Hymenochete red-brown (oak, red-rusty, hymenochaete rubiginosa): what it looks like, where and how it grows, edible or not

Signs of poisoning

Eating a satanic mushroom raw results in severe poisoning. Symptoms:

• confused consciousness;
• persistent urge to vomit;
• diarrhea with blood;
• paralysis;
• hepatic colic;
• cramps in the calf muscles;
• Strong headache.

Along with the main symptoms, a poisoned person may also:

• vision impairment;
• drop pressure;
• there is profuse lacrimation;
• blush your face.

The mushroom is poorly understood, but it is known that it contains muscarine and glycoprotein - they can cause a toxic effect. Mycologists ask mushroom pickers, despite the conditional edibility, not to eat the forest devil. How poisonous a particular specimen is, you cannot determine at home. And how it will end up eating is also unclear.

Edible or not?

In Russia, mushroom pickers consider the "forest line" to be unambiguously poisonous, and they do not take it into the basket. But in Europe they do not disdain them. According to the mushroom classification of the last century, it is conditionally edible. This means that after a certain processing it can be eaten.

To neutralize poisons, ten hours of soaking is required. After so long lying in water, the mushroom pulp becomes tasteless. But if you do not soak it in cold water, a toxic damage awaits a person:

In a number of Central European countries, extreme gourmets consider the forest feature not only digestible food, but also “devilishly” tasty. But it's better to listen to mycologists - scientists who study the mushroom kingdom. They argue that if this boletus-like mushroom is not fatal, then it is extremely poisonous. They are echoed by resuscitation doctors, whose experience is worth listening to.

In the Czech Republic and France, the collection of this dangerous representative of the mushroom kingdom is practiced. But the controversy about the toxicity of this fungus is not over.

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In order for poisoning to occur, only 1 gram is enough. The degree of poisoning depends on the conditions in which it developed and grew. Therefore, the general clinical picture of poisoning by "Satan" has not yet been compiled. However, as with any poisoning, the organs of the central nervous system suffer first of all, which is an indicator of the presence of a hallucinogenic effect due to the penetration of poisons into the body. Symptoms of acute poisoning are also expressed, which manifest themselves as follows:

• nausea and vomiting;
• upset stomach and diarrhea;
• leg and arm cramps;
• sharp headache;
• lack of coordination;
• hallucinations;
• partial loss of consciousness;
• Sopor.

We can safely say that the satanic mushroom is very poisonous, moreover, it is little studied. Which makes me very attentive to picking mushrooms in the forest. Since the description of this species is quite similar to the common porcini mushroom, it is easily confused and cooked for food. The use of the poisonous "Satan" can be fatal. To avoid poisoning and to remove toxins from the body as quickly as possible, it is necessary to seek medical help in the first 20-30 minutes after the onset of symptoms.

Similar species

In order not to bring a false white or satanic mushroom in the basket, you need to clearly know how to distinguish it from other species.

False Satanic Mushroom

The cap grows up to 10 cm in diameter. Sometimes it has a sharp or blunt edge. The top layer of the cap has the color of "coffee with milk", which, with the maturation of the mushroom, can change to brown with a pinkish tinge. The surface is dry with a felt bloom. When fresh, the pulp is light yellow, but if cut off, it turns blue. The older the individual, the more pronounced its smell - specific with sourness.

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Despite the fact that "Satan" is very good at disguising himself, he cannot store and change the chemical composition of the fruiting body. This is characterized by the fact that even a slight blueing of the pulp, with clear signs of similarity, indicates that there is a poisonous double in front of you.

White mushroom

This inhabitant of the basket belongs to the boletus. The leg reaches a height of 25 cm and a diameter of up to 10 cm. It has the shape of a regular barrel. With maturation, it can change and acquire a cylindrical shape. The surface of the leg is white, sometimes brown or reddish. In the upper part, a translucent mesh of white veins can be observed.

The cap is fleshy and reaches sizes up to 30 cm in diameter. The surface of the cap is slightly wrinkled. If grown in dry conditions, the cap is often dull and slightly cracked. In a humid environment, the cap is slightly sticky with a white or brown color. There were cases when mushroom pickers found porcini mushrooms with a yellowish or orange cap. In any case, the older he is, the more the hat darkens.

The pulp of this representative is dense, fibrous, white in color without a pronounced odor.

