- 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 salor(Gossamer blue)
Description:
The hat and blanket are slimy. 3-8 cm in diameter, initially convex, then flat, sometimes with a small tubercle, bright blue or bright bluish-violet, then from the center becomes grayish or pale brown, with a bluish or violet edge.
The plates are adherent, sparse, initially bluish or purple, remain that way for a very long time, then light brown.
Spores are 7-9 x 6-8 microns in size, broadly ellipsoidal to almost spherical, warty, yellow-brown.
The leg is slimy and dries out in dry weather. Bluish, bluish-violet, or lilac with ocher-greenish-olive spots, then whitish without bands. Size 6-10 x 1-2 cm, cylindrical or slightly thickened downward, closer to club-shaped.
The pulp is whitish, bluish under the skin of the cap, tasteless and odorless.
Spreading:
Grows in coniferous and deciduous forests, often with high humidity, prefers birch. On soil rich in calcium.
Similarities:
It is very similar to, grows with it and ends up in the baskets of inexperienced mushroom pickers along with the rows. It is similar to Cortinarius transiens, growing in coniferous forests on acidic soils, which is sometimes found in sources as Cortinarius salor ssp. transiens.
Grade:
Not edible.
Note:
Belongs to the subgenus Myxacium, which is characterized by a mucous cap, stalk and general veil. Among similar types, belongs to the section Delibui (Cortinarius delibutus), which combines mushrooms with plates in bluish-violet tones.
The forest plantations that surround the city, periodically illuminated by golden light and watered by raindrops, are excellent for picking mushrooms. Being a mushroom picker is not an easy task. A true forester is passionate about his work; he lives only by regularly looking through encyclopedias, studying more and more new types of mushrooms, and traveling through unexplored corners of coniferous and mixed forests.
Mining for gold Russian forests“, you shouldn’t randomly put the first mushroom you come across into a basket, because it can turn out to be poisonous; during a “quiet hunt”, the mushroom picker is required to be attentive, patient and able to enjoy the next trophy.
It is when the weather becomes sunny outside, the maple and juicy wild raspberry bushes flare up with a bright crimson, when the greenery of the fir and spruce trees becomes even more fragrant and fresh, and the riverine bird cherry sheds its green decoration, you can go for mushrooms, including spider webs , a description of which you will find in this article.
Description of the species
Cobweb (Cortinarius) is a mushroom growing in Russian forests, which has become widespread not only in Russia, but also abroad; according to scientists, there are more than forty (!) species of cobwebs in nature. Let this article, my dear reader, become a kind of compass for you in the Russian forest expanses, in it we will study all the most popular types of spider webs, thanks to which you will have a good understanding of them. Where cobwebs grow, there is always a fragrant smell of fresh pine needles and dried maple leaves; this mushroom is found throughout the CIS countries: from Siberia to the European part of the countries.
All types of cobwebs have one thing in common: a very bright, memorable, acidic color. Before throwing another fungus into the basket, you need to make sure whether it is edible or not, and it is better to plan the cultivation of cobwebs in advance.
What does a spider web look like?
“Cobweb” is indeed a very surprising name for a mushroom (for some, this word evokes associations with slippery spiders or cobwebs), in fact, cobweb is a special mushroom, the young fruiting bodies of which can boast of the presence of a thin veil-like film in the place where the caps are connected and mushroom stem. When a member of the mushroom kingdom reaches mature age, the same film stretches and breaks into separate threads, which in appearance resemble a cobweb; as the mushroom grows older, this feature of the mushroom disappears, and instead of the threads a ring appears on the stem.
Cobwebs like to grow in groups or singly in deciduous and mixed forest areas, as well as in damp forests with an admixture of spruce and fir, they choose damp, swampy areas, but in damp, chilly weather, cobwebs can be found growing far from the swamps.
In view of the above features, the spiderwort, divided into various subgenera and subspecies, belonging to the order of agaricaceae, is also popularly called the marshweed, the first mushrooms “come out” already in May, fruiting of the spiderwort continues until late autumn.
Cobwebs, most often growing in damp moss, belong to the category of agaric mushrooms with narrow and frequent plates, the shades of which can vary from milky cream to dark brown; almost all cobwebs have a bell-shaped cap, covered on top with shiny and sticky mucus. When broken, the fleshy pulp of the cobwebs, colored in brown, soft yellow or flesh tones, thins out the unpleasant aroma, which after heat treatment disappears before our eyes.
