According to recent studies, the attitude to some types of mushrooms that have long been eaten has been revised. So, until recently, cowshed mushrooms belonged to the category of conditionally edible, but today they are considered poisonous. The radioactive substances contained in them, heavy metals and other toxins accumulate in the human body, without showing up for a long time. Poisoning can be very severe, sometimes ending in death.
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Description, photos of cowsheds and other names of mushrooms
Cowsheds, they are thin pigs (Paxillus involutus), belong to the class of agaricomycetes, the family Pig, the genus is poisonous pig. Cowshed is the most common and frequently used name of the mushroom, however, you can find many other names that are associated with the appearance and name of the genus:
- pig;
- valuy;
- goby;
- a pig;
- filly;
- cow tongue;
- a pig;
- cow lip;
- mullein;
- dunk;
- pork ear.
By carefully studying the photo and description of the barn, you can successfully distinguish it from other mushrooms.
Appearance and photo of the barn
In appearance, the barn looks like a fox. These mushrooms have similar legs, shape and brown color of the hat, but they are different in texture. In chanterelles, it is velvety, and sows - smooth.
Depending on age, pigs come with thin or thick legs, with large or small hats. Moreover, the color of the hat of the young representative has a plain brownish tint, the old one is rusty brown. Despite their appearance, they do not differ in taste. However, for cooking, young fruiting bodies should be preferred, as the old ones are usually wormy and able to accumulate more toxins.
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The barn’s hat is fleshy, to the touch it is smooth, dry, velvety, with a circumference of 5-15 cm. The shape is round, almost flat, with a very curled edge and a funnel-shaped center. Depending on age, the color of the hat changes: young cows - brownish-olive, old - bright red or even rusty.
When humidity changes, the surface structure changes: from smooth and dry, it turns into wet and sticky. The inner part is lamellar, yellowish in color. The plates are wide, descending to the leg. Sometimes they are connected by jumpers, forming cells. When you click on the plates become dark brown.
The pulp of the barn mushroom is yellowness, softness and friability, without a characteristic mushroom smell and taste. When damaged, the color of the pulp changes. It gets dark, getting a brownish tint.
The leg is cylindrical, of dense structure, not very high and reaches only 9 cm in adults. Leg thickness - up to 1.5 cm with narrowing down. The color matches the color of the hat, sometimes it can be a little lighter. The surface is smooth.
Habitat
Habitats of Paxillus involutus - a wooded area of America, Eurasia, Russia. The species grows in all climatic zones. In Russia, the most common in the Urals, Siberia and the Omsk region.
Experienced local mushroom pickers indicate such mushroom wooded places in the Omsk region:
- Nikolaevka;
- Cherlaksky tract (on both sides);
- Davydovka;
- Village Country;
- Petrovka
- Luzino
- Kalinino.
In addition, pigs are found in Novoomsky and Azov regions in both deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests. Most often grow under birches, oaks, shrubs. They love moist and loose soil, especially at the edges and clearings near swamps. They grow in groups, occasionally - in single instances. The mushroom picking period is June-October.
Mushroom edibility
Many amateur mushroom pickers often have a question about the barn, is it edible or not, after all, for a long time it was considered quite suitable for food.
Modern mycologists claim that the mushroom is poisonous and its use is dangerous to humans. Poisonous substances with frequent use of Paxillus involutus tend to accumulate in the internal organs and cause irreparable harm to health.
Barn Properties
Herbalists and traditional healers sometimes recommend these mushrooms in the treatment of neoplasms (like many other plant poisons). All the positive properties of the barn are due to its chemical composition, the presence of vitamins A, B, P, various trace elements. Cowsheds, like any other mushroom, are a natural protein product that is involved in the construction of body cells. The largest amount of protein is found in dried sows.
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With a thorough study of the properties of the barn, mycologist scientists came to the conclusion that it is a powerful antioxidant and, due to its composition, ergotionein can help reduce the risk of cancer.
The amino acids contained in the composition contribute to the improvement of the digestive tract through a positive effect on the digestive process, participate in the fight against the accumulation of bad cholesterol, and improve the functioning of the cardiovascular system. ß-glucans, which are part of the mushrooms, help strengthen immunity.
