Spider mushroom, very common all over the world, only in our area, there are more than forty (!) species. Of all this diversity, only two species are considered edible - the superb cobweb and the watery-blue cobweb. The rest are unsuitable for consumption, and over ten species are completely poisonous. Therefore, we recommend that you do not collect these mushrooms unless you are a super experienced and confident mushroom picker, although even in this case, there are many others worthy of attention mushrooms, which are less dangerous. Spider webs grow throughout the CIS countries, from Siberia to the European part of the countries, in coniferous and deciduous forests. One of the main differences between these mushrooms is their very bright, even rather acidic, color. The colors of the coloring are varied, and according to this color they are given names, for example: white-violet webwort, red-scaled webwort, blue-stemmed webwort, watery-blue webwort, purple webwort, and so on on the list.

The mushroom took its name from another of its features: young fruiting bodies have a veil-like film at the junction of the cap and stem of the mushroom. When the mushroom grows, this film will stretch and tear into separate threads that will resemble a cobweb. When they become old, this feature often disappears, or remains in the form of a ring on the stem.

It is worth emphasizing once again the danger and insidiousness of these mushrooms; often their poison does not act immediately, but sometimes even after two weeks, which makes it difficult to diagnose poisoning and complicates the task of doctors. The cobweb is often disguised as other mushrooms, such as russula and valui. Remember that honey mushrooms do not grow on the ground, it will most likely be a spider plant.

Let's talk a little about distinctive features of these mushrooms and we will show you photos so that you stay away from such forest inhabitants.

Yellow cobweb

• Hat: Its diameter varies within 10 centimeters; in young representatives of the species it is hemispherical, later in the process of aging it becomes cushion-shaped. They often remain with traces of the “web” throughout their entire life.
• Color: Yellow-orange in the center, often darker than at the edges.
• Pulp: Thick, soft to the touch, white in color, with a yellowish tint.
• Plates: They usually look thin and weakly expressed, the color of the plates in young spider web mushrooms is light cream as the mushroom ages, the color of the plates also changes, it becomes darker and duller.
• Leg: About 12 centimeters high, sometimes a little higher, about 2.5 centimeters thick. It has a characteristic thickening at the bottom, but as the mushroom ages, this feature disappears.
• Can it be eaten?: Most Western experts and books consider these mushrooms to be inedible, but domestic experts insist that this is a very tasty mushroom and can be safely consumed.

Gossamer violet

• Hat: about 14 centimeters in diameter, has a convex shape.
• Color: very bright, acid purple.
• Pulp: At first it has a blue tint, but as the mushroom matures and ages, it becomes white.
• Plates: They have a purple color, even rather a darker shade of it, they are rare and wide.
• Leg: About 14 centimeters high, about 2 centimeters thick.
• Edibility: the mushroom is very rare, so not only can it not be eaten, it cannot even be picked, it is listed in the Red Book.

Orange cobweb:

• Cap: About eight centimeters in diameter, its surface is wavy, always wet, and after rain sticky mucus appears on it.
• Color : Light brown, in summer time, when the sun is quite intense, the cap turns simply yellow.
• Plates: Brown, wide and frequent, brown.
• Leg: It has a round shape, widens towards the bottom and has the appearance of a tuber. Its height reaches ten centimeters, its diameter is one and a half centimeters.
• Edibility: Orange cobwebs are classified as conditionally edible mushrooms; they must first be boiled and then fried.

Purple cobweb:

• Hat: It has a diameter of about fifteen centimeters, a convex shape, over time it becomes wider, the structure is fibrous, and has an adhesive surface.
• Color: Red-brown, sometimes also has an olive-brown tint.
• Plates: They grow to the stalk with a special tooth. The color varies with age; when young it is purple, becoming yellow-brown over time.
• Leg: Dense, its color is purple.
• Pulp: has a bluish tint, after you break it off it turns purple at the break point.
• Crimson cobweb can be found in coniferous forests and deciduous forests; it belongs to the category of conditionally edible mushrooms; they are consumed in both fresh and pickled mushrooms.

Cobweb spider brilliant:

• Cap: its diameter is about ten centimeters, has a bulge, and has a characteristic slimy, sticky surface when it rains.
• Pulp: thick, has a loose structure, its color is pale yellow.
• Plates: the mushroom has wide plates, yellow color, over time they change their color towards a rusty shade.
• Leg: it is about ten centimeters long, a little more than one and a half centimeters thick. Towards the bottom there is a thickening in the form of a tuber.
• The common spiderweb is shiny, mainly in forests where there is a lot coniferous trees, it can be eaten.

