Is the spider web mushroom edible? Spider mushrooms and their varieties

Taxonomy:

• Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
• Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
• Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
• Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
• Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
• Family: Cortinariaceae (Cobwebs)
• Genus: Cortinarius (Spiderweb)
• View: Cortinarius caerulescens (Blue-blue webweed)

This type of mushroom has several Russian and Latin synonyms:

• Blue web spider;

• Gossamer blue;

• Cobweb watery blue;

• Cobweb is bluish;

• Phlegmacium caerulescens;

• Cortinarius cumatilis

• Cortinarius cyanus.

The blue-gray cobweb (Cortinarius caerulescens) belongs to the Cobweb family, is a representative of the genus.

External description

Blue-blue spiderwort (Cortinarius caerulescens) is a large mushroom consisting of a cap and a stalk, with a lamellar hymenophore. There is a residual coating on its surface. The diameter of the cap in adult mushrooms is from 5 to 10 cm; in immature mushrooms it has a hemispherical shape, which then becomes flat and convex. When it dries, it becomes fibrous and feels slimy to the touch. In young spider webs, the surface is characterized by a blue tint, gradually becoming lightish-ocher, but at the same time a border of a bluish tint remains along its edge.

The mushroom hymenophore is of the lamellar type, consisting of flat elements - plates, fused to the stem with a notch. In young fruiting bodies of mushrooms of this species, the plates have a bluish tint; with age they darken, becoming brownish.

The length of the leg of the dove-blue webwort is 4-6 cm, and the thickness is from 1.25 to 2.5 cm. At its base there is a tuber-shaped thickening visible to the eye. The surface of the leg at the base is ocher-yellow in color, and the rest of it is bluish-violet.

Mushroom pulp is characterized by an unpleasant aroma, gray-blue color and bland taste. The spore powder is rusty brown in color. The spores included in its composition are characterized by dimensions of 8-12 * 5-6.5 microns. They are almond-shaped and the surface is covered with warts.

Season and habitat

The dove-blue web spider is widespread in North America and the countries of the European continent. The fungus grows in large groups and colonies, is found in mixed and broad-leaved forests, and is a mycorrhiza-former with many deciduous trees, including beech. On the territory of Russia it is found only in the Primorsky Territory. It forms mycorrhizae with various deciduous trees (including oaks and beeches).

Edibility

Despite the fact that the mushroom belongs to the rare category and can be seen infrequently, it is classified as edible.

Similar types and differences from them

Some scientists distinguish the name watery blue spiderwort (Cortinarius cumatilis) into a separate species. Its distinctive feature is its uniformly colored bluish-gray cap. There is no tuberous thickening in it, as well as the remains of the veil.

The described type of mushroom has several similar species:

Mayor's web spider (Cortinarius mairei). It is distinguished by white hymenophore plates.

Cortinarius terpsichores and Cortinarius cyaneus. These varieties of mushrooms are distinguished from the dove-blue gossamer by the presence of radial fibers on the surface of the cap, a darker color, and the presence of remnants of a blanket on the cap, which disappear over time.

Cortinarius volvatus. This type of mushroom is characterized by a very small size and a characteristic dark blue color. It grows mainly under coniferous trees.

This mushroom can be called beautiful thanks to the delicate and beautiful shade of the cap. Blue spiderwort is a rather rare species that in Russia grows in only one region of the country. Where is it found and what does it look like?

Blue cobweb (Cortinarius caerulescens) is a large species of the Cobweb family, belonging to the genus Cobweb. This conditionally edible mushroom belongs to the lamellar group. It also has other names:

• blue-gray webweed;
• bluish cobweb;
• Blue web spider.

The species also has Latin synonyms: Phlegmacium caerulescens, Cortinarius cumatilis and Cortinarius cyanus.

• the cap is in the shape of a hemisphere in young fruiting bodies, then spread out or slightly convex, fleshy and large, with a diameter of 4-10 cm. The color of the surface is variable - in young mushrooms it has a blue or purple tint with a brownish center and shading closer to the edge, then the cap becomes light -brown with a blue border. The skin is shiny, fibrous to the touch;
• The stem relative to the cap is high (from 3 to 10 cm long) and thin (from 6 to 25 mm thick), in the lower part it thickens and becomes tuberous, with a diameter of about 4 cm. The threads of the private bedspread have a purple hue. The leg is first bluish-violet, and then dirty brown, often completely colored to match the cap. The tuberous base has a yellowish-whitish tint;
• the flesh is grayish-blue or fawn, has an unpleasant odor and a fresh or slightly sweet taste;
• the plates are wide, quite frequent, notched and adherent to the stem, at first they are colored cream with a purple tint, and over time they darken to brown;
• The spores are warty, almond-shaped, rusty-brown in color.