Most of the spider webs are inedible, and some specimens are even considered deadly poisonous. The habitat of the spider webs covers Far East, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Siberia and Belarus, this rare mushroom is ubiquitous in the outskirts of the swamps of Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, the USA, Finland, as well as Estonia; some types of spider webs, for example, purple, are listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation.
The healing properties of cobwebs, its benefits and harms
Perhaps, not only our compatriots experience a feeling of euphoria from wandering through the forest in search of the next large mushroom hidden under the fallen leaves, as well as from cooking mushrooms in their kitchen.
Some chefs promote the use of certain types of spider webs in cooking, for example, yellow, purple, or, say, superb spider webs; they say that dishes prepared from these mushrooms have an incomparable nutty flavor. Unfortunately, other types of cobwebs, for some inexplicable reason, are considered useless and do not carry any taste value in themselves.
Despite the fact that most representatives of this genus are considered poisonous, this does not reduce the percentage of valuable microelements in cobwebs, which makes it possible to use marsh plants in medicine.
Storage method: collected cobwebs should never be stored in damp conditions; you can put mushroom specimens, which will be useful in the future for preparing delicious snacks, in canvas bags or in a dry container for several days.
Varieties of cobwebs
A sea of unforgettable impressions and a real reward await connoisseurs of “silent hunting”, romantics of the soul and gentlemen of fortune” - this statement will give incentive to those. who in the coming days plans to go hiking for mushrooms. Where wild berries - blueberries, lingonberries and blueberries form huge thickets throughout the forest zone in coniferous, as well as coniferous-small-leaved forests, you can find abundant accumulations of cobwebs various types, which also love to grow near oaks and beeches, in forest clearings, edges of pine forests and dry deciduous forest belts. Similar species of cobwebs indicated in the reference literature are indeed striking in their diversity, some of them have funny, absurd names. others are beautiful, memorable, others, thanks to their name, tell us a lot.
Bulbous webwort - (Leucocortinarius bulbiger)
The bulbous white web belongs to the category of conditionally edible agaric mushrooms of medium quality; it is one of those mushrooms that experienced mushroom pickers recognize at first sight. Unlike other representatives of the arachnoid family, the bulbous white cobweb has its own “individuality”: this is the presence of white spore powder and plates that do not fade until old age.
Characteristics of the bulbous white web indicate the presence of:
- a convex, blunt bell-shaped cap with an edge curved from the cobwebby cover, then it becomes convex with a wide tubercle; along its edges you can see white remains of the cortina, reminiscent of half-washed warts. The color of the cap can be soft cream, pale red, dirty yellow or brownish-orange; in dry weather, the tendency of the bulbous white web to fade increases exponentially;
- light, whitish, frequent and narrow plates, attached to a tooth, which subsequently become dirty cream or clayey;
- a soft, watery, odorless stalk with a clearly defined nodule at the base; the length of the stalk can vary from 5 to 7 cm.
Anomalous cobweb - (Cortinarius anomalus)
Anomalous cobweb, which belongs to the category of inedible mushrooms of the Cortinariaceae family, has a predisposition to live near mossy or swampy forest areas, likes to grow in small groups in the shade of a spruce forest on a litter of dry leaves and pine needles. But most novice mushroom pickers are concerned about when to collect anomalous cobwebs, or abnormal cobwebs, so it’s better to do this, starting from the beginning of August until the first autumn frosts hit.
Specimens of the anomalous cobweb, being an integral part of the green miracle of life, externally look like this: the handsome forest spider has a cap with a diameter of 4-7 cm, first convex, then flat, smooth and silky, the shade of which can vary from asphalt gray to brown or “ Red brick".
The cylindrical leg of the anomalous cobweb has a length of 6-10 cm, as a rule, it is gray-fawn or pale ocher, smooth and silky to the touch.
Purple web spider - (Cortinarius purpurascens)
In the exciting shadow of the cool spruce forest, under the canopy of fallen leaves, the purple cobweb is nestled comfortably - another bright representative of the genus Cobwebaceae, which belongs to the category of conditionally edible agaric mushrooms.