Bracelet web:

This type of mushroom is often confused with safer and delicious mushrooms. It is often confused with mushrooms such as topi, goat mushroom, and moss mushroom. This often has bad consequences; of course, the mushroom does not belong to the category of inedible, much less to the category of poisonous, but it can also be classified as edible very conditionally. It is very tasteless and hard on the body. Besides his beautiful appearance, he is no longer distinguished by anything good.

• Cap: Often of very varied sizes, from eight to twenty centimeters, it all depends on the circumstances under which this mushroom grew.
• Color: binary, from light to dark, it is light in the center, becoming darker than brick color towards the edge, or ocher - yellow.
• Plates: sparse and with wide sections, the edge is distinctly wavy.
• To do bracelet web spider Edible, it needs to be boiled for a very long time, and at the same time drain the boiled water and squeeze out the mushrooms; it is eaten only fresh; it is not suitable for preparation.

Variable cobweb:

• Hat: yellow gloss color, its size reaches eight centimeters in diameter, early age as you can see in the photo above, the cap has the shape of a hemisphere, after becomes flatter for some time.
• Leg: white, its length reaches ten centimeters, its average thickness is quite impressive and exceeds two centimeters.
• Plates: when young, the mushroom has a lilac tint, but with age they become pale and acquire a brown tint.
• Edibility: It is classified as conditionally edible; it is eaten fresh and also pickled.

The web spider is excellent:

• Hat: its diameter reaches impressive sizes, up to twenty centimeters. It has a dense, fleshy structure; in young individuals the cap has the shape of a hemisphere, becoming flatter with age.
• Color: This mushroom is distinguished by the variable color of the cap; at a young age it is purple, closer to a dark shade, later it acquires a chestnut hue, the edge has a purple rim.
• Leg: the tall one reaches fifteen centimeters, has a dense structure, at the end there is a tuber, weakly expressed. The leg is bluish-violet in color.
• Edibility: The spider web is excellent, eaten in all forms, but it is best obtained in pickled form. This type of mushroom is comparable to porcini mushrooms in terms of safety. BUT YOU SHOULD BE COLLECTING THIS MUSHROOM WITH Especial CARE, BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF APPEARINGLY SIMILAR DOUBLES, WHICH ARE OFTEN VERY DANGEROUS, AND THEIR CONSUMPTION CAN RESULT IN FATALITY. THEREFORE THIS MUSHROOM IS COLLECTED ONLY BY EXPERIENCED MUSHROOMS PICKERS.

Cobweb brown photo:

Conditionally edible mushroom, consumed fresh.

Cobweb smeared photo:

It is boiled for at least half an hour before heating.

Gossamer webwort:

It needs to be boiled, then the broth is drained, then the mushroom is salted or pickled.

Scaly cobweb:

A little-known edible mushroom, it is consumed fresh.

As you can see spider web mushrooms a lot, many of them are conditionally edible, some are even quite suitable for cooking, but remember that more types, poisonous and inedible, therefore we categorically do not recommend collecting such mushrooms for beginners. We hope our article, photo and description of the spider web mushroom, will help you recognize this mushroom on a quiet hunt, admire it, take a photo and pass by, because your health is priceless, with this we say goodbye to you, we wish you success and good health, there was a site with you.

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 triumphans(Yellow web spider)

Other names for the mushroom:

Synonyms:

• Triumphal cobweb
• Yellow marshweed
• Triumphant marsh grass

Yellow gossamer cap:
Diameter 7-12 cm, hemispherical in youth, with age it becomes cushion-shaped, semi-prostrate; noticeable shreds of cobwebby covering often remain along the edges. Color - orange-yellow, usually darker in the central part; The surface is sticky, although in very dry weather it may dry out. The flesh of the cap is thick, soft, white-yellowish in color, with an almost pleasant smell, not typical for.

Records:
Weakly adherent, narrow, frequent, light cream in youth, changing color with age, acquiring a smoky and then bluish-brown color. In young specimens they are completely covered with a light cobwebby cover.

Spore powder:
Rust brown.