Places of distribution and fruiting period

The bluish cobweb is found in the forests of North America and Europe, and in Russia it grows in the Primorsky Territory. They grow in coniferous and deciduous forest belts. The species prefers calcareous soils. The fungus is a mycorrhiza-former with oak, beech and other representatives of the deciduous group.

The hero of the article usually grows in small groups, but can also be found in a single copy. It can be found in the summer starting in August and in the fall throughout September.

Similar species and how to distinguish them from them

The dove-blue cobweb has a striking resemblance in appearance to a certain group of mushrooms. For example, it has a lot in common with the conditionally edible watery blue (Cortinarius cumatilis) - for a long time these two species were even combined into one. But the latter is distinguished by a cap that is uniformly colored in gray-blue color, and also does not have a private cover and thickening in the lower part of the stem.

Cortinarius mairei, which has white plates, is also similar to Cortinarius caerulescens. And you can distinguish the hero of the article from the Terpsichore web spider (Cortinarius terpsichores) by the more uniform coloring of the cap. Cortinarius cyaneus and Cortinarius volvatus have a certain resemblance to blue. The first is distinguished by the remnants of a blanket on a darker cap and radially arranged fibers on it. And the second has more modest sizes and a dark blue color. Sometimes the blue one can be confused with the white-violet web spider (Cortinarius alboviolaceus), whose cap is white-violet in color and its surface is smooth and silky.

There is no data regarding the edibility of most similar species, but it is worth remembering that most spider webs are poisonous and also inedible representatives of the fungal kingdom. Therefore, blue ones must be collected with extreme caution.

Primary processing and preparation

The hero of the article is a little-known mushroom, which is considered conditionally edible and is classified in category IV. You can serve the blue-gray spider web by frying it. But remember that before doing this, the mushroom must be boiled for 25 minutes. It is also dried or pickled, in which case it turns black.

This mushroom is quite rare, and not every mushroom picker will be lucky enough to find it. But, nevertheless, if you find a blue web, you can safely put it in the basket. Just make sure it's really him first. If there is even a slight doubt about whether a mushroom belongs to a certain species, it is better to leave it to continue growing in the forest.

The forest plantations that surround the city, periodically illuminated by golden light and watered by raindrops, are excellent for picking mushrooms. Being a mushroom picker is not an easy task. A true forester is passionate about his work; he lives only by regularly looking through encyclopedias, studying more and more new types of mushrooms, and traveling through unexplored corners of coniferous and mixed forests.

When mining the “gold of Russian forests”, you should not randomly put the first mushroom you come across into a basket, because it may turn out to be poisonous; during a “quiet hunt”, the mushroom picker is required to be attentive, patient and able to enjoy the next trophy.

It is when the weather becomes sunny outside, the maple and juicy wild raspberry bushes flare up with a bright crimson, when the greenery of the fir and spruce trees becomes even more fragrant and fresh, and the riverine bird cherry sheds its green decoration, you can go for mushrooms, including cobwebs , a description of which you will find in this article.

Description of the species

Cobweb (Cortinarius) is a mushroom growing in Russian forests, which has become widespread not only in Russia, but also abroad; according to scientists, there are more than forty (!) species of cobwebs in nature. Let this article, my dear reader, become a kind of compass for you in the Russian forest expanses, in it we will study all the most popular types of spider webs, thanks to which you will have a good understanding of them. Where cobwebs grow, there is always a fragrant smell of fresh pine needles and dried maple leaves; this mushroom is found throughout the CIS countries: from Siberia to the European part of the countries.

All types of cobwebs have one thing in common: a very bright, memorable, acidic color. Before throwing another fungus into the basket, you need to make sure whether it is edible or not, and it is better to plan the cultivation of cobwebs in advance.

What does a spider web look like?

“Cobweb” is indeed a very surprising name for a mushroom (for some, this word evokes associations with slippery spiders or cobwebs), in fact, cobweb is a special mushroom, the young fruiting bodies of which can boast of the presence of a thin veil-like film in the place where the caps are connected and mushroom stem. When a representative of the fungal kingdom reaches adulthood, that same film stretches and breaks into separate threads, which in appearance resemble a spider’s web. As the mushroom grows older, this feature disappears, and instead of the threads, a ring appears on the stem.

Cobwebs like to grow in groups or singly in deciduous and mixed forests, as well as wet forests with an admixture of spruce and fir; they choose damp, swampy areas, but in damp, chilly weather, cobwebs can be found growing away from swamps.

In view of the above-mentioned features, the spiderwort, divided into various subgenera and subspecies, belonging to the order of agaricaceae, is also popularly called the marshweed, the first mushrooms “come out” already in May, fruiting of the spiderwort continues until late autumn.

Cobwebs, most often growing in damp moss, belong to the category of agaric mushrooms with narrow and frequent plates, the shades of which can vary from milky cream to dark brown; almost all cobwebs have a bell-shaped cap, covered on top with shiny and sticky mucus. When broken, the fleshy pulp of the cobwebs, colored in brown, soft yellow or flesh tones, thins out the unpleasant aroma, which after heat treatment disappears before our eyes.

