Green toadstool mushroom. Pale grebe: description of appearance and methods of getting rid of it in the garden
According to avid mushroom pickers, gray-pink fly agaric is quite edible mushroom, which tastes very much like boiled chicken when cooked.
However, according to scientific data, it is precisely this taste that is given to it by muscarinic poisons, which are partially destroyed when exposed to high temperatures.
Therefore, you should not eat it even in small quantities.
It is possible that if certain rules are followed, it can be edible and safe for health. However, it is quite difficult to guess the boiling time during which the toxins will decompose.
Beginning of fruiting in middle lane Russia falls in mid-June. The last specimens can be found at the end of October, provided there is no frost on the soil.
As adults, this type of fly agaric may be confused with the faded red species of the Amanitaceae family. You can distinguish them by cutting the cap or stem of the mushroom. In the gray-pink fly agaric, the flesh instantly acquires a faint tint when oxygen molecules from the surrounding air enter Pink colour. In younger specimens, the flesh of the stem turns red when cut.
Photo and description of the gray-pink fly agaric
The description of the gray-pink fly agaric should begin with its magnificent cap. This is a massive ball-shaped formation in the early stages of development. Later, as it grows, the cap straightens its edges and forms a fairly thick layer of pulp under the skin of the outer surface. Dense white plates are attached to the pulp.
The diameter of the cap when expanded is about 20 cm. The predominant color is gray with a pink tint. On the outer surface there is a dense leathery film with frequently spaced white dots consisting of scales. It has a sweet taste and quite a pleasant aroma.
In older individuals, dark red spots appear on the outer surface of the cap, which contrast with the main color of the mushroom. The plates of the hymenophore also acquire a pink tint as the individual grows.
The height of the stalk is 8-15 cm, the thickness rarely exceeds 3 cm. A tuber is present, and a longitudinal cavity is formed inside when aged. When cut, the leg instantly turns blood red.
Only the most Bottom part legs that fit tightly to the ground. The soil allows you to protect the pulp from the penetration of toxic substances.
In the photo, the gray-pink fly agaric is presented in various types, see photo gallery. This will allow you to distinguish it from some edible species of the mushroom kingdom.
Mushrooms edible fly agarics known only to a limited number of mushroom pickers. The rest bypass the fly agaric edible side, suggesting that it is not fit for human consumption. Look at the edible fly agarics in the photo and read their botanical characteristics.
Caesar's fly agaric, Caesar's mushroom. What fly agarics can you eat?
It’s worth starting the material about what fly agarics you can eat with magnificent mushroom- Caesar's fly agaric or Caesar's mushroom. The cap is 6-20 cm in diameter, thick-fleshy, initially ovoid, semicircular, flat-convex, bright red or orange-red, fiery red, naked, very rarely with remnants of a common spathe, with a striped edge. The young basidioma in the “egg” stage is covered with a common membranous cover, which breaks at the apex and a reddish cap appears from it. The plates are orange-yellow, free, frequent, convex or widened in the middle. The leg is 8-20 x 1.5-2 cm, cylindrical, with a tuber at the base, bright orange-yellow, striped above the ring, smooth underneath. The ring is located in the upper part of the leg, hanging softly, white, striped, with yellowish flakes along the edge. Volva is free or semi-free, white on the outside, white on the inside or partially or completely yellowish. The pulp is white, with autoxidation yellowish along the periphery, with a pleasant smell and taste. Spore powder is white.
Amanita Caesar, Caesar's mushroom, grows in deciduous forests and is found in August - September. Edible.
Below are edible species fly agarics with photos and descriptions that will help identify these representatives in the forest:
Photo gallery
Amanita saffron
The cap is 3-9 (12) cm in diameter, initially ovate-bell-shaped, then flat with a rounded tubercle, with a grooved edge, shiny, from bright orange to orange-ocher, buffy-brown at the apex, thick-fleshy, glabrous, weakly -mucous, shiny and smooth when dry. The plates are whitish or cream-colored, free, often widened towards the periphery and narrowed at the stem, frequent, soft. There are plates of different sizes.
Leg 6-15 x 0.8-1.5 (2) cm, cylindrical, with a swollen base, solid, then hollow, brittle, with flaky-fibrous, ocher-brownish scales, with orange fibrousness. The ring is missing. Volva is free, thick, white, with inside light yellow.
The pulp is whitish, thin, soft, sweetish, without any special smell or taste. Spore powder is white.
The saffron fly agaric grows in damp places in conifers and mixed forests, on rich soils, found in July - September. Edible.