Leg:
The leg of the yellow spider web is 8-15 cm high, 1-3 cm thick, in youth it is very thick in the lower part, and with age it acquires a regular cylindrical shape. In young specimens, bracelet-like remains of the cortina are clearly visible.

Spreading:
Yellow cobweb grows from mid-August to the end of September in deciduous foxes, forming mycorrhizae mainly with birch. Prefers dry places; can be considered a satellite. The place and time of the most intense fruiting of these two species often coincides.

Similar species:
The yellow web spider is one of the easiest spider webs to identify. However, there are indeed a lot of similar species. Yellow cobweb is classified only according to a set of characteristics - starting from the shape fruiting body and ending with the time and place of growth.

Edibility:
Yellow cobweb in foreign sources falls under the category; domestic authors have a different opinion. SOUTH. Semenov in his book calls the yellow spider web the most delicious spider web.

Notes
and the yellow cobweb - this is what stands before our eyes after several days of forest fermentation in mid-September. Milk mushroom in a basket, cobweb in the forest. I'll have to try the opposite sometime. It is interesting to get acquainted with the yellow spider web from the culinary side, but, of course, it is not possible to collect both abundant mushrooms at the same time. We have to choose.

Cobwebs (Cortinarius) are a fairly extensive genus of fungi, numbering more than 40 species in our country alone, and throughout the world this figure exceeds the two thousandth threshold. Most of their representatives are inedible, and some are even deadly poisonous. The name of some types of these mushrooms speaks for itself: just look at the superb cobweb or the elegant cobweb. They are also called marshlands or ringed caps.

Brief description and habitat

Cobwebs are lamellar mushrooms. Their main distinctive feature It may well be brightly colored. They are found in purple, bright yellow, dark red, terracotta and other colors. Some species names came precisely because of this characteristic: purple webwort, crimson webwort, watery-blue webwort, and others. And the name of the entire genus of mushrooms was given by the cobwebby film like a blanket enveloping its representatives. The web cover is clearly visible in young mushrooms: it connects the stem and the edges of the cap. And in mature representatives, the thin film breaks as it grows and becomes like a cobweb entangling the stem of the mushroom. Some of its threads hang from the cap, but for the most part they remain in the lower part of the stem in the form of a cobwebby ring. These mushrooms are very similar to each other and only experienced mushroom pickers can distinguish one type of cobweb from another.

All representatives of this genus have a round cap that becomes flat as it grows, often raised in the middle. To the touch it is smooth, fibrous, less often scaly. There may be either a mucous surface of the cap or a dry one. The pulp is fleshy, thin, often white, but can also be multi-colored. The plates are frequent, descending, and the leg is cylindrical, sometimes thickened at the base. Remnants of a cobwebby blanket will always be visible on it. It practically matches the color of the surface of the cap, sometimes it may differ only in the intensity of the shade. The spore powder of mushrooms is usually yellow or brown-yellow in color. In general, cobwebs are very similar to, so it is quite difficult to confuse them with edible mushrooms.

These mushrooms love moist, swampy soil. They can often be found near the outskirts of swamps, which is why they received the name “swamplanders”. Spider webs grow in deciduous and mixed forests, are less frequently observed in conifers. This is a widespread genus. Their habitat is the European part of Russia, Siberia, Far East, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan. In Europe, they are often found in Austria, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, France, Finland, Switzerland, Romania, Latvia and Estonia. You can also find them in the USA and Japan. However, although they are so ubiquitous, they are quite rare mushrooms. Some of their species, for example, purple cobweb, are listed in the Red Book Russian Federation and other regions.

Beneficial features

Despite the fact that some of the types of spider webs are poisonous, this does not reduce the content of valuable substances in them that have practical use in medicine. Some of the representatives of this genus are used as raw materials for the manufacture of dyes. Mostly brown or ocher colored mushrooms are used for this purpose.

Edible and conditionally edible representatives are successfully used for culinary purposes, having previously undergone additional processing in the form of long-term boiling with frequent replacement of water. In cooking, such types of mushrooms as watery blue cobweb, superb cobweb, purple cobweb, and yellow cobweb are often used.

These are the most common species eaten. There are others, but many of them are useless and have no taste value. Be that as it may, even well-known species should only be collected by experienced mushroom pickers.

Types of spider webs used in cooking can be consumed boiled, salted, fried, pickled, or canned. Incomparable with him various firsts and second courses. Many experts say that these mushrooms have a nutty flavor.