Boletus whitish

The cap reaches 5-15 cm in diameter and has the shape of a hemisphere with soft and dry skin. If you press on the surface, it starts to turn blue. The leg reaches a height of 8 cm and has a diameter of 3-5 cm. It is cylindrical, thickened in shape, turns blue at the incision site. It grows in oak forests from September to January and is considered one of the earliest mushrooms to appear immediately after the first rains. Boletus is whitish - not edible, since its flesh is very bitter. Long-term heat treatment is not able to remove bitterness. It does not belong to poisonous mushrooms and has no resemblance to them.

Boletus pink-skinned

This species is poisonous and belongs to the bolet family. This mushroom is extremely rare, therefore it is still little studied by mushroom pickers. The diameter of the cap is 7 to 20 cm in the form of a hemisphere. During maturation, it gradually opens and becomes like a pillow. The skin on the surface is smooth, sometimes velvety. The flesh of the boletus is dense with a weak smell and taste. Adults can reach 20 cm in height with a diameter of up to 6 cm. The stem is initially cylindrical, but becomes tuberous when ripe. The color is yellowish lemon, gradually changing to dark red.

Olive brown oak tree

The hat has an olive-brown color, which explains the name of the oak tree. At a young age, it is dull and smooth, but during maturation it can become velvety. The shape is cushion-shaped with a diameter of 5.5 to 20 cm. The flesh of the mushroom is dense and thick, yellowish in color. In the place of the cut, it gradually acquires a bluish tint. It grows from May to November in deciduous forests among oak trees. In most cases, it is edible, and is often used to prepare various sauces. Boil the mushrooms for at least 60 minutes before cooking.

What does the hymenochete red-brown look like

At the beginning of the growing season, the caps of the red-brown hymenochete are pressed against the surface of the substrate. Then the fruiting bodies rise, take the form of spread, sessile fruits with a tiled arrangement on the surface of the wood.

If the mycelium is on a standing stump, the mushrooms resemble a lowered fan or shell. On the underside of a felled tree there are rubbery ones, with a variety of non-repeating shapes.

The external characteristics of the red-rusty hymenochete are as follows:

• fruit bodies are thin - up to 0.6 mm, rigid dense woody structure;
• the surface with radial stripes is much darker than the main background;
• the color of the fruit bodies is uniform to the edge, it can be steel or brown;
• one or more light lines of different widths are located along an even or wavy edge;
• the surface of the caps is furrowed, velvety at the beginning of growth, then smooth, and at the end of the biological cycle it becomes glossy;
• hymenophore with chaotically scattered tubercles;
• in young specimens, the color is orange, with age it becomes reddish-brown or lilac, closer to the edge, the color is always much lighter.

The pulp of a red-brown hymenochete is brown with a gray tinge, tasteless and odorless.

Fruits are found both on horizontally and vertically arranged wood.

Hymenocheta oak (red-brown, red-rusty): photo and description

Hymenochete red-brown, red-rusty or oak is also known under the Latin names Helvella rubiginosa and Hymenochaete rubiginosa. The species is a member of the large Gimenochet family.

The biological cycle of the species is one year

What does the hymenochete red-brown look like

At the beginning of the growing season, the caps of the red-brown hymenochete are pressed against the surface of the substrate. Then the fruiting bodies rise, take the form of spread, sessile fruits with a tiled arrangement on the surface of the wood.

If the mycelium is on a standing stump, the mushrooms resemble a lowered fan or shell. On the underside of a felled tree there are rubbery ones, with a variety of non-repeating shapes.

The external characteristics of the red-rusty hymenochete are as follows:

• fruit bodies are thin - up to 0.6 mm, rigid dense woody structure;
• the surface with radial stripes is much darker than the main background;
• the color of the fruit bodies is uniform to the edge, it can be steel or brown;
• one or more light lines of different widths are located along an even or wavy edge;
• the surface of the caps is furrowed, velvety at the beginning of growth, then smooth, and at the end of the biological cycle it becomes glossy;
• hymenophore with chaotically scattered tubercles;
• in young specimens, the color is orange, with age it becomes reddish-brown or lilac, closer to the edge, the color is always much lighter.

The pulp of a red-brown hymenochete is brown with a gray tinge, tasteless and odorless.

Fruits are found both on horizontally and vertically arranged wood.

Where and how it grows

The mushroom is cosmopolitan, without the boundaries of the main cluster. In Russia, it can often be found in mixed forests and oak forests. Saprotroph parasitizes on decaying oak wood. Bears fruit in temperate climates from early summer to winter. In the southern regions, the red-brown hymenochet can grow until the next season. The mycelium causes the spread of dry rot.