After heavy rain, the cap of the purple cobweb, whose diameter is 13-15 cm, becomes sticky, moist and smooth, glistening treacherously in the sun. By standard, the cap of the scarlet web spider is brown, but depending on the habitat, its shades can vary from chocolate to rich olive. Hygrophorus is characterized by the presence of frequent, adherent, first densely purple and then bright red plates, which in young “forest inhabitants” are almost always covered with a cobwebby blanket.
White-purple web spider - (Cortinarius alboviolaceus)
A dense, impenetrable, coniferous forest, as if from some old fairy tale, where the main characters are mushrooms, there are different mushrooms and there are a lot of them, but against their background, the white-violet cobweb, which loves the damp soils of taiga forests, stands out with its super-color.
The cap of the web spider is white and purple. The cap of this representative of the cobweb family has a diameter of 6-9 cm, at first it is convex, and later straightens out to a flat one, its color range includes silver-violet, white-violet or simply whitish tones. Young mushrooms have pale purple plates, which become tobacco-ochre in old age, and are densely shaded with cortina.
The leg of the spider web is white and purple. Decorated with a ring-shaped belt, usually of a pale lilac hue.
Brilliant cobweb - (Cortinarius evernius)
The cobweb with a catchy, slightly pretentious name is brilliant - another discovery of mycologists; this wonder of the world grows in damp birch groves middle zone Russia, as well as in spruce forests and near aspens. The mushroom consists of a sharp, bell-shaped, brown-brown cap with a soft purple tint, 3-4 (8) cm in diameter, which glitters when the weather is damp.
The fibrous-silky leg of the brilliant spider web with a noticeable brownish-lilac tint, 5-6 cm long, narrowed towards the base.
Marsh webweed - (Cortinarius uliginosus)
Grown on damp, marshy soils, under the crown of a sweetheart weeping willow and the alders that hung their earrings and smelled like an abnormal marsh webwort is rightfully considered the king of Russian forests, also prefers the lowlands and lands of the Alpine regions with their mysterious original culture.
Knowing about the eternal nostalgia of the marsh web spider for willows, it becomes impossible to confuse it with other web spiders; the marsh web spider - poisonous mushroom with a humpbacked and pointed cap of a fibrous-silky texture with a diameter of 2-6 cm, which is painted in attractive copper-golden, brick-red shades. The mushroom has bright yellow plates that become saffron-colored with age. The leg of the marsh webwort is up to 10 cm in height, the texture of which is fibrous.
Great spiderwort - (Cortinarius largus)
This representative of the genus of mushrooms from the family Cobweb (Cortinariaceae) has already taken a fancy to the sandy soils of forest edges and inhabits the coniferous and deciduous forests of many European countries. The cap of the large cobweb has a convex-spread or simply convex shape, the flesh of the mushroom has no specific taste or aroma, has a purple color, gradually becoming white. The hymenophore from the genus Arachnidaceae consists of plates attached to a tooth, smoothly running down the stem.
The large cobweb is characterized by the presence of a solid, cylindrical shape filled inside, which at the base has a thickening in the form of a club.
Bracelet web spider - (Cortinarius armillatus)
The only tree with which the bracelet cobweb forms mycorrhiza is birch, and therefore this representative of the Cobweb family grows in groups of up to 30 pieces in one area near birch groves and coniferous forests, where the soil is acidic, and look for the bracelet cobweb.
Hat. Diameter - from 3-7 to 15 cm, round, broadly bell-shaped with a wide but flat tubercle, depending on lighting and weather conditions, the cap of the bracelet web is shaded with reddish-yellow-brownish, brownish-red, coral tones, due to the remains of the bedspread the edge of the cap becomes cinnabar red.
The mushroom pulp has a faint smell of dampness and radish, has a soft delicate texture and an unforgettable mushroom taste.
The stem of the mushroom is from 5 to 15 cm in length, in the upper part it is colored in silvery-grayish-brown shades, in the lower part it is ocher-brownish. The most important and striking feature is the presence of 1 to 5 coral, amber-honey-gilded, almost saturated brick-red membranous belts.
Spring web spider - (Cortinarius vernus)
Scientists classify spring spiderwort as inedible mushroom, although there is no data on its toxicity, cobwebs live in symbiosis with some shrubs and trees: spruce, alder, birch, hazel or hazel; spring cobwebs grow absolutely everywhere: along roadways, along forest paths, in clearings and even in moss, Their collection time is from April to June.