Fried spider web recipe

For preparation you will need:

• edible or conditionally edible spider webs – 500 grams;
• flour - 4 tablespoons;
• vegetable oil – 3 tablespoons;
• greenery.

Initially, fresh mushrooms need to be thoroughly boiled, changing them several times. Then cut them into small pieces. Place in a preheated frying pan and fry until almost done. Then pour flour into the mushrooms and continue cooking. The top of the dish can be decorated with herbs and served. It is best consumed hot.

Types of mushrooms and medicinal properties

The most famous species of this genus are:

• yellow spiderwort or triumphal marshweed – edible;
• purple spider web – conditionally edible;
• orange cobweb – conditionally edible;
• purple spider web – conditionally edible;
• shiny cobweb - poisonous;
• bracelet web - edible;
• Variable cobweb – conditionally edible;
• brown cobweb – conditionally edible;
• smeared cobweb – conditionally edible;
• superb cobweb - edible;
• straight spider web – conditionally edible;
• red-olive cobweb - inedible;
• Gossamer webwort – conditionally edible;
• Scaly cobweb is inedible.

Some representatives of this genus are considered poisonous mushrooms, but this does not reduce their medicinal properties.

Red cobweb

A red or blood-reddish mushroom, classified as poisonous. It bears a close resemblance to the inedible purple spider web. It has pronounced antiseptic properties. The substances included in its composition prevent the development of tuberculous mycobacteria. Found in coniferous forests. Loves moist, mossy soil. Fruits from July to September.

Bracelet web plant

It has a yellow-brown or brown-red color; with age, the terracotta color predominates and becomes more saturated. Resembles the triumphal cobweb. This is a conditionally edible mushroom, used in cooking only after careful pre-processing. IN medicinal purposes used as an antiseptic. It forms mycorrhiza only with birch. Picky in choosing soil - prefers a swampy, acidic environment. Fruits from July to early October.

The color of the mushroom is multifaceted: from grayish-green to black-olive with brown and brown impurities. It is quite similar to many representatives of this species, from which it differs in the absence of odor, very bitter taste and black color of the plates. The alkaloids included in its composition, in laboratory studies, showed good results in inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, which is one of the main types of therapy for Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders. This mushroom is considered poisonous. Found mainly in deciduous and mixed forests, loves calcareous soils. Forms mycorrhiza with oak and beech. Fruits from July to October.

Gossamer's web

Pale lilac, becoming ocher-white with age. It is similar to camphor spiderweed, which has the same unpleasant specific odor. From rare species– violet cobweb – differs in the rusty color of the plates, from the white-violet representative – in a more saturated color, from the violet row – in a strong repulsive aroma and a tangled, abundant blanket. The mushroom is inedible. Eating it is not recommended. For medical purposes it has pronounced antibacterial properties. An antibiotic, inolomine, was identified in its composition.

Harm and dangerous properties

Some types of spider webs are very toxic and poisonous. They are most dangerous because signs of poisoning may appear after several days or even weeks, since they contain delayed-acting toxins. Their venom is very harmful to the kidneys; with its help, a disease such as acute interstitial nephritis can develop. Even irreversible changes in the structure of the kidneys and death are possible. According to statistics, for every seven cases of poisoning, one is fatal.

Characteristic signs of spiderweb poisoning are burning and dry mouth, severe thirst followed by vomiting, nausea, and abdominal cramps. Often accompanied by headache and pain in the lumbar region. Even if you notice the symptoms in time and consult a doctor, recovery and treatment will take quite a long time.

In order to protect yourself, it is important to remember the first rule of a mushroom picker: if there are doubts about the edibility or inedibility of a mushroom, then it is generally accepted that it is obviously poisonous. In general, it’s better not to take risks and entrust the collection of spider webs to specialists who can confidently distinguish good mushroom from its poisonous brother.

By the way, when preparing good edible mushrooms, it is worth remembering that violations in technology and non-compliance with processing rules can lead to severe poisoning and sad consequences.

Providing first aid for poisoning

Any type of poisoning requires immediate medical attention until the ambulance arrives. It is advisable not to transport the patient to the clinic, since some toxins can cause disruption of the cardiovascular system.

Before the doctor arrives, you should:

• put the patient to bed;
• perform repeated gastric lavage;
• drink a laxative to remove poison from the intestines;
• do a cleansing enema.