Most of the spider webs are inedible, and some specimens are even considered deadly poisonous. The habitat of the spider webs covers the Far East, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Siberia and Belarus, this rare mushroom is ubiquitous on the outskirts of the swamps of Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, the USA, Finland, as well as Estonia, some species of spider webs, for example, purple, are listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation.

The healing properties of cobwebs, its benefits and harms

Perhaps, not only our compatriots experience a feeling of euphoria from wandering through the forest in search of the next large mushroom hidden under the fallen leaves, as well as from cooking mushrooms in their kitchen.

Some chefs promote the use of certain types of spider webs in cooking, for example, yellow, purple, or, say, superb spider webs; they say that dishes prepared from these mushrooms have an incomparable nutty flavor. Unfortunately, other types of cobwebs, for some inexplicable reason, are considered useless and do not carry any taste value in themselves.

Despite the fact that most representatives of this genus are considered poisonous, this does not reduce the percentage of valuable microelements in cobwebs, which makes it possible to use marsh plants in medicine.

Storage method: collected cobwebs should never be stored in damp conditions; you can put mushroom specimens, which will be useful in the future for preparing delicious snacks, in canvas bags or in a dry container for several days.

Varieties of cobwebs

A sea of ​​unforgettable impressions and a real reward await connoisseurs of “silent hunting”, romantics of the soul and gentlemen of fortune” - this statement will give incentive to those. who in the coming days is planning to go on a mushroom hunting trip. Where forest berries - blueberries, lingonberries and blueberries form huge thickets throughout the forest zone in coniferous, as well as coniferous-small-leaved forests, you can find abundant accumulations of spider webs of various species, which also adore grow near oaks and beeches, in forest clearings, edges of pine forests and dry deciduous forest belts. Similar species of cobwebs indicated in the reference literature are indeed striking in their diversity, some of them have funny, absurd names. others are beautiful, memorable, others, thanks to their name, tell us a lot.

Bulbous webwort - (Leucocortinarius bulbiger)

The bulbous white web belongs to the category of conditionally edible agaric mushrooms of medium quality; it is one of those mushrooms that experienced mushroom pickers recognize at first sight. Unlike other representatives of the arachnoid family, the bulbous white cobweb has its own “individuality”: this is the presence of white spore powder and plates that do not fade until old age.

Characteristics of the bulbous white web indicate the presence of:

• a convex, blunt bell-shaped cap with an edge curved from the cobwebby cover, then it becomes convex with a wide tubercle; along its edges you can see white remains of the cortina, reminiscent of half-washed warts. The color of the cap can be soft cream, pale red, dirty yellow or brownish-orange; in dry weather, the tendency of the bulbous white web to fade increases exponentially;
• light, whitish, frequent and narrow plates, attached to a tooth, which subsequently become dirty cream or clayey;
• a soft, watery, odorless stalk with a clearly defined nodule at the base; the length of the stalk can vary from 5 to 7 cm.

Anomalous cobweb - (Cortinarius anomalus)

Anomalous cobweb, which belongs to the category of inedible mushrooms of the Cortinariaceae family, has a predisposition to live near mossy or swampy forest areas, likes to grow in small groups in the shade of a spruce forest on a litter of dry leaves and pine needles. But most novice mushroom pickers are concerned about when to collect anomalous cobwebs, or abnormal cobwebs, so it’s better to do this, starting from the beginning of August until the first autumn frosts hit.

Specimens of the anomalous cobweb, being an integral part of the green miracle of life, externally look like this: the handsome forest spider has a cap with a diameter of 4-7 cm, first convex, then flat, smooth and silky, the shade of which can vary from asphalt gray to brown or “ Red brick".

The cylindrical leg of the anomalous cobweb has a length of 6-10 cm, as a rule, it is gray-fawn or pale ocher, smooth and silky to the touch.

Purple web spider - (Cortinarius purpurascens)

In the exciting shadow of a cool spruce forest, under the canopy of fallen leaves, the purple cobweb is nestled comfortably - another bright representative of the genus Cobweb, which belongs to the category of conditionally edible agaric mushrooms.

After heavy rain, the cap of the purple cobweb, whose diameter is 13-15 cm, becomes sticky, moist and smooth, glistening treacherously in the sun. By standard, the cap of the scarlet web spider is brown, but depending on the habitat, its shades can vary from chocolate to rich olive. Hygrophorus is characterized by the presence of frequent, adherent, first densely purple and then bright red plates, which in young “forest inhabitants” are almost always covered with a cobwebby blanket.

White-purple web spider - (Cortinarius alboviolaceus)

A dense, impenetrable, coniferous forest, as if from some old fairy tale, where the main characters are mushrooms, there are different mushrooms and there are a lot of them, but against their background, the white-violet cobweb, which loves the damp soils of taiga forests, stands out with its super-color.

