Purple spider web - mushroom with exotic coloring
Purple spider web - the fungus is quite rare andvery interesting. Its color is very unusual. Thanks to her, this macromycete has this name (Cortinarius violaceus). Spiderweb is a mushroom, which was popularly called an epicenter because it can often be found near the swamps. In Belarus, it is called fat. Connoisseurs consider this macromycet a delicacy. Mushrooms spider webs are edible. They have average taste qualities, but they can be marinated, salted, stewed, fried, and used for cooking other dishes. However, try this mushroom is not so often due to the fact that it is very rare.
Spiderweb is a mushroom that hasa radially fibrous finely scaled cap of a pillow-convex shape. Its maximum diameter is 15 cm. The edges of the cap can be curved downwards or simply dropped. By maturity, it becomes more flat. The hat has a dark purple color, as well as a soft, thick, bluish pulp with a faint odor of cedarwood. Over time, it often fades to a practically white hue. The flesh has a nutty taste. Plates in macromycete are dark purple, but over time, a rusty-brown tint may appear on them. They are rare, descending on the stem. Spores are warty, elliptical, unequal. The powder is rusty-brown. Macromycete has a dense dark-purple leg. At its base there is a tuberous thickening. On the foot there are traces of a cobweb. It can reach a diameter of 2 cm and a height of 16 cm. Mushroom spiderweb purple has a rather exotic and colorful appearance. His photos are presented in this article.
Habitat
Spiderweb is a fungus that can grow smallgroups, but, as a rule, he settles alone. Due to the fact that the purple hump has a rather low yield and does not bear fruit irregularly, it was added to the Red Book of the Russian Federation. This macromycete can grow only under strictly defined weather and climatic conditions. It is mycorrhizal. The purple spiderweb has a symbiotic relationship with different species of both deciduous and coniferous trees (birch, beech, pine, oak, spruce, hornbeam). Therefore, a basin can be found in forest tracts of almost all types, but most often it occurs in birch forests. Spiderweb is a fungus that fructifies between August and October. Macromycete prefers to settle on acid humus soils. It can also be found on mossy substrates near the sphagnum marshes. This macromycete is found in European countries, in Russia, in New Guinea and North America.
On other varieties of arachnids this fungusis rarely similar. But there are exceptions. It can be confused with a goat spider web, which is inedible, but for health is not at all dangerous. This fungus can be found in coniferous forests and in the foothills. It has a strong and sharp unpleasant odor. Another fat woman in appearance sometimes resembles an inedible camphor spider web. At a young age, the fungus can also be confused with a purple ryadovkoy (edible).
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