Purple cobweb - a mushroom with an exotic color

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:53

Purple cobweb is a rather rare and very interesting mushroom. Its coloration is very unusual. Thanks to her, this macromycete has such a name (Cortinarius violaceus). The cobweb is a mushroom, which is popularly called the swamp because it can often be found near the swamps. In Belarus, he is called a fat woman. Connoisseurs consider this macromycete a delicacy. Spider web mushrooms are edible. They have an average taste, but they can be marinated, s alted, stewed, fried, and also used to prepare other dishes. However, this mushroom is not often tasted due to the fact that it is very rare.

Description

Spiderweb is a mushroom that has a radially fibrous small-scaly cap of a cushion-convex shape. Its maximum diameter is 15 cm. The edges of the cap can be either bent down or simply lowered. As it matures, it becomes flatter. The cap has a dark purple color, as well as soft, thick, bluish flesh with a slight smell of cedar wood. Over time, it often fades to an almost white hue. The pulp has a nutty flavor. The plates of the macromycete are dark purple in color, but withover time, a rusty-brown tinge may appear on them. They are rare, descending along the stem. Spores warty, ellipsoid, unequal. Their powder is rusty brown. Macromycete has a dense dark purple leg. At its base there is a tuberous thickening. There are traces of a cobweb cover on the leg. It can reach a diameter of 2 cm and a height of 16 cm. Purple cobweb mushroom has a rather exotic and colorful appearance. Photos of it are presented in this article.

Habitat

Spiderweb is a mushroom that can grow in small groups, but, as a rule, it settles one by one. Due to the fact that the purple bog has a rather low yield and bears fruit irregularly, it was included in the Red Book of the Russian Federation. This macromycete can grow only under strictly defined weather and climatic conditions. It is mycorrhizal. The purple cobweb has a symbiotic relationship with various tree species, both deciduous and coniferous (birch, beech, pine, oak, spruce, hornbeam). Therefore, the swamp can be found in forests of almost all types, but most often it is found in birch forests. Cobweb is a mushroom that bears fruit from August to October. Macromycete prefers to settle on acidic humus soils. It can also be found on mossy substrates near sphagnum bogs. This macromycete is found in European countries, in the Russian Federation, in New Guinea and North America.

Twins

On othersvarieties of cobwebs, this fungus is rarely similar. But there are also exceptions. You can confuse it with a goat web, which is inedible, but not at all dangerous to he alth. This mushroom can be found in coniferous forests and in the foothills. It has a strong and pungent odor. Another fat woman in appearance sometimes resembles an inedible camphor cobweb. At a young age, the mushroom can also be confused with the purple row (edible).