Blue-banded web spider - (Cortinarius balteatocumatili)
The bluish-girdled cobweb gets its name because it has a grayish cap with a cold blue tint, up to 8 cm in diameter and a leg with a beautiful belt up to 10 cm in length. The bluish-girdled cobweb forms mycorrhiza in alliance with spruce and larch, grows on moist soils rich in calcium.
Blue web spider - (Cortinarius salor)
Enough rare view of the Arachnidaceae family, which grows in only one region in Russia. The lamellar, conditionally edible mushroom has a heavenly, expressive shade of a hemispherical cap with a brownish-brown color and shading closer to the edge, then the cap becomes ocher with a blue border. The leg of the blue spider web is quite high (from 3 to 10 cm), long and slender, in the lower part it becomes tuberous.
Oak grove webweed - (Cortinarius nemorensi)
The scientific classification of the oak spiderwort, which is charming in appearance, tells us the following features: it is a cap-footed lamellar mushroom, which has the “status” of an inedible or little-known edible mushroom. The cap of the oak grove webwort is dirty yellow with cracking and tearing edges, the plates are fawn, pale brown, the leg is high and flexible.
Yellow webweed - (Cortinarius triumphans)
“It is smeared with honey where yellow cobwebs grow” - this rule should be known by heart to those mushroom pickers who want to learn a little more about cobwebs, because the yellow cobweb, which is known to science as the triumphal cobweb, is perhaps the most fleshy and tastiest of all representatives of the genus Cobwebs. .
According to foreign sources, this mushroom, locally distributed on the Eurasian continent, is inedible, but domestic researchers still classified scatterings of golden-sunny mushrooms as conditionally edible.
Okay, strong beauties were born to the wonder of everyone - a hemispherical, convex-outstretched cap with an oily surface, painted in a yellow-orange, golden undertone. a dense, cylindrical leg up to 15 cm in length, greatly expanding at the base, and most importantly, the pulp is delicious, nutritious, with a bitter aftertaste and subtle mushroom notes of aroma.
Variable web spider - (Cortinarius varius)
Mushroom picking is a truly exciting activity, so if you find yourself in the epicenter of this event, you should pay attention to the variable spiderweb, which lives in the mountain rocky tundra, dark coniferous and deciduous forests of various regions of our vast planet: Western Europe, the Far East.
Camphor cobweb - (Cortinarius camphoratus)
With its outlines and proportions, the camphor cobweb is somewhat reminiscent of its counterparts; it bears fruit from late August to early October; the smell of the camphor cobweb is so unpleasant and musty that you want to vomit. Only carrion or rotten potato peelings smell like that.
Young camphor webwort usually lilac color, but with age the colors somehow mix, the cap of the poisonous mushroom is 6-12 cm in diameter.
Goat's web spider - (Cortinarius traganus)
Among the thick mosses, in the shade of pines and birches against the background of a yellow-green picture of the forest, a conditionally edible mushroom stands out with its enchanting color - the goat's web, which has a dense, fleshy, soft purple cap with a diameter of 3 to 12 cm, along the edge it is fibrous, closer to the periphery is slightly scaly.
Cinnamon web spider - (Cortinarius cinnamomeus)
What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Of course, the cinnamon cobweb, found in conifers and mixed forests Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and North America, widely distributed in the temperate climate zone of Russia: from Kaliningrad to harsh Kamchatka.
Beautiful web spider - (Cortinarius rubellus)
Be careful, mushroom picker, the most beautiful spider web is not a toy! Be careful and attentive while wandering through forest copses and thicket paths! Indeed, why the most beautiful spider web is so named is probably clear only to professional mycologists.
After all, in fact, under the mask of an innocent “simpleton” there is a deadly poisonous mushroom, chemical composition which is due to the presence record number orellanines - compounds that act very slowly and deadly, causing irreversible changes in kidney tissue, therefore eating spider webs is strictly prohibited.
Bloody reddish web spider - (Cortinarius semisanguineus)
The blood-reddish cobweb immediately attracts attention with its original, slightly incomprehensible name. Hmm..., bloody reddish, why did it cook like that? Isn’t it true that it contains blood? Complete nonsense! In fact, the name Cortinarius semisanguineus can be translated in different ways, but probably the most awkward translation has become generally accepted; let’s better not talk about extravagance, but rather tell you about the bloody-red web spider in more detail.