The cap of the web spider is white and purple. The cap of this representative of the cobweb family has a diameter of 6-9 cm, at first it is convex, and later straightens out to a flat one, its color range includes silver-violet, white-violet or simply whitish tones. Young mushrooms have pale purple plates, which become tobacco-ochre in old age, and are densely shaded with cortina.

The leg of the spider web is white and purple. Decorated with a ring-shaped belt, usually of a pale lilac hue.

Brilliant cobweb - (Cortinarius evernius)

The cobweb with the catchy, slightly pretentious name brilliant is another discovery of mycologists; this wonder of the world grows in damp birch groves of central Russia, as well as in spruce forests and near aspen trees. The mushroom consists of a sharp, bell-shaped, brown-brown cap with a soft purple tint, 3-4 (8) cm in diameter, which glitters when the weather is damp.

The fibrous-silky leg of the brilliant spider web with a noticeable brownish-lilac tint, 5-6 cm long, narrowed towards the base.

Marsh webweed - (Cortinarius uliginosus)

Grown on damp marshy soils, under the crown of a cute weeping willow and alder that hangs its catkins and smells like an abnormal marsh webwort is rightfully considered the king of Russian forests, it also prefers the lowlands and lands of the Alpine regions with their mysterious original culture.

Knowing about the eternal nostalgia of the marsh webwort for willows, it becomes impossible to confuse it with other webworts. The marsh webwort is a poisonous mushroom with a humpbacked and pointed cap of a fibrous-silky texture with a diameter of 2-6 cm, which is painted in attractive copper-golden, red- brick shades. The mushroom has bright yellow plates that become saffron-colored with age. The leg of the marsh webwort is up to 10 cm in height, the texture of which is fibrous.

Great spiderwort - (Cortinarius largus)

This representative of the genus of mushrooms from the family Cobweb (Cortinariaceae) has already taken a liking to the sandy soils of forest edges and inhabits coniferous and deciduous forests of many European countries. The cap of the large cobweb has a convex-spread or simply convex shape, the flesh of the mushroom has no specific taste or aroma, has a purple color, gradually becoming white. The hymenophore from the genus Arachnidaceae consists of plates attached to a tooth, smoothly running down the stem.

The large cobweb is characterized by the presence of a solid, cylindrical shape filled inside, which at the base has a thickening in the form of a club.

Bracelet web spider - (Cortinarius armillatus)

The only tree with which the bracelet cobweb forms mycorrhiza is birch, and therefore this representative of the Cobweb family grows in groups of up to 30 pieces in one area near birch groves and coniferous forests, where the soil is acidic, and look for the bracelet cobweb.

Hat. Diameter - from 3-7 to 15 cm, round, broadly bell-shaped with a wide but flat tubercle, depending on lighting and weather conditions, the cap of the bracelet web is shaded with reddish-yellow-brownish, brownish-red, coral tones, due to the remains of the bedspread the edge of the cap becomes cinnabar red.

The mushroom pulp has a faint smell of dampness and radish, has a soft delicate texture and an unforgettable mushroom taste.

The stem of the mushroom is from 5 to 15 cm in length, in the upper part it is colored in silvery-grayish-brown shades, in the lower part it is ocher-brownish. The most important and striking feature is the presence of 1 to 5 coral, amber-honey-gilded, almost saturated brick-red membranous belts.

Spring web spider - (Cortinarius vernus)

Scientists classify the spring cobweb as an inedible mushroom, although there is no data on its toxicity. Cobwebs live in symbiosis with some shrubs and trees: spruce, alder, birch, hazel or hazel; spring cobwebs grow absolutely everywhere: along roadways, along forest paths , in clearings and even in moss, their collection time is from April to June.

Blue-banded web spider - (Cortinarius balteatocumatili)

The bluish-girdled cobweb gets its name because it has a grayish cap with a cold blue tint, up to 8 cm in diameter and a leg with a beautiful belt up to 10 cm in length. The bluish-girdled cobweb forms mycorrhiza in alliance with spruce and larch, grows on moist soils rich in calcium.

Blue web spider - (Cortinarius salor)

A rather rare species of the Cobweb family, which grows in only one region in Russia. The lamellar, conditionally edible mushroom has a heavenly, expressive shade of a hemispherical cap with a brownish-brown color and shading closer to the edge, then the cap becomes ocher with a blue border. The leg of the blue spider web is quite high (from 3 to 10 cm), long and slender, in the lower part it becomes tuberous.

Oak grove webweed - (Cortinarius nemorensi)

The scientific classification of the oak spiderwort, which is charming in appearance, tells us the following features: it is a cap-footed lamellar mushroom, which has the “status” of an inedible or little-known edible mushroom. The cap of the oak grove webwort is dirty yellow with cracking and tearing edges, the plates are fawn, pale brown, the leg is high and flexible.