In case of poisoning, severe dehydration of the body occurs, so it is recommended to give the patient a drink. saline solutions, for example, rehydron. Give the victim cool, strong teas or just salted water. For calf cramps, which often occur precisely because of dehydration, you can put mustard plasters on your shin.

If everything was done correctly, and the danger was noticed at an early stage, then after such measures, the victim may already feel an improvement in his condition after 2-3 hours.

But this is not a reason to refuse hospitalization if recommended by a doctor.

conclusions

Cobwebs are quite rare and mostly dangerous mushrooms. But this does not stop some gourmets from collecting various representatives of this genus for culinary purposes. Many of them have interesting taste and are quite often eaten after undergoing pre-processing.

Before preparing a dish of spider webs, they need to be thoroughly boiled, changing the water several times. However, only experienced mushroom pickers will be able to cope with such an impossible task as determining which type of cobweb mushroom a particular mushroom belongs to.

The thing is that they are very similar to each other and an ignorant person can quite easily confuse an edible representative with its dangerous toxic relative.

Cobwebs are very dangerous due to the slow-acting toxins they contain. Poisoning by these mushrooms does not appear immediately, but after a fairly long period of time, which can be up to 14 days.

In some cases, they lead to pathological changes in the body, and sometimes even to death. In case of mushroom poisoning, the victim should immediately provide first aid medical care in the form of gastric and intestinal lavage, and provide plenty of fluids to avoid dangerous dehydration.

But even the most poisonous mushrooms do not lose their medicinal properties. They contain substances from which, with the right technology in the laboratory, it is possible to extract various components used to create antibiotics and various other drugs.

In fact, the cobweb is a rather valuable mushroom, but it is valued mainly for its medical properties. Its taste and culinary properties are not particularly popular. Cobweb mushrooms are quite rare and little-known mushrooms, so it is better not to take risks and refuse to eat them in favor of other edible, more tasty and well-known representatives.

Most species of spider webs are inedible or poisonous mushrooms. Even the conditionally edible spider web mushrooms have low taste qualities. However, with proper processing, young spider web mushrooms are suitable for consumption. Photos and descriptions of edible and inedible spider webs can be found below.

Edible spider web mushrooms - photo and description

Red Bracelet Spiderwort (Cortinarius armillatus) - photo and description

The cap of the spider web (5-15 cm) is red-brown. The leg is light red-brown with red stripes. Cinnamon-colored plates. The pulp is brown. The taste is mild. The species is widespread throughout the country, growing in pine forests. Edible mushroom.

The cap of the cobweb is rusty-brown with a reddish tint; in a young mushroom it is bell-shaped, later convex, dry, fibrous-scaly. Young mushrooms have a private covering of cobwebby fibers. The plates are light brown, later darkening to the color of cinnamon. The flesh of the spider web is light brown, darkens significantly during cooking. The stalk is paler than the cap, relatively thin and long with a weakly expressed club-shaped thickening of the base. The remains of the private cover of the red bracelet web form asymmetrical cinnabar-colored rings on the stem. A particularly widespread and productive species throughout the country. Grows in pine forests and in swampy places with birch growth.

Red bracelet spiderwort is an edible mushroom. Taste qualities young mushrooms are higher than old ones. Red bracelet spider web can be fried, salted, boiled. Young mushrooms are suitable for drying.

Photo: Description and characteristics of the Red Bracelet Spider

Inedible spider web mushrooms - description and photo

Stinky webweed ( Cortinarius traganus) - description of the species

Cobweb Smelly rather large mushroom with a cap (5-15 cm). Young mushrooms have a cap purple, as it grows, it acquires a yellowish-brown tint. The stem of the stinking web spider evenly thickens towards the base. The plates are brownish-yellowish. The spores are the same color. The smell is unpleasant. Widely distributed throughout the country. Cobweb grows in taiga-type pine forests. Inedible.

The young mushroom has a fine-fibrous, cobweb-like covering between the stem and the edge of the cap that covers the plates. As the mushroom grows, the fibers remain on the mushroom stalk. The leg is dense, evenly thickens towards the base, of a beautiful purple color with a predominant blue tint. In old spider web mushrooms, the color of the stem turns yellow-brown. The yellowish-brown remains of the private cover are preserved on the stem. The flesh is gray-brown-yellowish, at the base of the stem it is rusty-brown in color. The taste varies - from pleasant to bitter.