Blood-reddish cobweb is a deadly poisonous mushroom that grows in the northern and central regions of the Russian Federation, both in groups and alone, has a bell-shaped cap with a characteristic central tubercle, as well as a stalk 4 to 8 cm high.
Blood red web spider - (Cortinarius sanguineus)
Blood-red cobweb - oh my God, it is deadly poisonous, so don’t let your feet be within a 3 km radius of this poisoner of human lives and destroyer of human hearts! This representative of the subgenus Dermocybe (similar to skin) has first a convex, then flat and dry cap from 2 to 5 cm in diameter, as well as a stalk from 3 to 6 cm in length, the flesh of the mushroom is a rich dark blood-red color with a specific rare aroma and bitter taste.
Lazy web spider - (Cortinarius bolaris)
It belongs to the weakly poisonous, unsuitable for food mushrooms of low quality due to the high content of toxins in its composition, the cap of the lazy web spider (4-7 cm in diameter) is pocular-shaped in “childhood”, then becomes cushion-shaped, slightly convex, the leg is red-orange, from 3 to 8 cm in length.
Various spider web - (Cortinarius multiformis)
A rare conditionally edible mushroom of the lamellar type, which began to be called so due to the white cobwebby blanket, which in young specimens articulates the edges of the cap with the stem.
Cobweb plant - (Cortinarius delibutus)
Beautiful young “guys” stand out with a copper-yellow, ocher-golden, summer-like sunny cap with a curled edge (diameter - from 3 to 9 cm), the cobwebby cover of the cobweb is white, weak, disappearing, almost weightless.
Common spiderwort - (Cortinarius trivialis)
The cap of the common spiderwort is characterized by a variable multifaceted color and plays with color tints in the sun - sometimes it is copper-brown, sometimes it is pale ocher, sometimes pale yellow, glistening with an olive tint (its diameter is from 3 to 8 cm).
Orange web spider - (Cortinarius armeniacus)
Orange cobweb, otherwise called apricot-yellow cobweb, belongs to the group of conditionally edible agaric mushrooms. unique in that they have a hemispherical, and in youth - a half-spread cap with a diameter of 7-12 cm, the flesh of which is white-yellow, smells very pleasant, this cap is mounted on a thin stalk with a length of 8 to 15 cm, so the yellow apricot web is a mushroom thin-legged.
Peacock web spider - (Cortinarius pavonius)
The peacock web grows in beech forests of many European countries (Denmark, Great Britain, France, the Baltic countries), as well as in Russia - in Siberia and the Urals. An attractive mushroom with a brick-colored spherical cap that tends to straighten out, is inedible because it contains life threatening human toxins.
Spider web - (Cortinarius Privignoides)
Pasynoid cobweb (otherwise called tuberous cobweb), forming mycorrhiza with spruce, pine or fir, likes to grow on fallen needles and black branches rotted from moisture, the distribution area of the pasynoid cobweb covers part of the territory of North America and the European continent, New York is a haven for growth cobweb of this species.
Staining cobweb - (Cortinarius collinitus)
Cobweb plant, or straight cobweb, is another native of the Cobweb cohort, growing in the lowlands of mixed and deciduous forests, in shaded aspen forests and endowed with fairly tall taste qualities, thanks to which simply divine main courses are obtained from the soiling web.
Membranous webweed - (Cortinarius paleaceus)
A high-quality edible mushroom, without a doubt, is the membranous cobweb, which has a convex cap with a sharp mastoid tubercle, as a rule, it is dark brown, less often brownish-brown with radial ocher stripes.
According to literary information, the thin, incredibly fragile pulp of the filmy web plant gives off a fresh aroma of geranium.
Plush web spider - (Cortinarius orellanus)
The plush cobweb, according to scientists, is a deadly poisonous mushroom, the composition of which is full of orellanines, cortinarines, and benzoinines, despite this, the pulp of the plush cobweb smells pleasantly like radish.
Semi-hairy webweed - (Cortinarius hemitrichus)
The semi-hairy cobweb is a lamellar cap-footed hymenophore, the surface of the cap (its diameter is 1-5 cm) is completely covered with fibrous whitish scales, while it itself is painted in grayish tones, the leg of the semi-pilose cobweb reaches a length of 3-8 cm.
Excellent webweed - (Cortinarius praestans)
Superb spiderwort - “a tasty rarity,” among all types of spiderworts, September spiderworts grow in small clusters of broad-leaved, coniferous and mixed forests in the southern and western parts of Russia.