Yellow webweed - (Cortinarius triumphans)

“It is smeared with honey where yellow cobwebs grow” - this rule should be known by heart to those mushroom pickers who want to learn a little more about cobwebs, because the yellow cobweb, which is known to science as the triumphal cobweb, is perhaps the most fleshy and tastiest of all representatives of the genus Cobwebs. .

According to foreign sources, this mushroom, locally distributed on the Eurasian continent, is inedible, but domestic researchers still classified scatterings of golden-sunny mushrooms as conditionally edible.

Okay, strong beauties were born to the wonder of everyone - a hemispherical, convex-outstretched cap with an oily surface, painted in a yellow-orange, golden undertone. a dense, cylindrical leg up to 15 cm in length, greatly expanding at the base, and most importantly, the pulp is delicious, nutritious, with a bitter aftertaste and subtle mushroom notes of aroma.

Variable web spider - (Cortinarius varius)

Mushroom picking is a truly exciting activity, so if you find yourself in the epicenter of this event, you should pay attention to the variable spiderweb, which lives in the mountain rocky tundra, dark coniferous and deciduous forests of various regions of our vast planet: Western Europe, the Far East.

Camphor cobweb - (Cortinarius camphoratus)

With its outlines and proportions, the camphor cobweb is somewhat reminiscent of its counterparts; it bears fruit from late August to early October; the smell of the camphor cobweb is so unpleasant and musty that you want to vomit. Only carrion or rotten potato peelings smell like that.

Young camphor spiderwort is usually purple in color, but with age the colors somehow mix; the cap of the poisonous mushroom is 6-12 cm in diameter.

Goat's web spider - (Cortinarius traganus)

Among the thick mosses, in the shade of pines and birches against the background of a yellow-green picture of the forest, a conditionally edible mushroom stands out with its enchanting color - the goat's web, which has a dense, fleshy, soft purple cap with a diameter of 3 to 12 cm, along the edge it is fibrous, closer to the periphery is slightly scaly.

Cinnamon web spider - (Cortinarius cinnamomeus)

What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Of course, the cinnamon spider web, found in coniferous and mixed forests of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and North America, is widespread in the temperate climatic zone of Russia: from Kaliningrad to the harsh Kamchatka.

Beautiful web spider - (Cortinarius rubellus)

Be careful, mushroom picker, the most beautiful spider web is not a toy! Be careful and attentive while wandering through forest copses and thicket paths! Indeed, why the most beautiful spider web is so named is probably clear only to professional mycologists.

Indeed, in fact, under the guise of an innocent “simpleton” is hidden a deadly poisonous mushroom, the chemical composition of which is due to the presence of a record amount of orellanins - compounds that act very slowly and murderously, causing irreversible changes in the tissues of the kidneys, so eating the most beautiful spiderwort as food is strictly forbidden.

Bloody reddish web spider - (Cortinarius semisanguineus)

The blood-reddish cobweb immediately attracts attention with its original, slightly incomprehensible name. Hmm..., bloody reddish, why did it cook like that? Isn’t it true that it contains blood? Complete nonsense! In fact, the name Cortinarius semisanguineus can be translated in different ways, but probably the most awkward translation has become generally accepted; let’s better not talk about extravagance, but rather tell you about the bloody-red web spider in more detail.

Blood-reddish cobweb is a deadly poisonous mushroom that grows in the northern and central regions of the Russian Federation, both in groups and alone, has a bell-shaped cap with a characteristic central tubercle, as well as a stalk 4 to 8 cm high.

Blood red web spider - (Cortinarius sanguineus)

Blood-red cobweb - oh my God, it is deadly poisonous, so don’t let your feet be within a 3 km radius of this poisoner of human lives and destroyer of human hearts! This representative of the subgenus Dermocybe (similar to skin) has first a convex, then flat and dry cap from 2 to 5 cm in diameter, as well as a stalk from 3 to 6 cm in length, the flesh of the mushroom is a rich dark blood-red color with a specific rare aroma and bitter taste.

Lazy web spider - (Cortinarius bolaris)

It belongs to the weakly poisonous, unsuitable for food mushrooms of low quality due to the high content of toxins in its composition, the cap of the lazy web spider (4-7 cm in diameter) is pocular-shaped in “childhood”, then becomes cushion-shaped, slightly convex, the leg is red-orange, from 3 to 8 cm in length.

Various spider web - (Cortinarius multiformis)

A rare conditionally edible mushroom of the lamellar type, which began to be called so due to the white cobwebby blanket, which in young specimens articulates the edges of the cap with the stem.

Cobweb plant - (Cortinarius delibutus)

Beautiful young “guys” stand out with a copper-yellow, ocher-golden, summer-like sunny cap with a curled edge (diameter - from 3 to 9 cm), the cobwebby cover of the cobweb is white, weak, disappearing, almost weightless.

