Description of appearance
It is a lamellar mushroom with a rather large orange cap and a fleshy white stem. It has a classic shape and is easily visible from a distance.
It grows in diameter from 5 to 12 cm. In young representatives, it is hemispherical, and then begins to straighten, but the tubercle in the center remains at any age.
Visually, scales are visible in the center, while waves are located along the edges. The shades of the surface are orange and red, reminiscent of rosy baked goods.
The pulp is beige, after drying it turns white, the smell is not very pronounced, it has specific shades that resemble mold.
Leg
Straight, fleshy, in some representatives it bends towards the base, reaches 8-14 cm in length. Thickened from the lower end, the surface is painted in white, cream shades, and closer to the upper edge - in orange. Smooth and silky to the touch. Several red bands can be seen on the surface - they distinguish this species from a number of others.
LPs
They stand out well, have a fairly large size, and are often located. Compared to the surface of the cap, they are colored brownish brown. This color is more characteristic of poisonous mushrooms, so most often mushroom pickers avoid the cobweb.
Similar species
The plush webcap is similar to all other cobwebs of the Dermocybe genus.
Here are some of its representatives:
1-Webcap abnormal 2-Webcap dark red
- Webcap abnormal
- Webcap dark red
- Bataille's webcap
- Webcap carmine red
- Webcap brown-yellow
- Cinnamon webcap
- Saffron webcap
- Sultry webcap
1-Cobweb carmine red 2-Cobweb cinnamon
- Huronian webcap
- Webcap saffron-brown
- Cobweb olive brown
- Cobweb purple
- Polar webcap
- Reddish cobweb
- Webcap blood red
- Reddish-lamellar webcap
1-Cobweb, saffron-brown 2-Cobweb, purple
- Sommerfelt's webcap
- Spiderweb tubarium
- Swamp webcap
Webcap yellow
All of these cobwebs are poisonous. But they do not differ much from each other. For example, a beautiful spider web (reddish) differs from a plush one by more reddish plates and the presence of an annular growth on the leg. All these species are difficult to distinguish even for an experienced collector.
At the same time, there are even edible species that look like a plush spider web, for example, the spider web is yellow (although some sources it refers to inedible). It is salted or dried after prolonged digestion. But, since it is very similar to poisonous varieties, without full confidence in its safety, it is also not worth collecting.
Plush webcap (Cortinarius orellanus)
- Other names for the mushroom:
- Mountain webcap
- Cobweb orange-red
Other names:
Description:
Teddy webcap (Cortinarius orellanus) has a dry, matte cap, covered with small scales, 3-8.5 cm in diameter, hemispherical at the beginning, then flat, with an expressionless tubercle, orange or brown-red with a golden tint. All of them are distinguished by non-slip, always dry fruiting bodies, a silky felt cap and a slender, not thickened leg. The plates are colored orange to rusty brown.
Distribution: The plush webcap is a relatively rare species. In some countries, it has not yet been found. In Europe, it grows mainly in autumn (sometimes at the end of summer) in deciduous, and occasionally in coniferous forests. It forms mycorrhiza mainly with oak and birch. Most often appears on acidic soils. Learning to recognize this extremely dangerous mushroom is very difficult, since there are many similar species; because of this, even for a specialist, it is not easy to determine a teddy webcap.
Note:
Plush webcap - deadly poisonous. Contains the poisonous substance orellanin, which causes pathological changes in the kidneys. Signs of poisoning appear 3-14 days after ingestion of the mushroom.The mushroom retains its toxic properties after boiling in water or drying.
Teddy webcap, like other types of cobwebs, until 1960 was considered a harmless mushroom. The prevailing opinion was that among the huge number of cobwebs (more than 400 species grow in Europe alone) there are only bitter inedible species and relatively tasty species that are suitable for writing.
However, after frequent poisoning that took place in Poland, many of which were fatal, it was possible to establish that the culprit was a teddy spider web - a mushroom smelling of radish and pleasant to the taste. During chemical analysis, several poisonous compounds were found in its fruits - orellanin, cortinarin, benzoinin, etc. days. Then there is a rapid deterioration in the human condition, impaired renal function and death.
