A mushroom called yellow spiderweb is also called triumphal cobweb or golden spiderweb. It is eaten and sometimes used as a medicine.
Description of the mushroom spiderweb yellow
Description of the mushroom
Regardless of the stage of its growth, the mushroom always looks the same. Its description:
- the cap is painted in a dark shade of yellow, has a hemispherical shape, diameter - 5-12 cm;
- the flesh of the cap has a mushroom smell and a bitter taste;
- inside the mushroom without veins, the color of the pulp is cream;
- the hymenophore plates, located at the bottom of the cap, are dark, capable of staining the skin of the hands when touched;
- the leg of the mushroom is strongly expanded at the base, which makes it stable;
- the color of the leg is yellow with pale veins;
- the length of the leg can reach 15 cm and in cross section is 1-2.5 cm.
For your information. The flesh of the triumphal cobweb does not have a special smell or taste, but upon contact with alkali (for example, KOH) it turns yellow.
The color scheme of the mushroom is common - it should be carefully examined to make sure there is no mistake. Many inedible mushrooms look similar, such as red and purple spider webs.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
Despite its fairly widespread prevalence on the territory of the Russian Federation, the triumphal webcap is included in the Red Book of Moscow and the Moscow Region. Here it belongs to category 2 - a rare species on the territory of Moscow. In 2010, representatives of the species were found in Kurkin - on the Antenna fields near the Verkhnebratovsky bog. It is believed that the species is most likely confined to damp and mossy places, which is why it received the specific name-synonym for pimp.
The limiting (limiting) factors for the Moscow region are currently not clear for mycologists, but with regard to Moscow, everything is more or less clear and rests on a limited area of birch forests (both damp and drier) located near the near-watershed swamps.
The species was first described in 1838 by the Swedish mycologist and botanist Elias Magnus Fries, who included it in the Spiderweb genus to which the species belongs to this day.
The yellow webcap has no subspecies. His color differs depending on the territory in which he grew up. The mushroom acquires a dark color due to high humidity.
This type of outback grows in places with high humidity and high rainfall.
Deciduous trees are needed for its growth: their fallen leaves are fertilizer for mushrooms. The fungus is a widespread mycorrhizal forming agent on the territory of Eurasia and prefers to enter into symbiotic relations in representatives of the drooping birch species for the formation of the fungus root.
Beneficial features
According to the description, now the yellow spider web is not used in traditional medicine, but it has been proven that it has strong antiseptic properties. They stopped using it as a medicine, because due to its color it is easy to confuse it with some kind of poisonous mushroom.
Cobweb tincture perfectly relieves the feeling of heaviness in the stomach and stops vomiting in case of poisoning.
Contraindications
Eat Mushroom With Care
Be careful when using the product. It has a number of contraindications. It is not recommended to use it if:
- high blood glucose levels;
- cardiovascular disease;
- pregnancy and lactation period;
- diseases of the large intestine.
Also, the use of mushrooms is prohibited for children and the elderly: their bodies do not have enzymes for digesting this type of mushrooms (in children, they have not yet become so active due to the non-maturity of the digestive system, but in the elderly - due to aging of the body and, accordingly, age-related changes in all organ systems). The use of the mushroom is undesirable during pregnancy: its effect on the woman's body is not fully understood.
Application
The harvesting season for yellow spiderwebs is during the growth of more edible and useful mushrooms, so mushroom pickers usually bypass them.
When cooking, the yellow spider web is rarely used, since different sources interpret its edibility in different ways. If on the territory of the Russian Federation many mushroom pickers consider the triumphal cobweb to be the most delicious cobweb, then representatives of foreign sources have a diametrically opposite opinion about this type of mushroom - it is considered as a typically inedible mushroom. Also, the recipes by which it is prepared are not so common.
Knowledgeable people use the yellow spiderweb in case of poisoning or if a natural antiseptic becomes necessary.
It is strictly forbidden to self-medicate using this webcap, since the mushroom has a list of contraindications. There are also age restrictions for its use: the body may not have enzymes that contribute to the assimilation of the product.
The best of the spiderwebs. Triumphal webcap - Cortinarius triumphans
Delicious edible triumphal spiderweb mushroom (yellow).
Conclusion
The yellow spider web can be eaten if there is confidence in its authenticity. Inexperienced mushroom pickers should not pick these mushrooms, because their color and shape are similar to the external structural features inherent in some of the poisonous species.
Children, pregnant women, lactating mothers and the elderly are strictly prohibited from eating these mushrooms in any form.