Common spiderwort - (Cortinarius trivialis)

The cap of the common spiderwort is characterized by a variable multifaceted color and plays with color tints in the sun - sometimes it is copper-brown, sometimes it is pale ocher, sometimes pale yellow, glistening with an olive tint (its diameter is from 3 to 8 cm).

Orange web spider - (Cortinarius armeniacus)

Orange cobweb, otherwise called apricot-yellow cobweb, belongs to the group of conditionally edible agaric mushrooms. unique in that they have a hemispherical, and in youth - a half-spread cap with a diameter of 7-12 cm, the flesh of which is white-yellow, smells very pleasant, this cap is mounted on a thin stalk with a length of 8 to 15 cm, so the yellow apricot web is a mushroom thin-legged.

Peacock web spider - (Cortinarius pavonius)

The peacock web grows in beech forests of many European countries (Denmark, Great Britain, France, the Baltic countries), as well as in Russia - in Siberia and the Urals. An attractive mushroom with a brick-colored spherical cap that tends to straighten out, it is inedible because it contains life-threatening toxins.

Spider web - (Cortinarius Privignoides)

Pasynoid cobweb (otherwise called tuberous cobweb), forming mycorrhiza with spruce, pine or fir, likes to grow on fallen needles and black branches rotted from moisture, the distribution area of ​​the pasynoid cobweb covers part of the territory of North America and the European continent, New York is a haven for growth cobweb of this species.

Staining cobweb - (Cortinarius collinitus)

The soiling cobweb, or direct cobweb, is another native of the Cobweb cohort, growing in the lowlands of mixed and deciduous forests, in shaded aspen forests and endowed with quite high taste qualities, thanks to which the soiling cobweb makes simply divine second courses.

Membranous webweed - (Cortinarius paleaceus)

A high-quality edible mushroom, without a doubt, is the membranous cobweb, which has a convex cap with a sharp mastoid tubercle, as a rule, it is dark brown, less often brownish-brown with radial ocher stripes.

According to literary information, the thin, incredibly fragile flesh of the filmy web plant gives off a fresh aroma of geranium.

Plush web spider - (Cortinarius orellanus)

The plush cobweb, according to scientists, is a deadly poisonous mushroom, the composition of which is full of orellanines, cortinarines, and benzoinines, despite this, the pulp of the plush cobweb smells pleasantly like radish.

Semi-hairy webweed - (Cortinarius hemitrichus)

The semi-hairy cobweb is a lamellar cap-footed hymenophore, the surface of the cap (its diameter is 1-5 cm) is completely covered with fibrous whitish scales, while it itself is painted in grayish tones, the leg of the semi-pilose cobweb reaches a length of 3-8 cm.

Excellent webweed - (Cortinarius praestans)

Superb spiderwort - “a tasty rarity,” among all types of spiderworts, September spiderworts grow in small clusters of broad-leaved, coniferous and mixed forests in the southern and western parts of Russia.

Red-olive web spider - (Cortinarius rufoolivaceus)

The red-olive web spider has a strong friendship with trees: beech, oak and hornbeam. Its fruiting begins in September and ends in October, the hymenophore has a brown-purple, bright scarlet, wine-colored cap with a barely noticeable purple tint, a dense, bright purple stem - up to 11 cm in length.

Light buffy spiderwort - (Cortinarius claricolor)

In a dry, sunny pine forest, illuminated by God’s own piercing light, the light of life, light ocher spiderworts grow, the cap of which most often sticks out from under white or green moss. Drawing a parallel between the light ocher cobweb and the porcini mushroom, you can confuse them with each other - your heart skips a beat when you run up to it in the desire to pick it, but bad luck - instead of tubes you see a weightless cobwebby blanket. This means that in front of you is a light ocher spiderweb.

Silver web spider - (Cortinarius argentatus)

Silver cobweb - what kind of “fruit”? Silver cobweb can boast a truly victorious name, it grows everywhere, prefers shady conifers and deciduous forests, the purple cap of the fruiting body is silky and pleasant to the touch. The lower surface of the cap was occupied by plates, the color was violet, then soft ocher, brown, with a hint of rust.

Blue-gray webweed - (Cortinarius caerulescens)

The cap-legged mushroom, which has grayish-bluish flesh with a weakly expressed fresh taste, is widely distributed throughout the nemoral zone of North America, as well as Europe; clusters of blue-blue cobwebs were also found in the Primorsky Territory in the Russian Federation.

Blue web spider - (Cortinarius glaucopus)

The gossamer, with the funny name blue-legged, belongs to the fourth category of edibility; it is a traditional inhabitant of densely overgrown spruce forests, deciduous and mixed forests.

• cap - from 5 to 15 cm in diameter, usually dirty yellow or brown with a cold olive tint;
• the fruiting body also includes a stalk, 3 to 10 cm long, which at the base resembles the shape of a tuber;
• spore powder is a shade of copper rust.

