Stingling Russula - description of where poisonousness grows

Burning russula is usually confused with the common, which also belongs to the russula cup family. Otherwise, this kind of fruit bodies is called nauseating, caustic, bilious, and even gagging. The mushroom belongs to inedible specimens, its consumption in food leads to disastrous consequences. However, it is already possible to understand this from the title, since after it enters the human body it begins to feel sick, emetic urges and other negative symptoms appear. In today's article we will study everything so that you draw your own conclusions.

Description

1. According to their external characteristics, these representatives of the genus are similar to ordinary Russula. However, in an inedible specimen the soft part is more compacted. By color it is pink-purple or red-orange. In any case, the central part is darker than the edges.
2. Over the course of life, the fruit body does not change color. The skin of the apex remains glossy, can be sticky. There is no need to apply labor to separate it from the rest of the pulp.
3. Considering the format of a hat, let's say that young animals have their upper part initially with a bulge. Along the edges pressed to the base. Over the course of the life cycle, it becomes flattened, something comparable to an ordinary saucer.
4. In grown-up fruit bodies, the top in diameter is about 12 cm. This is the maximum value, upon reaching which cracks form at the edges, the flesh is visible.
5. This mushroom belongs to the plate. Plates are close, they are strong. The shape is regular and uniform, with sharp edges. Attached with the same density to the base and the inside of the hat. Pigmented with white.
6. The leg is fragile, when pressed it shows all its fragility and crumbles. Painted light, almost white. When the cut darkens. The thickness is 2 cm, and the length is drawn up to 9 cm. The soft part is thin, loosens to old age, there is no aroma.

Sprouting

1. These members of the family are common in our country.They prefer to grow in dark places. They are found in the Far East among fir, spruce, and cedar trees.
2. Can live in mountainous areas, provided that there are suitable climatic conditions. They are found on peatlands, live alone or in groups.
3. These fruit bodies always prefer the soil with high acidity, in which a lot of organic substances. These mushrooms can settle near edible type russula. Fruiting begins from mid-summer to mid-autumn.

Edibility

1. Some mushroom specialists classify these fruit bodies as conditionally edible. However, this was refuted by leading mycologists, who proved the harmfulness of the specimens on the human digestive system. Not only because of the lack of pulp mushrooms should be attributed to inedible. They are also toxic.
2. With the systematic consumption of harmful substances accumulate in the body. First, the metabolism slows down, then there are problems on this background. The intestines and the stomach also suffer greatly. The name speaks for itself.With the consumption of mushrooms in food appears nausea, vomiting, the production of bile increases.
3. Even with the taste of this russula came up with the name. It was called caustic for a reason, but for a specific juice and its notes. And absolutely all sections of the fungus have this very causticity. But the most dangerous is considered a hat, which even does not need to try.
4. Despite all the above, we will highlight some aspects. Even if, due to inexperience, you accidentally add these specimens to the edible russula basket, they will not spoil the dish very much and will not lead to intoxication (assuming no more than 2 mushrooms).

Symptoms of poisoning

1. If you consume a sufficient amount of mushrooms, then you provoke poisoning. Against this background, vomiting, nausea, and other problems with the gastrointestinal tract will appear. The first symptoms and pain make themselves felt in a couple of hours.
2. If the poisoning is mild, diarrhea will develop. There may be pain in the liver, but this is rare and depends on the body. In severe situations, vomiting is accompanied by dehydration and fever.
3. You yourself must feel unwell, it is difficult to confuse it with anything.If you promptly contact the experts, hold a gastric lavage, everything will end quickly enough.

In today's material we looked at a representative of the Russula family, which is called caustic or emetic because of its inedibility. Use can lead to poisoning, so learn to distinguish between poisonous and edible specimens.

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