Fly agaric tall
The cap is 7-15 (25) cm in diameter, initially convex, then flat-spread, with a blunt, smooth, sometimes wrinkled-ribbed edge, slightly mucous, whitish, then honey-brown, brownish-gray, brown, darker in center, covered with sparse, powdery, white, patchy, quickly disappearing remains of the general blanket. The plates are white, sometimes with a slight reddish tint, free, very wide, up to 1.5 cm, broadly lanceolate, sometimes with a finely pubescent edge. Leg 5-15 x 1.5-2 cm, smooth, cylindrical, thickened or without thickening at the base, with a root-like outgrowth, with concentrically located rows of flaky dirty-whitish scales below the ring, colored a tone lighter than the cap, above - smooth, white , filled in young and hollow in mature specimens. The ring is whitish, wide, with an uneven edge, ribbed-striped, sometimes disappearing. Volva is attached, dirty grayish or whitish. The pulp is white, loose, brittle, with a mild taste and a damp smell. Spore powder is white.
The tall fly agaric grows in various types forests, found in July - August. Edible.
Fly agaric (floater) yellowish-brown (brown)
The cap is 3-8 (12) cm in diameter, initially bell-shaped, then hemispherical or flat with a rounded tubercle, smooth, slightly mucous, with a striped-ribbed edge, golden-brown, yellowish-brownish, with a brown, darker central tubercle color tanned leather, along the edge with flaky, silvery-silky, yellowish remains of the general cover, disappearing in the mature state. The plates are white or cream, free, wide, frequent, soft, convex. Leg 5-10 (15) x 1-1.5 cm, cylindrical, widened towards the base, white or the same color as the cap, brittle, smooth, silky or slightly fibrous, sometimes with a moire pattern. The ring is missing. Volva is saccular, loose, yellowish, pinkish or reddish. Spore powder is white. The pulp is white or yellowish, thin, soft, sweetish, without much odor.
The yellowish-brown fly agaric (brown float) grows in various types of forests, at the edges of raised bogs, and is found in July - September. Edible.
Fly agaric (float) snow-white
The cap is 3-10 cm in diameter, initially bell-shaped, over time it becomes flat-spread, with a rounded tubercle protruding in the center, with a radially striped ribbed edge, snow-white, light beige in the middle, young state slightly mucous, then dry, with falling white flaky remains from the general blanket. The plates are white, free, widened towards the edges and narrowed at the stem. Leg 6-8 (13) x 0.8-1 (1.5) cm, cylindrical, swollen at the base. The ring is missing. Volva is bag-shaped, loose, white. The pulp is white, thin, with a pleasant sweetish taste and a slight smell of raw flour. Spore powder is white.
The snow-white fly agaric (floater) grows in various types of forests, in meadows, and is found in August - September. Edible.
Amanita thick
The cap is 6-10 (15) cm in diameter, initially hemispherical, then from flat-convex to flat-prostrate, often with a fibrous edge, grayish, brownish, smoky-brownish, darker in the center, thick, slimy in wet weather, silky when dry , covered with small, powdery-flaky, whitish-grayish scales. The plates are white, adherent or slightly descending, form longitudinal stripes on the stem, silky, frequent, soft.
Leg 5-7 (10) x 1.5-2 cm (up to 4 cm at the base), cylindrical, thickened or root-like elongated at the base, white or grayish, powdery in the upper part, flaky-visibly scaly under the ring, solid , then hollow.
The ring is located in the upper part of the leg, soft, membranous, striped, white or grayish, hanging, its edges form folds. The volva is loose, adherent to the base in the form of several flocculent-scaly rows.
The pulp is dense, white, grayish under the skin, the taste is weak, rare, there is no smell, either in young specimens - anise, in old specimens - rare. Spore powder is white.
The thick fly agaric grows mainly in forests and is found in June - September. Edible.
Amanita pineal
The cap is 6-8 (16) cm in diameter, thick-fleshy, initially hemispherical, then from flat-convex to flat-spread, with a blunt, smooth edge, whitish, white-fawn, over time becomes dirty white, with thick, large, fluffy , pyramidal, off-white, bristly scales. The plates are white or fawn, free or attached to a tooth, broadly lanceolate, wide, soft. The leg is 6-10 x 2-3 cm, cylindrical, root-like and elongated at the base, white, solid, all covered with thick, large, flocculent, imbricated scales, pointed at the top. The ring is located in the middle part of the leg, soft, membranous, narrow, disappearing, initially whitish, then light yellowish, torn, with velvety scales, striped. The volva is cup-shaped, attached to the stem, very loose, white or grayish. The pulp is white or grayish, dense, with a pleasant taste and smell. Spore powder is white.