Slime web spider - (Cortinarius mucifluus)

When you see the slime cobweb, your heart begins to beat in unison with the sounds of nature and the chirping of grasshoppers; this unusual mushroom can be found growing in pine and mixed forests of Georgia and Northern Europe, as well as in the vicinity of the Murmansk and Tver regions.

Slimy cobweb - (Cortinarius mucosus)

What the slimy cobweb looks like - only the slimy cobweb can look like this. This is one of the few representatives of the Cobweb genus that has established relationships with spruce and aspen, and is distinguished by the presence of a “helical leg” that is repeatedly surrounded by the remains of a cobwebby blanket.

Edible cobweb (Plump) - (Cortinarius esculentus)

The name of the cobweb speaks for itself, the edible cobweb (Plump) is the owner of a strong, fleshy leg 2-3 cm long, which firmly holds in the soil, and a smooth, moist, watery cap with a diameter of 5 to 8 cm.

Purple web spider - (Cortinarius violaceus)

The spider web with an unusual exotic coloring is an “alien” on planet Earth and is listed in the Red Book of Russia as a rare species on the verge of extinction.

Scaly webweed - (Cortinarius pholideus)

“In the absence of fish, and the cancer is a fish” - this rule can be applied to the scaly web, which is supposed to be fried, boiled and pickled during the period of acute lack of mushrooms.

Saffron cobweb - (Cortinarius croceus)

The assorted mushrooms in the basket are varied, the mushroom cap is hemispherical, then bell-shaped (15-50 mm in diameter), the plates are mustard-colored, with teeth, the stem is club-shaped (30-60 mm in length).

Bright red web spider - (Cortinarius erythrinus)

Wow, this is a bright red spider web, it’s very pretty, its cap is first conical, then bell-shaped, its plates are brown-chestnut, sparse with an intense red tint, its uneven, longitudinally fibrous stem reaches a length of 4-5 cm, spore powder - cocoa color.

How to cook spider web: cooking recipes

Favorite recipe - fried spider web mushrooms in tender sour cream - “Elegy of Taste”

In order to whip up the filigree dish “Elegy of Taste”, you will need to have the following list of ingredients in the kitchen:

1. Fresh yellow spider web mushrooms - 500 grams.
2. Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons.
3. Full-fat sour cream - half a glass.
4. Wheat flour - 1 tbsp.
5. Hard cheese - 30 grams.

Cooking method:

Step 1. Boil some water over a fire, clean fresh spider web mushrooms from adhered maple leaves and other “forest” debris, rinse under running water and scald thoroughly with boiling water.

Step 2. Place the mushrooms on a strainer to drain the water. Cut the mushrooms into medium pieces and fry in vegetable oil on all sides; when the mushrooms soften and are slightly golden brown, add 1 teaspoon of flour and wait a little longer.

Step 3. Next, pour rich sour cream into the mushrooms, boil, decorate with grated cheese on top, it is recommended to bake the dish. The final touch is to sprinkle the aromatic dish “Elegy of Taste” with chopped herbs, the result will be yummy, so yummy that you won’t be able to pull it off by the ears! Volushka mushrooms, recipes for preparing for the winter Boletus mushroom - beneficial properties, contraindications and recipes Boletus mushroom - beneficial properties, contraindications and recipes

Taxonomy:

• Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
• Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
• Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
• Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
• Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
• Family: Cortinariaceae (Cobwebs)
• Genus: Cortinarius (Spiderweb)
• View: Cortinarius salor (Blue web spider)

Description:
The hat and blanket are slimy. 3-8 cm in diameter, initially convex, then flat, sometimes with a small tubercle, bright blue or bright bluish-violet, then from the center becomes grayish or pale brown, with a bluish or violet edge.

The plates are adherent, sparse, initially bluish or purple, remain that way for a very long time, then light brown.

Spores are 7-9 x 6-8 microns in size, broadly ellipsoidal to almost spherical, warty, yellow-brown.

The leg is slimy and dries out in dry weather. Bluish, bluish-violet, or lilac with ocher-greenish-olive spots, then whitish without bands. Size 6-10 x 1-2 cm, cylindrical or slightly thickened downward, closer to club-shaped.

The pulp is whitish, bluish under the skin of the cap, tasteless and odorless.

Spreading:
Grows in coniferous and deciduous forests, often with high humidity, prefers birch. On soil rich in calcium.

Similarities:
It is very similar to, grows with it and ends up in the baskets of inexperienced mushroom pickers along with the rows. It is similar to Cortinarius transiens, growing in coniferous forests on acidic soils, which is sometimes found in sources as Cortinarius salor ssp. transiens.

Grade:
Not edible.

Note:
Belongs to the subgenus Myxacium, which is characterized by a mucous cap, stalk and general veil. Among similar species, it belongs to the section Delibui (Cortinarius delibutus), which combines mushrooms with plates in bluish-violet tones.