Stinking cobweb grows in coniferous forests, preferring taiga-type pine forests with a developed moss cover. One of the most widely grown mushrooms in Finland. The species belongs to the category of inedible.

Odorous cobweb (Cortinarius camphoratus) - photo and description of the species

Odorous cobweb is similar to stinking cobweb, but with a more pungent and unpleasant odor. A young cobweb fungus has lilac plates that turn into a rusty-brown color as they grow. The leg is less club-shaped than that of the stinking webweed. The pulp is light with a purple tint. The smell is sharper and unpleasant compared to the previous type.

The fragrant cobweb is also widespread in pine forests and taiga-type forests. Because of unpleasant odor the species is classified as inedible mushrooms. Cobwebs grow in pine forests and taiga-type forests, while purple rower grows in deciduous forests and in close proximity to populated areas.

Special web spider (Cortinarius speciosissimus) - description of the species and photo

The spider web mushroom is a special orange-brown color. Cap (3-12 cm) with a dull outer surface and a tubercle in the center. On the surface of the thin stalk, which thickens towards the base, there are delicate yellowish bands. Grows in pine forests. The species is distributed in southern and central Finland. Deadly poisonous!

The dull, finely scaly cap of the cobweb varies from yellow-red-brown to copper-red with an orange tint. Wide, sparse plates of the same color as the cap. The color of the spores is the same as the color of the mushroom. The main color of the thin leg, thickening towards the base, is yellow-red-brown. In the lower part of the leg there are several vague, light, yellowish bands, which are easily destroyed by contact. The pulp is reddish-yellow, light. The smell is weak, reminiscent of the smell raw potatoes or radish (it tastes better with a cut mushroom). The taste is pleasant.

The spider web mushroom is quite common in southern and central Finland and is found in the northern regions. Most often it is found in blueberry pine forests, in swampy sphagnum forests, along the edges of swamps and in other damp places.

Carefully! The special spider web is extremely poisonous and is equal in degree of danger to the white toadstool. Symptoms of poisoning appear on the 3-4th day. Eating even a small piece can be life-threatening. Its toxin is especially destructive to the kidneys. In view of all of the above, it is better not to touch all red-brown cobwebs similar to this mushroom.

Blood-red web spider (Cortinarius semisanguinca) - description of the species and photo

Of the mushrooms growing in our country that are similar to the special cobweb, we should note the blood-red cobweb, whose young mushrooms have blood-red plates with a brownish tint and are noticeably darker than the main color of the cap.

Spider webs are not the most favorite mushrooms for mushroom pickers, but they can be eaten and make excellent delicious dishes. We have given a description and photo of the species of spider web mushrooms above.

(Cortinarius speciosissimus)

The cobweb is a beautiful, very rare mushroom, but at the same time deadly. It has a second name - the most special spider web.

Habitats:

The most beautiful cobweb grows in oak forests, as well as in pine forests. Rarely seen. The fruiting period lasts from July to September.

Features:

The shape of the cap is spread out conical, all covered with small scales, fibrous. There is a tubercle in the center. The color is reddish-brown. Grows up to 3-7 cm in diameter.

The pulp has a light but perceptible radish smell. Reddish-brownish in color.

The plates are ocher to cherry red. Adherent or with a slight notch, thick, sparse and wide.

The leg has a cylindrical shape, sometimes slightly thickened towards the base. Fibrous. The color is orange-brown, with ocher belts clearly visible below. Grows up to 5-12 cm in length and up to 0.5-1 cm in width.

Poisonous toxins and signs of poisoning:

The toxic substance contained in the beautiful spider web is called orellanin, which causes irreversible changes in the kidneys. Its danger lies in its rather late manifestation - 7-14 days after eating the mushroom. Signs of poisoning include severe thirst, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dryness and burning in the mouth. The painful condition can last from 1 week to several months. If medical assistance is not provided in time, death is possible: severe cases death can occur even 5 months after eating mushrooms.

Often confused:

The mushroom has an external resemblance to one of the varieties of honey mushrooms - tuberous armillaria (tuberous honey fungus), which lives in the same places as poisonous double. But the main difference poisonous mushrooms from honey mushrooms are the ocher bands on the leg and the color of the plates - in honey mushrooms they are white or slightly yellowish, and in the double they are from ocher to cherry-red.