Red-olive web spider - (Cortinarius rufoolivaceus)
The red-olive web spider has a strong friendship with trees: beech, oak and hornbeam. Its fruiting begins in September and ends in October, the hymenophore has a brown-purple, bright scarlet, wine-colored cap with a barely noticeable purple tint, a dense, bright purple stem - up to 11 cm in length.
Light buffy spiderwort - (Cortinarius claricolor)
In a dry, sunny pine forest, illuminated by God’s own piercing light, the light of life, light ocher spiderworts grow, the cap of which most often sticks out from under white or green moss. Drawing a parallel between the light ocher cobweb and the porcini mushroom, you can confuse them with each other - your heart skips a beat when you run up to it in the desire to pick it, but bad luck - instead of tubes you see a weightless cobwebby blanket. This means that in front of you is a light ocher spiderweb.
Silver web spider - (Cortinarius argentatus)
Silver cobweb - what kind of “fruit”? Silver cobweb boasts a truly victorious name, it grows everywhere, prefers shady conifers and deciduous forests, purple cap fruiting body silky and pleasant to the touch. The lower surface of the cap was occupied by plates, the color was violet, then soft ocher, brown, with a hint of rust.
Blue-gray webweed - (Cortinarius caerulescens)
The cap-legged mushroom, which has grayish-bluish flesh with a weakly expressed fresh taste, is widely distributed throughout the nemoral zone of North America, as well as Europe; clusters of blue-blue cobwebs were also found in the Primorsky Territory in the Russian Federation.
Blue web spider - (Cortinarius glaucopus)
The gossamer, with the funny name blue-legged, belongs to the fourth category of edibility; it is a traditional inhabitant of densely overgrown spruce forests, deciduous and mixed forests.
- cap - from 5 to 15 cm in diameter, usually dirty yellow or brown with a cold olive tint;
- the fruiting body also includes a stalk, 3 to 10 cm long, which at the base resembles the shape of a tuber;
- spore powder is a shade of copper rust.
Slime web spider - (Cortinarius mucifluus)
When you see the slime web, your heart begins to beat in unison with the sounds of nature and the chirping of grasshoppers, this unusual mushroom can be found growing in pine and mixed forests of Georgia and Northern Europe, as well as in the vicinity of the Murmansk and Tver regions.
Slimy cobweb - (Cortinarius mucosus)
What the slimy cobweb looks like - only the slimy cobweb can look like this. This is one of the few representatives of the Cobweb genus that has established relationships with spruce and aspen, and is distinguished by the presence of a “helical leg” that is repeatedly surrounded by the remains of a cobwebby blanket.
Edible cobweb (Plump) - (Cortinarius esculentus)
The name of the cobweb speaks for itself, the edible cobweb (Plump) is the owner of a strong, fleshy leg 2-3 cm long, which firmly holds in the soil, and a smooth, moist, watery cap with a diameter of 5 to 8 cm.
Purple web spider - (Cortinarius violaceus)
The spider web with an unusual exotic coloring is an “alien” on planet Earth and is listed in the Red Book of Russia as a rare species on the verge of extinction.
Scaly webweed - (Cortinarius pholideus)
“In the absence of fish, and the cancer is a fish” - this rule can be applied to the scaly web, which is supposed to be fried, boiled and pickled during the period of acute lack of mushrooms.
Saffron cobweb - (Cortinarius croceus)
There is a variety of assorted mushrooms in the basket, the mushroom cap is hemispherical, then bell-shaped (15-50 mm in diameter), the plates are mustard-colored, with teeth, the stem is club-shaped (30-60 mm in length).
Bright red web spider - (Cortinarius erythrinus)
Wow, this is a bright red spider web, it’s very pretty, its cap is first conical, then bell-shaped, its plates are brown-chestnut, sparse with an intense red tint, its uneven, longitudinally fibrous stem reaches a length of 4-5 cm, spore powder - cocoa color.
How to cook spider web: cooking recipes
Favorite recipe - fried spider web mushrooms in tender sour cream - “Elegy of Taste”
In order to a quick fix To prepare the filigree dish “Elegy of Taste”, you will need to have the following list of ingredients in the kitchen:
- Fresh yellow spider web mushrooms - 500 grams.
- Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons.
- Full-fat sour cream - half a glass.