Cobweb mushrooms (Cortinarius) are mushrooms belonging to the cobweb family (Cortinariaceae) and the order Agaricaceae. Many varieties are popularly called marsh plants.

Cobwebs are mushrooms belonging to the cobweb family and the order Agaricaceae

Mycorrhizal fruit cap-peduncle type body with a hemispherical or conical, convex or flat cap, having a pronounced tubercle and a dryish or mucous, smooth or noticeably felt, sometimes scaly surface of yellow or ocher, orange-terracotta, brownish-brick, dark reddish, brown- brick or purple coloring.

The soft part is relatively fleshy or quite thin, white or ocher-brown, yellow, bluish-violet or olive-green in color, sometimes changing shade when cut. All plates are of accrete or slightly descending type, thin and relatively frequently located, of various colors. The cylindrical or club-shaped leg is characterized by the presence of a tuberous thickening at the base. The spores are ocher and brownish.

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Where does the spider web mushroom grow?

The fruiting bodies of mycorrhizal varieties can grow in coniferous forests, as well as not too dense deciduous forests. The varieties are widespread in the temperate climate zone:

• P.excellent found in deciduous forests, forming mycorrhiza with beeches, and does not grow in our country;
• P.violet has become widespread in the northern regions and central zone of our country;
• P.triumphal grows massively in Eastern Siberia, as well as in the Far East;
• P.grayish blue not found on the territory of our country;
• P.blue forms mycorrhiza with beeches and other deciduous trees, grows in the Primorsky Territory;
• P. fragrant prefers mixed and coniferous forests for growth and development, where it forms mycorrhiza with beeches and fir.

The most widespread in our country and in many European countries is P. large, growing mainly in mixed forest zones on sandy soils.

Cobwebs can grow in conifers, as well as not too dense deciduous forests

About the edibility of spider webs

The taste of the mushroom pulp of edible varieties, as a rule, is not very pronounced, but most often it is bitter. Many species lack mushroom aroma completely, and some fruiting bodies have a fairly noticeable smell of garden radish. Used for food purposes with great caution. Most often, fruit bodies are fried, salted and pickled.

Types of spider web mushroom

It is not possible to distinguish between edible and poisonous species by taste or smell, so it is very important to know the exact description and external characteristics of cobwebs, which are most often found in our country.

Gallery: types of spider webs (45 photos)

Cortin.triumрhans - has a hemispherical or cushion-shaped, semi-prostrate upper part of an orange-yellow color with the remains of a veil and a sticky or dry surface covering a thick, soft, whitish-yellowish flesh with a pleasant aroma. The plates are of a weakly adherent type, narrow and frequent, light smoky cream or bluish-brown in color with rusty-red-brown spore powder. The lower part of the fruiting body is strongly thickened and cylindrical in shape.

Cortin.alboviolaceus - has a rounded bell-shaped, convex or convex-prostrate cap with an elevation in the central part and a silky-fibrous, shiny, smooth, sticky surface of lilac-violet-silver or white-lilac color. The plates are medium-frequently spaced, narrow, grayish-blue, bluish-ocher or brownish-brown, with the presence of rusty-reddish-brown spore powder. The pedicle area is club-shaped, with weak mucous membrane. The soft part is thick and watery in places,gray-blue, brownish, with an unpleasant odor.

Cortin.armillatus - has a hemispherical, gradually opening, cushion-shaped cap with a wide and blunt tubercle in the central part, covered with dry and fleecy, orangeish or reddish-brown color with remnants of a red-orange-brown blanket. The soft part is thick and dense, brownish in color, with a pronounced musty odor and a complete absence of mushroom taste. The plates are of an adherent type, wide and relatively sparsely spaced, grayish-cream, slightly brownish or rusty-brown in color, with brownish-rusty-red spore powder. The lower part of the fruit body is lighter, with a widening at the base, with bracelet-like remains of the coverlet.

The most special spiderweb

Cortin.rubellus - has a conical or prostrate-conical cap, with a sharp tubercle in the center and a finely scaly, reddish-orange, reddish-orange or bright brownish surface, covering a tasteless and radish-smelling pulp of a reddish-orange-ocher color. Thick and wide plates are sparse, growing to the stem, orange-ocher or rusty-brown color, with rusty-reddish-brown, spherical, rough spores. The lower part of the fruiting body is cylindrical in shape and of sufficient density.

Purple cobweb (video)

Сortin.рholideus - has a bell-shaped, slightly convex cap with a blunt prominence in the center and numerous scales of dark brown color, covered with pale brown, brownish-brown skin. It is distinguished by sparse, grayish-brownish plates with a lilac-violet tint and the presence of brown spore powder. The lower part of the fruit body is cylindrical or slightly club-shaped, with a widening at the base, solid or hollow, with a smooth, grayish-brownish scaly surface. Loose type, gray-violet-brownish the pulp has a faint musty odor.