic properties which facilitate blood sugar (glucose) lowering. Therefore, it has an insulin effect.