Is the mushroom edible or not

The structure of the hats is very rigid at any stage of development. The fabric is thin, tasteless, odorless. Cannot be used as a raw material for culinary processing.

Doubles and their differences

The hymenocheta tobacco is considered a double. It differs in a lighter color, as well as a leathery, rather than woody structure of the fabric. Accumulating fruiting bodies can occupy a large area in the form of a solid line, causing white rot. The double is inedible.

Parasitizes on dead wood of any hardwood

Conclusion

The red-brown hymenochete has a one-year development cycle; it grows only on dead wood, stumps and rotting oak branches. The hats are hard with a dense structure, do not represent nutritional value. There is no information about toxins in the composition, the hymenochete belongs to inedible mushrooms.

Poisonous boletus

Outwardly, this pretender does not in the least look like a poisonous mushroom. Inexperienced mushroom pickers often mistake it for edible prey. The mushroom is large, thick, it looks like boletus, why not put it in a basket? It belongs to the galaxy of red-colored boletus from the Boletaceae family.These boletus are poorly studied. There are a great many of them, in addition to the satanic mushroom. Its no less poisonous boletus relatives:

• felt;
• pink-skinned,
• purple;
• beautiful;
• Frost;
• Burroughs et al.

Felt poisonous mushroom boletus

Pink-skinned poisonous mushroom

Purple Poison Boletus

Lovely poisonous mushroom

Frost's Poisonous Mushroom

Burroughs is a poisonous species of boletus

Description

Brown Miller is a beautiful brown mushroom with a dry velvety surface.

Hat

Reaches 7 cm in diameter. It has the shape from a pad (at a young age) with a central tuberous formation to a funnel with uneven edges (at maturity). Its color is brownish brown, chocolate. The surface is dry and velvety to the touch.

Leg

Has a size up to 8 * 1 cm in length and in diameter. The shape is cylindrical, often curved, and does not contain a cavity. The color is similar to the hat. The surface of the leg is dry and velvety.

Spore-bearing layer

It is executed with descending, frequent and wide plates. Their color is from white to slightly yellowish, in overripe specimens it is buffy. Under mechanical stress, they acquire a pinkish coloration.

Pulp

High density. Very thin (in a hat, in a leg - rather tough). The flesh is white in color; when cut, it first acquires a reddish, later yellowish coloration. The juice is white, getting on the air turns red, then turns yellow. Smell and taste are unremarkable.

Features of the satanic mushroom

A typical representative of the boletus family. Its external data:

• Hat. Differs in massiveness. Reaches a diameter of 20-30 cm. The color of the cap is dull, dim. The shape is cushion-shaped. There are damages and roughness on the cap. The hat, covered with a velvety dense skin, can be gray, olive, beige, cream.
• Tubular part. Its thickness does not exceed 2 cm. It has a rich color range. The tubules go from yellow to blood red, and then turn olive. If damaged, they turn blue.
• Disputes. The color changes from green to olive brown. Size: 10-16x5-7 microns. They have a fusiform-ellipsoidal shape.
• Leg. Like the hat, it is quite massive. The average length of a mature specimen is 15-17 cm. The width is 10 cm. The shape of the leg is oval, or almost a sphere. There is a specific narrowing in the area of ​​connection with the cap. The color is very bright - red, beetroot, orange-crimson. A characteristic feature is the grid pattern.
• Pulp. On the fault it is yellow, cream, beige. At the break, it slowly turns blue. It has a watery structure. The color depends on the living conditions. In specimens grown in the shade, dark and dull shades prevail. Those who grew up in the sun have a brighter and richer palette.

In the video presented, an experienced mushroom picker will show what a satanic pain looks like, and how it differs from an edible porcini mushroom:

How to provide first aid?

If you take a set of simple measures in time, you can avoid serious consequences from the use of a poisonous satanic mushroom:

1. Call a doctor. It is not worth overcoming yourself to go to the hospital. Lie down and wait for the doctors to arrive. Relax and stay in bed.
2. Drink activated charcoal while the doctors are driving.
3. Drink plenty of cold liquids - filtered water and strong tea.

With all the first aid measures and competent treatment, in a day you will be put on your feet. The degree of poisoning depends on the toxicity of a particular specimen - if a lot of poison gets into the body, the treatment can take weeks.

Hymenocheta oak (red-brown, red-rusty): photo and description

Hymenochete red-brown, red-rusty or oak is also known under the Latin names Helvella rubiginosa and Hymenochaete rubiginosa.The species is a member of the large Gimenochet family.

The biological cycle of the species is one year