The fly agaric grows in mixed forests, in clearings, singly, and is found in July - September. Edible.
Fly agaric gray, gray float
The cap is 3-8 (10) cm in diameter, initially rounded-bell-shaped, then flat-spread, with a ribbed-ribbed edge, gray, ash-gray, silver, ash-gray, gray-violet, olive-greenish, ocher-gray , with a darker tubercle in the center, smooth, thin-fleshy, weakly mucous, drying out, often naked, less often with remnants of a common blanket on the surface and along the edge. The plates are white or slightly grayish, free, frequent, very wide, broadly lanceolate, unequal in length, soft. The stem is 6-12 x 0.8-2 cm, long, evenly widened towards the base, whitish or colored a tone lighter than the cap, hollow, longitudinally fibrous, sometimes with a powdery surface and covered with longitudinal gray scales. The ring is missing. Volva is bag-shaped, free, membranous, white or grayish, deeply buried in the soil. The pulp is white, thin, tender, soft, without much taste or smell. Spore powder is white.
The gray fly agaric (gray floater) grows in various types of forests and is found in June - October. Edible.
Is it possible to eat edible pink fly agaric?
Whether pink fly agaric can be eaten depends on the stage of its development. You definitely shouldn’t put copies with old age. The cap is 5-10 (15) cm in diameter, initially hemispherical, then flat-convex, with a ribbed-striped edge, brownish-red, dirty pink, fading, as if pearlescent, weakly mucous or dry, covered with small dirty white , pinkish warts and flaps that are spiny, angular or flat in shape. The plates are white (they turn red when pressed), in mature specimens they are reddish or reddish-brownish, free, frequent, rather wide, soft. The stalk is 7-10 x 1-2 cm, evenly expanded towards the base, solid, then hollow or spongy, under the ring it is flocculent and finely scaly, white, turning red with age. The ring is located in the upper part of the leg, wide, initially white, then becomes dirty - pink, filmy, striped. Volva is attached, scaly, dirty pink, dirty white, reddening. The pulp is white, turns red when cut, with a pleasant taste, without any particular odor. Spore powder is white.
The edible pink fly agaric grows in various types of forest and is found in June - September. Edible.
There are edible and even delicious species in the fly agaric family, but most of these mushrooms are more or less poisonous. The gray fly agaric is no exception in the company of “poisoners,” although it contains relatively few toxins.
The poisonous gray fly agaric or porphyry fly agaric (Amanita porphyria) from the genus of fly agarics of the fly agaric family is distinguished by the following characteristic features:
- The ovoid, bell-shaped cap becomes flat as it develops, with slightly grooved edges and a rounded tubercle in the central part. Its diameter is in the range of 4-10 cm, the color combines gray-brown, bluish-violet and purple tones, on the surface you can see a few remains of the bedspread - large whitish flakes, which may be completely absent;
- the plates are free or weakly adherent to the stem, thin, soft, frequent, whitish or cream in color;
- white spores;
- a cylindrical white or straw-yellow leg, sometimes grayish-brown, hollow inside, swollen at the base, which is covered by an adherent volva with a free edge, initially light, later darkening. Reaches a thickness of 2 cm, a length of 10 cm, occasionally grows up to 13 cm. A light hanging ring remains in the middle of its height; in mature mushrooms, only a girdle trace may remain from it;
- The pulp is thin, white and soft with a noticeable odor that is reminiscent of fresh potatoes.
Places of distribution and fruiting period
Porphyritic fly agaric occurs singly or in small groups in coniferous forests, forming mycorrhiza with spruce and pine, less often with birch. Gravitates towards northern regions, populates mountain forests up to an altitude of 1600 m. Prefers poor soils with an acidic reaction. Fruits from mid-summer until the last days of October.
Similar types and differences from them
The porphyry fly agaric has similarities with representatives of the same family:
- gray-pink fly agaric (Amanita rubescens). Edible species with a different shade of cap. Its pulp is devoid of a certain odor, and when broken and cut it gradually acquires a wine-red color.
- the most poisonous panther fly agaric (Amanita pantherina). This dangerous mushroom differs in the brown color of the cap without gray and purple tones. As a rule, it is densely dotted with small light flakes.
- inedible thick fly agaric (Amanita spissa), colored in grayish-brown tones. This mushroom is larger, more massive, and has no potato smell.
- inedible fly agaric (Amanita mappa). It has a similar smell of pulp, but the cap is colored grayish-yellow, sometimes greenish.