In addition to the positive qualities of Paxillus involutus, it also has negative properties:
- Absorbs all surrounding toxic substances.
- It independently produces poisons - muscarin and lectin, which, even with prolonged heat treatment, are not destroyed.
- With constant use, poisons accumulate in the body and cause irreparable harm.
Cowsheds, of course, are still consumed by some people, but after comparing all their positive and negative qualities, one should reasonably approach the issue of security.
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Cow poisoning does not always occur immediately, but it is very insidious and can occur after some time (months, years), when the concentration of toxic substances in the body reaches critical values. In this case, simple symptoms of food poisoning appear:
- disorder,
- vomiting
- stomach ache.
Also, circulation in blood vessels is reduced, with subsequent pallor of the skin, a decrease in the volume of urine, in which blood impurities are observed.The destruction of red blood cells leads to complications affecting the kidneys and respiratory system.
When such symptoms appear, in no case should you self-medicate, you must urgently seek medical help from specialists in a hospital. However, even with qualified medical care in case of poisoning by the barn, it should be remembered that there are no antidotes. Doctors can prescribe only symptomatic treatment aimed at removing antibodies from the body and curing renal failure.
With timely assistance, fatal cases are very rare. However, toxins cannot be completely removed from the body, so you have to regularly undergo the necessary medical procedures (hemodialysis).
Before you eat a thin pig, you should think about the possible negative consequences.
Answers to widespread questions
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Sergey
Valuy, he’s a goby, he’s also a kubar - it’s a completely different mushroom, and outwardly (“agitated” look takes on “aging”) and, to the touch (“snotty”) google. Is that ...
Kaghuna
Well, mediocrity write articles !!! After 1.5 hours of cooking, you will not eat mushrooms, but boiled rubber ... Do you, writing such rubbish, have you cooked mushrooms at least once?
it’s not a bull-calf and don’t blame it.
One wise guy wrote, others picked up. Broken phone. Different mushrooms under one comb.
cow, quite an arc mushroom! In a cow, the underside of the hat, like a porcini mushroom, is spongy, and not composed of separate partitions. And the mushroom itself is whole, like velvet, and not so smooth and shiny.
Rinat
In Yaroslavl, their name is matryoshka
Kaghuna
What kind of mushroom experts gathered here ... I almost laughed to death ... Especially about the cowsheds (pig, dunk and a bunch of names) ... Do you even know what kind of substance muscarine is? It is his accumulation in the body that the ignorant mushrooms of the ignorant scare ... My grandmother on her father (left this world at 93) recognized this mushroom only ... Another grandmother (on her mother) (left us at 87) taught me how to make such cutlets from cowsheds that my friends call by my last name and say that they haven’t tried it in any gourmet restaurant ... False scientists - remember the parable, the movie about how the shit died by drinking pure water after telling me that I drank poison ... The cowshed is great for taste mushroom, just have to boil 30 minutes, fry in oil for 20 minutes ... I cook for the winter in this form, make caviar (the most delicious of all mushrooms) ... well, my delicacy is cutlets (especially with vodka in the company of friends) ... I have lived for 53 years, my parents (also lovers of cowsheds, mushrooms and other mushrooms) are alive and well ... that's how much poison has accumulated in our family due to the use of cowsheds ... quite frequent, by the way, consumption ... Do not believe the false experts, only the ignoramus insults this mushroom ...
Vladimir Yvanov
Thin pig was collected for decades by my parents under Peter as a completely edible mushroom. Fried, salted and even dried simply on the balcony, on a string. Perhaps muscarine drove away insects laying eggs in mushrooms. From which mushroom "worms" then develop.
By the way, I won’t be surprised if someday they will find a very terrible toxin in the fox, which prevents the same parasitic worms from developing in it. Just until this toxin is found, and the chanterelle has not yet been brought into inedible. I just warn you all in advance: be afraid of the chanterelles that bear fruit! In advance, without warning from Onishchenko. Or who is there now for him. If this toxin is found, Elena Malysheva will immediately notify you. So watch her programs, as well as healers like Gennady Petrovich Malakhov.