Edible mushrooms similar to grebes, their description and appearance (+26 photo)

One of the most poisonous representatives of forest flora is a mushroom called pale toadstool. It is interesting that toadstools are also popularly called other inedible and poisonous species, but it is the pale grebe that is extremely toxic and dangerous to human health. You can distinguish it from others by characteristic signs, which can be seen even in the photo.

The characteristic features of toadstools

Pale toadstool - this is the official name of this mushroom, in Latin - Amanita phalloides. The people are also called green fly agaric because of its belonging to this genus, color and toxicity. It is often found in forests and fields, summer cottages, loves moisture. Because of its poison, it is dangerous for human life, so you need to learn how to recognize it and never even pick it up.

Appearance and photo

The shape of the mushroom cap changes with age, it is ovoid in young and becomes flat in mature mushroom. The color range of the hat is from olive to gray and green, such a metamorphosis also occurs during the growth of the fruiting body.

The hat is covered with a film from the outside, which is its distinctive characteristic, and has a fibrous structure. The leg is cylindrical in shape and of small diameter. Young mushrooms have a fringed ring that bursts with time. The toad and cap are basically the same color, but the color of the legs can be lighter. Below are photos of the fetus in a natural environment for detailed consideration.

Morphology

This fungus belongs to the fly agaric family and is classified by mycologists as poisonous. This is a small parasite fruit with such species differences:

1. A hat with a diameter of 5-15 cm, hemispherical, straightens to flat during growth. Color - olive, green, gray, in exceptional cases, pale white. It has smooth edges and a film on top. Young fungi appear white warts on the surface, which disappear during the aging of the fruiting body.

   

   

   

2. Leg 8-16 cm high, up to 2 cm in diameter, cylindrical, straight, slightly widened at the base. It has a dense white ring, it does not grow to a Volvo, which looks like it looks like a leg and a hat exist on their own. Color - pale, may have a shade similar to a toadstool.
3. The fruiting body is fleshy, light in color, which does not change with a broken grebe. The pulp is quite thin, having a pleasant smell in young fruits. In old ones, the smell becomes sugary-sweet.

   

   

   

4. The plates are white, wide.
5. The spore powder of this fungus is white, rounded spores reach a size of 7-8 microns.

Such a poisonous mushroom has a typical structure and upon careful examination it can always be recognized in the forest by the color of the hat and the shape of the legs.

Habitat

The habitat of the species in question is Eurasia; it selects deciduous and broad-leaved forests of the temperate climatic zone. For symbiosis, linden, oak, pine, moss-sphagnum are suitable. On the territory of Russia it is also possible to meet almost throughout the territory, even in the taiga, but nevertheless, the grebe prefers the southern regions and often chooses gardens and cottages as its place of growth. A green fly agaric species selects humus soils for life and growth.

Edibility

Pale toadstool is one of the most poisonous mushrooms in our climate zone; it not only causes poisoning when used in cooking, but also its poison is quickly absorbed by other fruiting bodies. Thus, upon contact (for example, in a mushroom picker basket) with green fly agaric, even good species become toxic.

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Edible mushrooms similar to toadstools

Inexperienced mushroom pickers can confuse toxic fly agaric with edible representatives of this kingdom, which is dangerous for human life. Consider the types of edible mushrooms that look similar to grebes:

• Russula green - similar in appearance in color and shape to a thin leg at a young age. The color of the hat becomes brown with age, because a mature mushroom is no longer so similar to a grebe. The sticky and shiny russula hat can also be an auxiliary guide. The absence of a white ring and a cut allows us to distinguish it from a poisonous double;

  

  

  

• champignon - similar to a green mushroom in an immature state by the pale color of the hat and the presence of a ring on the leg. To identify the champignon, you should pay attention to the trunk: it is much denser in the edible mushroom and thin - in the poisonous. Also under the mushroom cap is pink flesh, and green fly agaric is white. Another distinguishing feature will be the pleasant almond smell of champignon, which is well perceptible;

  

  

  

• greenfinch, like a grebe, has a convex shape of a hat of young fruits and a similar olive color. This bend is distinguished by a short stocky leg, in contrast to the thin and high in poisonous. Also, in the mature fetus, the edges of the cap are raised up. The main difference is the green plates, which differ from the white toadstool plates;

  

  

  

• saffron float is very similar to the considered poisonous species in adulthood, but it can be distinguished by the absence of a white ring on the leg and its tuberous structure. This species is not popular, but still some mushroom pickers collect it.

  

  

  

You need to be very careful when collecting edible mushrooms that look like a pale grebe, because it is enough to make a mistake with one fruiting body to spoil the whole basket of prey.

Safety regulations

Since green fly agaric is one of the most dangerous representatives of the mushroom kingdom known to mycologists, it is worthwhile to responsibly limit the contact with it for yourself and your relatives. Follow these guidelines to avoid the negative effects of toadstools on your body:

1. During the collection, you need to cover the lower limbs, so as not to accidentally come into contact with poisonous fruits. Protect your hands with gloves.
2. In case of touching a poisonous mushroom, wash your hands with soap or wipe with an antiseptic.

   

3. When this species appears in the country, in a barn, garage or near the house, immediate measures should be taken to get rid of it. Having discovered the grebes on the land, you need to dig it up and let it dry for several days in the sun, thus the mycelium dies. Residential and utility rooms are treated with chemicals that are in specialized stores.
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   Remember that high humidity or nearby groundwater is the “friend” of a poisonous mushroom. If necessary, insulation or insulation of the room.
4. Do not leave such a mushroom to grow near your place of residence or rest, because it can harm animals and people even in contact with it.

Symptoms of toadstool poisoning and first aid

The erroneous eating of such a product is deadly to humans. In this case, a quarter of the fetus is enough to get poisoning with a further onset of death. A characteristic of the toxic type is that the effect of its toxic substances does not immediately manifest itself and before the onset of primary symptoms may take 6-8, and sometimes 24-40 hours from the time of use.

Symptoms of poisoning are usually as follows:

1. The first appears a sharp pain in the abdomen, accompanied by diarrhea and vomiting. Feces acquire a green color, mucous structure and often blood impurities.
2. Due to fluid loss, there is a strong thirst with headaches and dizziness, but against the background of vomiting, it cannot be quenched.
3. Severe weakness is accompanied by double vision, blurry vision, colic and other symptoms do not disappear.

   

4. Blood circulation is disturbed and convulsions appear, limbs are cooled.
5. On the second day of poisoning, remission often occurs, and all painful sensations go away, drowsiness appears. This condition is fraught with the onset of death at the end of a short relief.
6. Death occurs from paralysis of the vasomotor center on days 6-9, depending on the individual characteristics of the body.

Since the poison is very strong, it is possible to avoid death only if you go to the hospital in the first hours of poisoning, and often this does not happen due to the absence of symptoms. At the slightest suspicion of poisoning with a toadstool, you should immediately contact an ambulance.

Before the arrival of doctors, you can take the following actions:

• gastric lavage (give the patient 0.5 liters of boiled water with the addition of soda, salt, potassium permanganate);
• take activated charcoal (one tablet for every 10 kg of weight);
• prepare a thistle broth (pour a teaspoon of grass with a glass of boiling water and boil in a water bath for 25 minutes).

Answers to widespread questions

Pale toadstool is a poisonous mushroom that under no circumstances should be eaten in any form. Its toxins destroy the internal organs of a person, leading to death. The appearance of the fungus allows you to identify it, carefully examining the color of the cap and the structure of the legs, while picking up is not worth it. Get rid of the toadstool if you see it near your home or garden, it is toxic not only to people but also animals.