False mushrooms

To distinguish poisonous mushrooms from edible is very easy,It is only worth taking a closer look at the fruit body. But very often the fetal body of the edible fungus can change color due to the terrain where it grows. We know that this mushroom is edible. But next to the fungus can grow its poisonous counterpart. It is here by inattention that we take into the basket what will later become the cause of poisoning. Of course, while cleaning and combing the house mushrooms, you can cull poisonous mushrooms, but many just do not. Therefore, in order to protect yourself and your family from poisoning, you should definitely know, How do poisonous mushrooms look like?. This also applies to a false white fungus.

Everyone knows what a white fungus of the Borovikov family looks like. He has a thick leg, which swells tobasis. The surface of the leg, depending on the forest in which you found it, may be whitish, brownish, and sometimes pinkish. Also, the color of the leg can be the same as the color of the cap. The hat can have different colors: from almost white to reddish-brown. In dry weather, the cap may crack, because of which a grid forms on its surface. Pay attention to the tubular layer of the white fungus. In young fungi it is white, begins to turn yellow with age, and then acquires a greenish-olive color. Sometimes the young mushrooms have a tubular layer of pinkish hue.

Juicy, fleshy and strong flesh of white mushrooms makes them pets among mushroom pickers. The pleasant aroma of mushrooms is only enhanced by their heat treatment or drying. That's why ceps are so appreciated. But do not forget that the white fungus has its false counterpart.

False white fungus

False white mushrooms in mushroom pickers have a different name - bitter mushroom. In science it is called bile fungus. This fungus does not belong to the genus Borovikov, as a white fungus, but to the genus Tilopil. Despite the various genera, the white and bile fungi are very similar.

The bile fungus, like the white one, has a massive stem,which to its base takes the form of a keg. The pipe layer under the cap is also misleading. But in order to distinguish between false mushrooms and edible fungi, you need to take a closer look at the fruit body. In the bile fungus on the cut, the flesh turns pink, the white one does not. Also note that on the topthe legs of the bilious fungus have a pattern in the form of a dark mesh that is not characteristic of white mushrooms. By the way, a reticulum on the stem very often deceives the mushroom pickers, and they take the bile fungus for the podborozovik. Another difference between bile fungus and white is that the tubular layer of the former has a pinkish or dirty white hue (depending on the age of the fungus).

The main difference between bile fungi and white is in taste. The bile fungus has a bitter flesh. With heat treatment, bitterness only increases.

Satan's Mushroom

If we are talking about the poisonous counterparts of white mushrooms, we can not help mentioning satanic mushroom. In some cases, these fungi, whichbelong to the genus Boroviki, fall into the basket of mushroom pickers. This fungus is one of the most poisonous. Only 1 gram of fungal pulp can cause serious food poisoning.

Satan's mushroom is very similar to edible mushrooms. He has the same round hat and thick leg. The hat has a rough surface, similar to velvet. The color of the cap may vary: it may be whitish, grayish, olive-gray, dirty-gray, sometimes it may acquire a yellowish or ocher shade (which is so characteristic of white mushrooms). The leg is distinguished by a bright yellowish-red color from above, towards the middle it acquires a carmine-red hue, at the base - brownish-yellow. The tubular layer of the satanic fungus is yellowish, then changes color to orange, red-olive, carmine-red or red-brown.

The flesh of the Satanic mushroom is yellow or white, but immediately turns blue or turns pink. On the stem, the pulp has a red tint. In old mushrooms the flesh has an unpleasant smell.

According to the description, it may seem that Satanicthe fungus is very easy to distinguish from white. But in practice everything turns out exactly the opposite. Always be careful when picking mushrooms in the forest or buying them in the market. Check the mushrooms, cut a little pulp to see if it will change color or not. And remember the golden rule: if you doubt the edibility of the fungus, do not take it!