- Wheat flour - 1 tbsp.
- Hard cheese - 30 grams.
Cooking method:
Step 1. Boil some water over a fire, clean fresh spider web mushrooms from adhered maple leaves and other “forest” debris, rinse under running water and scald thoroughly with boiling water.
Step 2. Place the mushrooms on a strainer to drain the water. Cut the mushrooms into medium pieces and fry on vegetable oil on all sides, when the mushrooms are soft and slightly covered golden crust, add 1 teaspoon of flour and wait a little longer.
Step 3. Next, pour rich sour cream into the mushrooms, boil, decorate with grated cheese on top, it is recommended to bake the dish. The final touch is to sprinkle the aromatic dish “Elegy of Taste” with chopped herbs, the result will be yummy, so yummy that you won’t be able to pull it off by the ears! Volnushka mushrooms, recipes for preparing for the winter Boletus mushroom - beneficial features, contraindications and recipes 
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Spider web is not the most common mushroom. Its family includes almost 40 species. Novice mushroom pickers sometimes confuse cobwebs with other mushrooms and throw them into a basket, without thinking that they can be deadly. Cobwebs come in a wide variety of shapes and colors. The names of the types of mushrooms speak for themselves: orange cobweb, crimson, white-violet, etc.
general information
The cobweb family got its name from the cobweb-like cover that connects the stem of the mushroom to the cap. It is especially noticeable in young mushrooms. In more mature members of the family, the cobweb encircles the lower part of the leg with a porous ring. All varieties of this mushroom have a round cap., which becomes more and more flat as it grows. Its surface has a smooth or scaly texture and can be either slippery or completely dry.
The stem and surface of the mushroom cap have almost the same color. The standard shape of the leg is cylindrical, but in some species it has a thickened base. The flesh of the mushroom is usually white, but can also be colored. The cobweb family loves moisture very much. They are most often found near wetlands, which is why they have earned the nickname “swamplanders.”
Mushrooms of this family are common in the European part of Russia, but they are quite difficult to find. Some species of cobwebs are listed in the Red Book. Spider webs rarely grow alone. Usually these are clans of 10 to 30 pieces, clustered in damp lowlands. It is recommended to collect them from late summer until the first frost.
The most special one is the most poisonous spider web. To avoid being hit fatally dangerous mushroom to cart, you need to find out more about it. The cap of an adult beautiful mushroom reaches a diameter of up to 10 cm. In young mushrooms it can be in the form of a cone. As the mushroom grows, the cap changes its appearance and acquires a flat-convex shape with a blunt tubercle in the center. The surface is dry, velvety, slightly scaly at the edges. The color of the cap can range from red-brown to ocher-brown.
The stem of an adult mushroom reaches 12 cm in length and 1.5 cm in width, it slightly widens towards the base and is covered with noticeable bracelets of a spider web. The surface is orange-brown, fibrous. The flesh of the mushroom is yellow-ochre, without taste. Sometimes has a faint radish odor.
We offer a description and photo of various types and varieties of spider webs - this information will help diversify quiet forest hunting and make it more productive.
Look at the poisonous and edible spider web mushroom in the photo and try to find it in the forest during your next outing:
Spider web mushroom in the photo
Spider web mushroom in the photo
The mushroom is edible. Description of the spider web mushroom: white-violet: caps 3-10 cm, initially spherical, pale purple, then silvery or lavender, hemispherical with a tubercle, and finally open. The plates remain for a long time under a powerful cobwebby blanket connecting the edge of the cap to the stem. The plates are sparse, adherent to the teeth, initially gray-blue, rusty-ochre after the veil opens. The leg is 5-12 cm long, 1-2 cm long, white-violet or covered with white-violet cotton wool, widened at the bottom. The flesh is pale lilac, has no unpleasant odor.
Spider web mushrooms in the photo and description are presented in various versions, this will allow you to recognize them in the forest:
It grows very abundantly in lingonberries and blueberries, among mosses in meadows and on the edge of pine forests. Sometimes it appears in dry deciduous forest belts, where it is thicker and has a smoother surface.
Its counterpart, the inedible goat's web spider (Cortinarius traganus), differs from it in the presence of the smell of acetylene.
The white-purple cobweb is edible after preliminary boiling.
Let's consider other edible spider web mushrooms that grow in the forests of central Russia. All edible spider web mushrooms with photos and descriptions must be distinguished from poisonous specimens, since they pose a mortal danger.
Bracelet web plant 
The web spider is excellent
Bracelet web spider (Cortinarius armillatus)
Bracelet web grows in deciduous and coniferous forests
Cobweb bracelet in the photo
The mushroom is edible. The cap is up to 5-12 cm, at first red-brick hemispherical, covered with cobwebs, then rusty-brown, open in the form of a lampshade, and finally open, fibrous with a thin edge. The leg is cylindrical or club-shaped, light brown, 6-4 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, decorated with brick-red bracelets. The pulp is ocher and has no unpleasant odor. The spore powder is rusty brown.
Grows in deciduous and mixed forests under birch and in pine forests among the mosses.
Fruits from August to October.
It differs from inedible spider webs by the presence of orange stripes on the stem and the absence of an unpleasant odor.
The mushroom is edible, but tasteless. Suitable as a filler for dishes and preparations made from other mushrooms.
Excellent webweed (Cortinarius praestans)
The mushroom is edible. The caps are up to 3-12 cm, at first spherical, closed with a cobweb, then hemispherical, finally open, in wet weather they are very slimy and sticky, when dry they are smooth, brown or the color of “burnt sugar”. The plates are thick whitish with a purple tint or yellowish. Leg 5-15 cm, whitish, widened below. The pulp is white, dense with a pleasant smell.
It grows mainly in deciduous forests, but is also found in coniferous forests. Prefers calcareous soil.
Fruits from July to October.
It differs from inedible and poisonous spider webs by the absence of an unpleasant odor.
If you are not sure that you know this mushroom, it is better not to collect it.
In some countries, the excellent cobweb mushroom is valued on a par with porcini mushrooms.
Above we looked at what spider webs look like that are suitable for consumption, and now it’s their turn inedible species. It is worth knowing that the poisonous cobweb mushroom is very dangerous, as it can be fatal.
Look at what the poisonous cobweb looks like in the photo, remember it and under no circumstances pick it up in the forest:
Lazy web spider 
Lazy web spider
Goat's web 
Common spiderwort
Lazy web spider (Cortinarius bolaris)
Lazy web spider in the photo
Lazy web spider in the photo
The mushroom is inedible. Caps up to 3-8 cm, initially hemispherical, then convex and finally open, clay-yellow, densely covered with large red or red-orange scales. In young mushrooms, the scales are glued to the surface of the cap, yellow the surface is visible only as small gaps between the red scales. In mature mushrooms, the scales spread over the surface of the cap and lag behind it at the edge. The plates are clay-yellow, then brown, turning red when damaged. The stalk is 5-7 cm long, 5-15 mm thick, cylindrical, reddish-fibrous, often scaly, like a cap. The pulp is whitish with a brownish tint. Spore powder is yellow-green.
Grows in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forests on acidic soil.
Fruits from August to September.
It has no poisonous counterparts.
Goat's web spider (Cortinarius traganus)
The mushroom is inedible. Massive caps 3-12 cm, at first, spherical and lilac, then hemispherical and, finally, open ocher, with a fringed edge. The plates are ocher-yellow with a violet tint, later brownish-ocher. The leg is lilac or yellow, with scales, 5-10 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, with a widening at the bottom. The flesh of young mushrooms is white-blue, then ocher with an unpleasant “goat” smell of acetylene.
It grows very abundantly in deciduous and coniferous forests, in shelterbelts, often in large groups.
Fruits from August to October.
The goat's web has no poisonous counterparts.
Goat's web is inedible due to the unpleasant odor of acetylene.
Common spiderwort (Cortinarius triviah)
The edibility of the mushroom is questionable. Caps up to 5-8 cm, initially hemispherical, then convex or open, mucous yellow-rusty-brown, straw-yellow when dry. The plates are white-gray with a purple tint, later rusty-brown. The leg is yellow or with a bluish tint, 8-12 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, covered with mucus in the upper part, with dark zones in the lower part. The flesh is light, whitish-ochre, and in old mushrooms it has a slight unpleasant odor.
Grows in deciduous and mixed forests under poplars, birches, oaks and pines.
Fruits in large quantities from July to September.
Looks like an inedible mucous webweed (Cortinarius mucosus) with a white stalk.
The common cobweb is not designated as a poisonous mushroom, but its edibility is in doubt.