Poisonous and hallucinogenic properties
In the pulp of the gray fly agaric, in addition to the toxic muscarine common to the family, there are also psychoactive toxic substances- bufotenine and tryptamine alkaloids. The concentration of these dangerous compounds is not as high as that of the panther, but their combined effect disrupts the work digestive tract, knocks down heartbeat and causes hallucinations.
Signs of poisoning and first aid
Poisoning with gray fly agaric manifests itself after about two hours: the face becomes red, sweat and saliva are released profusely, shortness of breath and indigestion develop, bouts of laughter and crying are noted, visual perception is distorted, and hallucinations occur.
First aid for such symptoms is repeated gastric lavage and cleansing enemas, taking sorbents, warming the feet and, of course, urgently consulting a doctor.
The gray fly agaric is not the most poisonous in the family, but it should not end up in the mushroom basket. This species is similar to its dangerous panther relative, and it itself can accumulate more toxins in specific local conditions.
Taxonomy:
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Amanitaceae
- Genus: Amanita (Amanita)
- View: Amanita rubescens (Amanita rubescens)
- Other names for the mushroom:
Other names:
Fly agaric pink
- Amanita pearl
Amanita muscaria forms mycorrhiza with leafy and coniferous trees, especially with birch and pine. Grows on any type of soil, throughout the area temperate climate Northern Hemisphere. Amanita muscaria bears fruit singly or in small groups, occurs frequently. Season from spring to late autumn, most often from July to October.
Hat ∅ 6-20 cm, usually no more than 15 cm. Initially semi-spherical or ovoid, then convex, in old mushrooms flat-spread, without a noticeable tubercle. The skin is most often grayish-pink or red-brown, to flesh-red, shiny, slightly sticky.
Pulp white, fleshy or thin-meaty, with a rather weak taste, without much odor. When damaged, it gradually turns light pink, then a characteristic intense wine pink color.
The stalk is 3-10 × 1.5-3 cm (sometimes up to 20 cm high), cylindrical, initially solid, then becomes hollow. The color is white or pinkish, the surface is lumpy. At the base it has a tuberous thickening, which even in young mushrooms is often damaged by insects and its flesh turns out to be riddled with colored passages.
The plates are white, very frequent, wide, and free. When touched, they turn red, as do the flesh of the cap and legs.
Remains of the bedspread. The ring is wide, filmy, hanging, at first white, then turns pink. On top surface has clearly visible grooves. The volva is weakly expressed, in the form of one or two rings on the tuberous base of the stalk. The flakes on the cap are warty or in the form of small filmy fragments, from white to brownish or dirty pink. The spore powder is whitish. Spores 8.5 × 6.5 µm, ellipsoidal.
Video about the mushroom Amanita blushing:
Taxonomy:
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Amanitaceae
- Genus: Amanita (Amanita)
- View: Amanita rubescens (Grey-pink fly agaric)
- Other names for the mushroom:
Other names:
Fly agaric pink
Fly agaric blushing
- Amanita pearl
Gray-pink fly agaric forms mycorrhiza with deciduous and coniferous trees, especially birch and pine. It grows on any type of soil, throughout the temperate climate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. The gray-pink fly agaric bears fruit singly or in small groups and is common. The season is from spring to late autumn, most often from July to October.
Hat ∅ 6-20 cm, usually no more than 15 cm. Initially semi-spherical or ovoid, then convex, in old mushrooms flat-spread, without a noticeable tubercle. The skin is most often grayish-pink or red-brown, to flesh-red, shiny, slightly sticky.
Pulp white, fleshy or thin-meaty, with a rather weak taste, without much odor. When damaged, it gradually turns light pink, then a characteristic intense wine pink color.
The stalk is 3-10 × 1.5-3 cm (sometimes up to 20 cm high), cylindrical, initially solid, then becomes hollow. The color is white or pinkish, the surface is lumpy. At the base it has a tuberous thickening, which even in young mushrooms is often damaged by insects and its flesh turns out to be riddled with colored passages.
The plates are white, very frequent, wide, and free. When touched, they turn red, as do the flesh of the cap and legs.
Remains of the bedspread. The ring is wide, filmy, hanging, at first white, then turns pink. It has clearly visible grooves on the upper surface. The volva is weakly expressed, in the form of one or two rings on the tuberous base of the stalk. The flakes on the cap are warty or in the form of small filmy fragments, from white to brownish or dirty pink. The spore powder is whitish. Spores 8.5 × 6.5 µm, ellipsoidal.
Video about the gray-pink fly agaric mushroom: