Conditionally edible mushrooms

Conditionally edible fungi may be slightly poisonous, may have an unpleasant odor or bitter taste, i.e. contain harmful substances, but they are suitable for consumption, for food after a certain treatment. Most often, conditionally edible mushrooms are cooked before cooking in order to remove the toxic substances contained in them.

Curly Helpe( Helvella crispa)

A peculiar mushroom that grows on forest edges and roads in the whole of European Russia. A hat up to 5 cm in diameter consists of two or four "blades" of light yellow color. The edges of the cap are noticeably wavy, freely drooping, less often - adherent to the stem. The thick stalk up to 8 cm in height can be slightly curved. On the whitish leg, deep vertical grooves are clearly visible( Fig.).

Fig. The blade is curly( Helvetia crispa)

The base is widened at the base. The flesh does not have a special smell or taste. Before cooking, the mushroom must be boiled.

Mushroom IV category.

Regular stub( Gyromitara esculenta)

Common in all of Russia is a mushroom, often found in forest fires. The hat has the form of an irregular ball, covered with wrinkles and wrinkles. The young mushrooms have a chocolate-brown bonnet, but as they mature they become lighter. The thick, low leg has a cylindrical shape. The longitudinal grooves are clearly visible on the stalk. The color of the legs is white, yellow, less often reddish. Whitish, like a waxy pulp has no smell and taste. Before cooking the mushroom must be boiled for at least 15 minutes, after which the broth should be poured( Fig.).

Fig. Regular stitch( Gyromitara esculent)

Attention! The lines contain toxin gyromitrin, which does not disappear even after prolonged boiling. Some researchers refer a line to poisonous mushrooms!

Morchella esculenta( morchella esculenta), or morel ordinary

One of the first mushrooms, grows from March to April. Distributed in the temperate zone of the fungus. It occurs in forests, on felling areas, in parks. Loves the sun. You can gather at the end of spring. Hiding under bushes in the meadows. The hat of the color of fallen leaves, ocher, gray, hides the mushroom from the views. Inside it is hollow, it has an ovoid shape and reaches up to 7 cm in diameter. The edges of the cap grew to the foot. The entire surface of the cap is covered with cells resembling bees. The stout leg has a cylindrical shape; in young mushrooms the stem is whitish; in mature mushrooms it is yellow-brown. White flesh has a pleasant smell. Before cooking the mushroom, boil for at least 10-15 minutes, drain the broth( Fig.).

Fig. Morchella esculenta( morchella esculenta), or morel ordinary

Morcella conica, or

Smar It occurs all over Russia, in forests, on the fringes. He loves old conflagrations. You can gather at the end of spring. The brown hat has the shape of an elongated cone. Edges attached to the stalk. The hat is dotted with cells in the form of a grid. The thick, low leg has a cylindrical shape, narrowed at the base. The color of the legs is whitish-yellowish. White flesh is not distinguished by its special smell and taste. Before cooking, boil for at least 10-15 minutes, pour out the broth( Fig.).

Fig. Morchella conica, or smarzh

Morchella elata

Found in the mountains of the Urals, Altai, and the Caucasus. He loves the grassy fringes. It grows in small colonies. Olive-brown hat has the form of an elongated cone. The hat is dotted with sharply allocated cells in the form of a frequent grid. The thick, very low leg has a cylindrical shape, narrowed at the base. On the stalk clearly marked grooves. The color of the legs is whitish. White flesh is not distinguished by a special smell and taste( Fig.).

Fig. Morchella high( Morchella elata)

Before cooking, boil for at least 10-15 minutes, decoction of the broth.

Verap bohemica cap

Mushroom spread throughout the whole of Russia, prefers deciduous forests, illuminated glades. You can gather in the spring. Hat up to 5 cm high

has the shape of a wide bell, like a "hat" is put on a leg. The hip from the leg is difficult to separate. The whole surface of the cap is covered with longitudinal wrinkles. Color of the cap from yellow-brown to ocher-brown. Inside the bonnet is white. The high leg has the shape of a cylinder, with an extension to the bottom. The white leg of young fungi is covered with small scales. At maturity, the cap acquires a yellowish tinge. Thin, like a waxy flesh is not distinguished by a special smell and taste. Before cooking, boil for at least 10-15 minutes, drain the broth( Fig.).

Fig. Cap( Verpa bohemica)

It is considered a conventionally edible fungus.

Trout flake( Polyrogus squamosus)

A mushroom spread in the temperate zone throughout the territory of Russia. It grows on wood of fruit trees, less often deciduous trees. Appears in early summer. Has a wide, up to 60 cm, cap creamy color, covered with large brown scales. The thin edges of the cap are bent inside. A thick low leg is painted whitish in color, at the base turning into black. The whitish flesh has a pleasant taste and a floury smell. Only young fruit bodies are suitable for food( Fig.).

Fig. Trout flake( Polyporus squamosus)

Mushroom IV category.

Oakman kele( Boletus queleti)

Common in the Caucasus and Far East mushroom. It grows in broad-leaved forests. You can gather from May to October. The chestnut-brown hat up to 15 cm in diameter has a round-cushion shape. In youth, the surface of the cap is velvety, with age it becomes dry and matte. The high leg has a cylindrical shape, often thickened in the lower third. The color of the legs is yellow-brown( Fig.).

Fig. Oak peasant( Boletus queleti)

Yellowish flesh is odorless. Before cooking, boil for at least 10-15 minutes, decoction.

Mushroom Category II.

Masked oak copter( Boletus erythropus)

The fungus common almost throughout the European part of Russia, occasionally occurs in Western Siberia. He prefers the neighborhood of oak and beech. It grows all summer and autumn. Dark brown hat up to 20 cm in diameter has a round-cushion shape. In youth, the surface of the cap is velvety, with age it becomes dry and matte. The high leg has a cylindrical shape, often thickened in the lower third. The color of the legs is yellowish red. The foot is covered with noticeable red small scales( Fig.).

Fig. Burdock oak( Boletus erythropus)

Yellowish flesh is odorless. Before cooking, boil for at least 10-15 minutes, decoction.

Mushroom Category II.

An olive-brown oak( Boletus luridus), or ointment, an oak bulb

A fungus common almost throughout the European part of Russia, is rare in Western Siberia. He prefers the neighborhood of oak and beech. Sometimes it is observed in the Krasnoyarsk region, where it grows near birches. It grows from May to October. Olive-brown cap up to 20 cm in diameter has a round-shaped pillow. In youth, the surface of the cap is velvety, with age it becomes dry and matte. The high leg has a cylindrical shape, often thickened in the lower third. The color of the legs is yellow-brown.

The leg is covered with a distinct mesh pattern( Fig.).

Fig. Dubovik olive-brown( Boletus luridus), or nadubnik, oak bulb ordinary

Yellowish flesh is odorless. Before cooking, boil for at least 10-15 minutes, decoction.

Mushroom Category II.

Violin( Laetarius vellereus)

A mushroom spread throughout the territory of Russia. Grows from July to October. The wide hat in young mushrooms is flat, with a dented center, in mature - funnel-shaped. The edge is turned upside down. It is painted white, as the fungus grows older, the cap turns yellow and can become covered with brown spots. The thick, short white leg has the shape of a cylinder. White flesh has no special smell. Milky juice is white and pungent. After boiling for 2-3 days and boiling for about 30 minutes is suitable for salting( Fig.).

Fig. Violin( Lactarius vellereus)

The fungus belongs to the IV category.

Pink rose( Laetarius torminosus), or wolfish

The fungus grows throughout the European part of Russia, often found in Western Siberia. Prefers birch neighborhood, most often grows in mushroom families from July to October. A reddish-pink hat up to 12 cm in diameter has an inverted pubescent margin. To the touch the hat looks like a wool. Leg up to 7 cm tall has a cylindrical shape, one color with a hat. In young fungi, the leg, like the cap, is covered with downy, but at maturity it becomes naked( Fig.).

Fig. Pink( Lactarius torminosus), or

volatile. Loose flesh has a weakly expressed resinous smell. Milky juice is white and pungent. After a long and thorough boiling is only suitable for salting. Mushroom Category II.

Serushka( Lactarius flexuosus)

Common fungus in the Central part of Russia. It grows in the forests and on the fringes from the middle of summer to September. Prefers the neighborhood of birch or aspen. The pinkish-gray or brownish-gray hat has the shape of a shallow funnel. The edge is curved inwards, wavy. On the hat there are weak ring zones. A thick leg up to 9 cm high has a cylindrical shape and is painted in the same color as the hat. White flesh has a spicy smell. After careful soaking and digestion is suitable for salting( Fig.).

Fig. Serushka( Lactariusflexuosus)

Mushroom III category.

Bitter( Lactarius rufus)

Found in wet pine forests throughout the European part of Russia during the summer and autumn, loves the swampy terrain. The hat is up to 8 cm in diameter in young fungi flat-convex, in the center - conical tubercle. In mature mushrooms, the cap takes the form of a wide funnel with a tubercle inside. The color of the cap is red-brown. Sometimes casts gray. Thin leg up to 12 cm tall has a cylindrical shape and the same color as the hat. Pale flesh has an unpleasant odor( Fig.).

Fig. Bitter( Lactarius rufus)

Milky juice is acrid. After careful soaking and digestion is suitable for salting. Mushroom IV category.

Blackening( Russula nigricans)

It grows in the pine forests in the temperate zone. The hat reaches 16 cm in diameter. In young mushrooms, the pale-yellow or gray-brown hat has a convex shape. In mature, the bonnet becomes convex-spread, in the middle the hollow is noticeable, the color changes to dark brown. A thick leg up to 7 cm tall has a cylindrical shape and the same color as the hat. If the foot is pressed, it turns black, for which the mushroom and got its name. White flesh has a sweetish taste. After careful soaking and digestion is suitable for salting. It becomes black with grease( Fig.).

Fig. Black-nosed loading( Russula nigricans)

Mushroom IV category.

Gray claw( Clitocybe nebularis)

It occurs throughout the European part of Russia, in Siberia and Primorye, often in the form of "witch circles".It grows at the end of summer. A hat up to 15 cm in diameter has a convex shape, with a thickening in the center. In young mushrooms, the cap has a wrapped edge, is lilac or grayish in color. Mature mushrooms have a brown-gray bonnet, the rim of the cap is torn. High whitish leg slightly widened to the base. On the stalk there is a powdery plaque( Fig.).

Fig. Gray claw( Clitocybe nebularis)

Dense pulp has a fruity smell, less often - floury, and pleasant taste. Before cooking, it needs to be boiled.

Mushroom IV category.

Common larvae( Lactarius trivialis), or gladysch

Occurs in pine forests of the north of the European part of Russia at the end of summer and up to October, loves wet places. Hat up to 15 cm in diameter in young mushrooms is flat, in the center - a small notch. The color of the cap varies from lead to violet-gray or gray-red-yellow. A thin leg up to 8 cm in height has a cylindrical shape and the same color as the hat( Fig.).

Fig. Lamellar common( Lactarius trivialis), or gladysch

Sometimes it forms yellow. Milky juice is bitter and unpleasantly smelling. After careful soaking and digestion is only suitable for salting. After salting, turns yellow.

Mushroom Category II.

Glaucous chamois( Lactarius vietus), or marshwort

Occurs in wet birch forests throughout the European part of Russia in August and September, loves the swampy terrain. Wet and sticky hat up to 8 cm in diameter is flat-convex, in the center there is a funnel-shaped depression. The color of the cap is lilac-gray. Sometimes casts brown. Thin leg up to 11 cm tall has a cylindrical shape and the same color as the hat( Fig.).

Fig. Lactones vietus, or swamp freckle

The whitish flesh has a sharp taste. After careful soaking and digestion is suitable for salting. Mushroom III category.

Rough ruffle( Russula fragilis)

Found in wet pine forests throughout Russia in August and September. Wet hat up to 5 cm in diameter is flat, in the center there is a small tubercle. The color of the cap is violet-red. Sometimes casts greenish. A thin leg up to 11 cm tall has a cylindrical shape and is colored pink( Fig.).

Fig. Raisula fragile( Russula fragilis)

White flesh has acrid taste. After careful soaking and digestion is only suitable for salting. Mushroom IV category.

Mushroom real, or raw( Lactarius resimus( Fr.) Fr.)

The mushroom grows in birch or mixed forests with an admixture of birch from July to September.

The mushroom hat is quite large, with a diameter of up to 20 cm. The cap is originally white, round-convex or flat. Then the cap becomes funnel-shaped, with a curled hairy edge, a slightly yellow color with almost invisible watery zones. In wet weather, the surface of the cap is rather slimy.

The mushroom flesh is dense, white with a specific flavor. Milky juice in the mushroom is also white, sharp and bitter to the taste. Upon contact with the air, the lacteal juice becomes sulfuric yellow.

The plates of the fungus are wide, sparse, descending along the stalk of white or cream color, the edges of the plates are yellowish.

The mushroom foot is up to 5 cm in length, fairly thick, white in color. When maturing, it becomes hollow( Fig.).

Fig. Mushrooms are real, or raw( Lactarius resimus( Fr.) Fr.)

The fungus belongs to the I category of fungi. In food is used in a salty, less often marinated form.

Mackberry yellow, or podgruzd yellow( Lactarius scrobiculatus( Fr.))

Mushroom grows mainly in birch, but also occurs in coniferous forests. Fruits from July to September.

The mushroom hat reaches 20 cm in diameter. It is rather fleshy, moist, with moist weather becomes mucous, sticky. In shape, the cap is at first round-convex, and then becomes spread out, funnel-shaped. The edges of the cap are rolled up and shaggy.

The surface of the cap is of golden yellow color, in addition, dark concentric zones are located on it.

The flesh of the fungus is white, it becomes yellow when touched. On a cut is allocated a caustic milky juice of white color, which on air becomes yellow.

The plates in the mushroom are descending along the stalk, white or cream colored. Spore powder is yellowish. Spores spherical, finely sulcate.

The stem of the mushroom is short, 4-5 cm long, 3 cm thick, pale yellow with small dark spots. The leg narrows to the knee( Fig.).

Fig. Mack beetle yellow, or podkrasd yellow( Lactarius scrobiculatus( Fr.))

Mushroom I category. It is used in marinated or salted form.

Oak mackerel, or oyster mushroom( Lactarius insuisus( Fr.) Fr.)

The fungus grows mainly under an oak or hazel on humus loam from July to September.

The oak mackerel hats are meaty, up to 17 cm in diameter. In young mushrooms it is flattened, then becomes funnel-shaped, irregularly shaped with wavy curved margins.

The surface of the cap is naked, yellowish-orange, with concentric zones.

Fungus flesh is dense, white, which on the cut becomes yellow. Milky juice is white, the color does not change in air.

The plates are descending along the stalk, first white, and then pale ocherous. Spore powder is yellowish. Spores spherical, bristly.

Leg 10 cm long, 2 cm thick, white with yellow spots. When the fungus ripens, the foot becomes hollow( Fig.).

Fig. Oat mackerel, or oyster mushroom( Lactarius insuisus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom II category, for food only in salted form.

Mushroom blueberry, or canine mushroom( Lactarius reprasentaneus Britz.)

Mushroom grows mainly under a birch or willow in damp places. It is also found in deciduous and coniferous forests. It grows in small groups or in single copies from July to August. It is rare enough.

The mink of a blueberry mackerel is very similar in shape to that of a real mackerel. It is yellowish in color, in addition, it has protruding hairs. On the edge of the cap hairy.

Fungus flesh is dense, white, bitter in taste. The smell is pleasant, mushroom. The milky juice of the fungus is white, it becomes lilac in contact with the air.

The mushroom plates are often located, rather narrow, pale yellow in color. They descend the stalk. Spore powder is yellowish.

Length of the leg 7 cm, thickness up to 3 cm, pale yellow with spots. Inside, it is loose, but when it ripens it becomes hollow, it turns blue from touch( Fig.).

Fig. Munching blueberry, or canine mushroom( Lactarius reprasentaneus Britz.)

Mushroom II category, used only salted.

Mast aspen, or poplar( Lactarius controversus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom grows in aspen or poplar forests. As a rule, it grows in small groups from July to September, it is rare.

Mushroom hat with a diameter of up to 20 cm, fleshy. In young fungi it is convex, in more mature - funnel-shaped with curved edges. The color of the cap is dirty-white with less pronounced concentric zones. In wet weather, the cap becomes sticky and mucous.

The pulp of the fungus is white in color, with no pronounced smell, but burning taste. Milky juice is white, the color does not change in air.

The mushroom plates are descending along the stem, white or pinkish in color. Spore powder is whitish pink. Spores spiny, round in shape.

The mushroom foot is up to 5 cm in length, up to 3 cm thick. It is dense, the stem narrows at the base( Fig.).

Fig. Aspen mushroom, or poplar( Lactarius controversus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom belongs to category II, it can only be eaten in salted form.

Pepper pepper( Lactarius piperatus( Fr.) S. F. Gray)

Mushroom grows mainly in broad-leaved forests from July to October. It grows in large groups, it occurs quite often.

Young mushrooms are white, the more mature ones have a yellowish tinge. The hat reaches 20 cm in diameter, it is fleshy, dense. Initially, the hat is flat with wrapped edges, and then funnel-shaped, dry and matte.

The pulp is white, on the cut, on contact with the air it becomes bluish-blue, the taste is acutely peppery. Milky juice is white, on air it becomes blue.

White or cream colored mushroom plates, often located, narrow and descending along the stem.

Spores wide, broadly oval. Spore powder white.

Feet of mushroom up to 8 cm long, 2.5 cm thick. Dense, smooth, white, sometimes with impressed spots( Fig.).

Fig. Mushroom pepper( Lactarius piperatus( Fr.) S. F. Gray)

The fungus belongs to the IV category, it is used mainly in salt form.

Mug parchment( Lactarius pergamenus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom is found mainly in deciduous and coniferous forests from August to September, grows in fairly large groups.

Hat up to 10 cm in diameter, first plano-convex, and then funnel-shaped, smooth or wrinkled, in young mushrooms of white color, in mature and aging - yellowing.

Mushroom flesh is bitter, white. Milky juice is abundant, white, it does not change when it comes into contact with air.

Mushroom plates descending along the stalk, often located, yellowish in color. Spore powder white.

The mushroom's leg is rather long, dense, white( Fig.).

Fig. Mound parchment( Lactariuspergamenus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom conditionally edible II category, but little known. In food is used only in salted form.

Hygrocybe cone, Hygrocybe blacking Hygrocybe conica( Hygrocybe nigrescens)

These mushrooms can be found in summer and autumn on glades and forest edges. The hat in hygrocybe is cone-shaped, orange-red or yellow-red, darkening with age, sticky, in old specimens torn along the edge( Fig.).

Fig. Hygrocybe conical, hygrocybe blacking Hygrocybe conica( Hygrocybe nigrescens)

Plates yellow, waxy. Spore powder white. Leg yellow or orange-yellow, at the base whitish, fibrous, hollow. The flesh inside is white, yellow to the edges, transparent, darkens when touching. When the pulp of the mushrooms is tender, they are edible, at other times can cause indigestion.

Violin, or scrimson, or spurge( Lactarius vellereus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom can be found in mixed forests and under birches from July to September. Grows, as a rule, in large groups.

The mushroom hat grows to 20 cm in diameter. It is rather fleshy, dense. In young mushrooms the hat is flat, in mature - funnel-shaped, slightly erased, with yellow spots.

The mushroom flesh is bitter in taste. The milky juice is plentiful, burning-caustic, it slowly turns yellow when it comes to contact with the air.

The plates descend the stalk, often located, yellowish. Spore powder white. Spores rounded, small-rooted.

The mushroom foot is dense and rather short, up to 6 cm long, up to 3.5 cm thick( Fig.).

Fig. Violin, or scribble, or spurge( Lactarius vellereus( Fr.) Fr.)

The fungus belongs to the IV category, it is used in the salt form for food.

Serushka, or seruha, or podreshnik, or plantain( Lactarius flexuosus( Fr.) S. F. Gray)

Mushroom is most often found in birch or aspen. It prefers to grow on sandy loamy or loamy soils, in damp lowlands, in which meltwater stagnates.

The fungus grows in fairly large groups, beginning in July and until late autumn.

The mushroom hat is not very large, up to 10 cm in diameter. At first it is convex, and then becomes funnel-shaped. The edges of the cap are uneven, wavy. The hat is grayish-violet with lead tint, and also with noticeable concentric zones of dark color.

The flesh is white, dense. Milky juice is white or watery, not changing in the air. The taste of milky juice is caustic.

The mushroom plates are descending along the stalk, rarely located and thick. Spores almost spherical, warty, in the general mass of yellow.

Feet of mushroom about 8 cm long, 2 cm thick, light gray, sometimes bloated. In young mushrooms it is dense, in mature mushrooms it is hollow( Fig.).

Fig. Serushka, or seruh, or podreshnik, or plantain( Lactarius flexuosus( Fr.) S. F. Gray)

Mushroom III category, used in salted form.

Reddish( Lactarius subdulcis( Fr.) S. F. Gray)

A fairly common fungus grows in coniferous and deciduous forests, usually on a mossy surface. Fruits from July to October.

The mushroom cap is small, up to 8 cm in diameter. At first it is plano-convex, its edges are bent downwards, then the cap becomes funnel-shaped, with a slight hillock in the center, reddish-brown or yellowish-brown color, dry and thin.

Mushroom fungus is brownish-yellowish. Milky juice is white, it becomes watery white upon contact with air. In young mushrooms, the lacteal juice is not acrid, and in the old ones it is acrid and bitter, with an unpleasant odor.

The mushroom plates are attached to the stem or slightly descending along it. Initially they are yellowish or pinkish, but then they become reddish. Spores are broadly ellipsoidal. Spore powder of white color.

The mushroom foot is up to 6 cm long, smooth, the same color with a hat or slightly lighter than it( Fig.).

Fig. Reddish( Lactarius subdulcis( Fr.) S. F. Gray)

Mushroom IV category. It is eaten in salted form.

White whiting, or whitewash, or fluffy fluffy( Lactarius pubescens( Krombh.) Fr.)

This fungus occurs somewhat less frequently than a pink rose. It grows in deciduous or mixed forests with an admixture of birch, on dry forest meadows, on the roadside of abandoned roads. Fruiting from August to September.

The hat is relatively small, about 4-6 cm in diameter. In its shape, the white wave's hat looks like a pink rose's hat. White or slightly pink, fluffy-silky, with wrapped edges.

White mushroom flesh. Under the skin - slightly pink, with a pronounced mushroom smell. Milky juice is white, bitter in taste.

Plates accreted to the stem, frequent, narrow, pinkish or pale yellow.

Leg 4 cm long, 2 cm thick, whitish pinkish( Fig.).

Fig. The white whiting, or the whiting, or the fluffy fluffy( Lactarius pubescens( Krombh.) Fr.)

The mushroom belongs to category II, it is used in fresh, pickled or salted form.

Gladys, or Lactarius helvus( Fr.) Fr.)

The fungus grows in deciduous or coniferous forests, among mosses, most often solitary. Fruiting from August to September.

The mushroom hat is large, about 15 cm in diameter, flat with a small dimple in the center, smooth and mucous. The color of the cap is variable: first lead or purple-gray, with slightly noticeable concentric zones.

The mushroom flesh is white or slightly creamy, soft and brittle.

Milky juice is white, on air it becomes yellowish. Spores of the fungus are round-ovoid, large-grained.

The mushroom foot is up to 8 cm long, about 3 cm thick, hollow inside, smooth and sticky( Fig.).

Fig. Gladysh, or common larvae( Lactarius helvus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom II category, in food can be consumed only in a salty form.

Mlechnik brothel( Lactarius vietus( Fr.) Fr)

Mushroom grows in deciduous or mixed forests with an admixture of birch, in damp places from August to September.

Hat up to 8 cm in diameter, thin-hued. In young fungi it is plano-convex, and then becomes funnel-shaped, with sinuous edges. The mushroom's hat, as a rule, is wet, sticky, lilac-gray or brownish-gray.

Flesh is whitish or grayish, sharp to the taste. Milky juice is white, in the air it becomes olive-gray.

Mushroom plates descending along the stalk, often located, in young fungi they are whitish in color, and in mature mushrooms they are yellowish-creamy. From the touch, the plates become gray in color.

Spore powder is pale ocherous. Spores round, spiny-warty.

The mushroom foot is up to 11 cm long, up to 2 cm thick. Inside the leg is a hollow, smooth, somewhat pale bonnet( Fig.).

Fig. Glaucous chum( Lactarius vietus( Fr.) Fr)

Mushroom III category. Used for food in a salty form, in appearance looks like a russet.

Mlichnik gray-pink( Lactarius helvus( Fr.) Fr.)

The fungus grows in wet pine forests, on the outskirts of sphagnum marshes, fructifies from July to September.

Mushroom hat with a diameter of up to 15 cm, pinkish-brown color, sometimes with a gray tinge. In young mushrooms, it is flat, in more mature - deep-grained, with curved edges. In dry weather, the bonnet acquires silk-like shine.

Pulp light yellow, pale yellow. Milky juice is watery white, it does not change its color in the air.

The plates are descending on the foot. At first they are whitish in color, and then they become pale yellow. Spores round, spore powder light-ocher.

Feet of mushroom up to 9 cm long, up to 1.5 cm thick. Cylindrical shape, hollow inside. Above, the leg is light and mealy, with whitish fibers on the bottom( Fig.).

Fig. Mlichnik gray-pink( Lactarius helvus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom is little-known, but conditionally-edible. In food, as a rule, it is used in salted or marinated form. Suitable for drying, but in a dry form it smells of fresh hay.

Mllechnik violet( Lactarius vioascens Fr.)

Mushroom grows in deciduous forests, mainly in aspen and birch forests. Fruiting from August to October.

The mushroom hat is up to 12 cm in diameter, impressed, slightly crowned, with a small tubercle located in the center. It is painted in a greyish-brown color with a purple hue.

The pulp of the fungus is white or cream colored, dense and bitter. Milky juice is not caustic, white. When in contact with air, it becomes lilac.

The stem is cylindrical, about 6 cm to the length and 1-2 cm in thickness. Inside the leg is hollow( Fig.).

Fig. Mlichnik violet( Lactarius vioascens Fr.)

Mushroom conditionally edible , III category, can only be eaten in salted form.

Some researchers consider it inedible.

Mlichnik stinging-lachrymal( Lactarius pyrogalus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mlichnik burning-and-lactating grows in sparse deciduous or mixed forests, in glades, fringes, under bushes. Most often it grows singly or in small groups. Fruiting, beginning in August and ending with October.

Hat mushroom up to 10 cm in diameter, flat, gray-smoky or ashy-gray in color. On the cap there are also unclearly expressed narrow concentric zones.

The pulp is white, under the skin of the cap it is grayish with a mushroom smell. Milky juice is plentiful, white, tastes rather sharp, withers on small plates with small gray lumps.

The plates are descending along a leg, ocher-cream color, thin and sparse.

The leg is hollow, about 5 cm long, up to 1 cm thick( Fig.).

Fig. Mlichnik stinging-lacteal( Lactariuspyrogalus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom III category. In food can be used only in a salty form.

Lactarius mitissimus( Fr.) Fr.)

The fungus grows mainly in deciduous and mixed forests with an admixture of birch, fructifies from August to September.

The hat is not very large, up to 8 cm in diameter, thin, brownish-red or orange-yellow, smooth, flat, sometimes weakly-armed, with a small tubercle in the center. In dry weather, the hat is dry, and in wet - slippery.

Pulp is pale, yellowish in color. Milky juice is abundant, white, first sweet to taste, and then - bitter.

The plates are thin, frequent, adherent to the stem.

Spore powder light-ocher color, spores ellipsoid, warty.

Leg about 8 cm long, up to 1 cm thick, dense, sometimes hollow, of the same color with a hat( Fig.).

Fig. Lactarius mitissimus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom IV category, can only be eaten in salted form.

Mlechnik pale( Lactarius paIIidus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom can be found in oak forests or mixed with oak forests from July to August.

A hat with a diameter from 4 to 12 cm. In young fungi it is convex, and then becomes funnel-shaped, impressed, smooth, mucous, pale-buffy-pale. Milky juice is white, the pulp is creamy.

The plates are descending along the stem, sometimes branched, the same with a hat of color.

Spores are round, prickly, white in color.

Leg is cylindrical, hollow, up to 9 cm long, about 1.5 cm thick( Fig.).

Fig. Mllechnik pale( Lactariuspallidus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom of little-known, category III, conditionally-edible. Can be eaten in salted form with other mushrooms.

Mllechnik white( Lactarius musteus Fr.)

The fungus grows in dry pine or mixed forests, on scrawny sandy soils, fructifies from August to October, Mushroom cap with a diameter of up to 10 cm. In young fungi it is convex, in mature mushrooms it is funnel-shaped, fleshy, smooth, slimy, yellowish white.

Plates whitish, forked-branched, descending along the stem. Spore powder is pale yellow, spores widely oval, warty.

The mushroom foot is not very long, from 3 to 7 cm, up to 2.5 cm in thickness. Equal, cylindrical, hollow inside, whitish( Fig.).

Fig. Walnut white( Lactarius musteus Fr.)

Mushroom II category. In food can be used in both fresh and salted form.

Lactarius quetus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom occurs mainly in broadleaf forests, beginning in July and ending with September.

Mushroom cap 3-10 cm in diameter, first flat-convex, and then funnel-shaped. Dry, smooth, with poorly visible zones. In the center the hat is dark, brownish-red.

The flesh is white at first, and then reddish, with a bitter taste. Milky juice is white, sweet to the taste, the color does not change in air.

The plates are brick red or brown, with a tooth attached to the mushroom foot. Spore powder white. Spores spherical, warty.

Feet of fungus up to 10 cm long, about 1 cm thick. Cylindrical, dense. In old mushrooms the leg becomes hollow( Fig.).

Fig. Lactarius quetus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom belongs to the IV category, it can be eaten in a salty form.

Mllechnik fragrant, or pear fragrant( Lactarius glyciosmus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom can be found in coniferous or mixed forests from August to September.

The mushroom hat is about 7 cm in diameter, in the center there is a papilla. The hat is impressed, felt, with weakly expressed zones, brownish-gray with a lilac, yellowish or pinkish tinge.

The mushroom flesh is thin, whitish or reddish-brown, with a strong smell of fresh hay.

In the air, the milky juice is slightly green, it tastes sweet, and the old mushrooms have acrid juice.

Plates are frequent, pale-ocher, adhered to the stalk by a tooth.

Spore powder is yellowish. Spores are broadly oval, fine-grained.

The length of the foot is about 6 cm, the thickness is up to 1.2 cm. The pedicle is cylindrical, hollow, whitish with a slight yellowish tint( Fig.).

Fig. Mllechnik aromatic, or pear fragrant( Lactarius glyciosmus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom conditionally edible, little-known. Can be used both in fresh and salted form together with other mlechnikami.

Milky Lactarius serum( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom grows in deciduous and mixed forests from August to September.

Mushroom hat with a diameter of up to 7 cm, first flat, and then funnel-shaped with curved edges, smooth, dry, brownish-reddish-brown.

Pulp is thin, delicate, brownish-red, with a light bitter taste.

Milky juice is watery-whitish, slightly sharp, does not change its color in the air.

The plates of the fungus are thin, yellow-ocher, frequent, adherent to the stem.

Leg length up to 7 cm, thickness about 1.2 cm, cylindrical, inside hollow, sometimes bent( Fig.).

Fig. Lactarius serifluus( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom is little-known, conditionally-edible, belongs to the III category. Used in salted form.

Maternik acute( Laetarius acris( Fr.) Fr.)

Growing in coniferous and deciduous forests with an undergrowth of hazel. Fruiting from the end of July to August.

The mushroom hat is first round-convex, then funnel-shaped, up to 8 cm in diameter, dark brown-brown in color.

The pulp is white, on the incision it turns red. Milky juice is white, but it turns red in the air. The taste is sharp, burning.

Plates are frequent, descending on the leg, light yellow color. Spore powder ocher color. Spores rounded, with spines and ridges.

The mushroom foot is cylindrical, up to 5 cm long, up to 1.8 cm thick( Fig.).

Fig. Mlechnik acute( Lactarius acris( Fr.) Fr.)

Mushroom is conditionally edible, but little-known. In food can be used salted along with other mlechnikami.

Umbrella miller( Lactarius umbrinus( Pers.) Fr.)

Mushroom occurs in broad-leaved and coniferous forests from September to October.

Caps up to 8 cm in diameter, convex, later impressed in the center, gray-brown, umbrella, cracked along the edge.

The pulp is white in color, on the rupture is browning. Milky juice is watery white, the color in the air does not change, the taste is weak.

Plates are descending, frequent, forked, pale yellow or dirty yellow.

Spores are round, rough-wrinkled.

The mushroom foot is rather short, about 5 cm long, up to 1.5 cm thick. The shape is cylindrical, dense, white or grayish in color( Fig.).

Fig. Lactarius umbrinus( Pers.) Fr.)

Mushroom belongs to the III category. It is eaten in salted form.

Mulberry lilac( Lactarius lilfcinus( Lasch.) Fr.)

The fungus grows in broad-leaved and coniferous forests under alder. Fruiting from September to October.

Caps up to 8 cm in diameter, first flat, and then funnel-shaped, lilac-pink with a mushroom smell, without zones, but fluffy-fibrous.

Flesh is whitish-pink in color, with a pleasant mushroom smell. Milky juice is white, bitter in taste and abundant.

The plates are frequent, either attached to the stem, or slightly downward, with a lilac shade.

Leg up to 8 cm long, hollow, cylindrical, slightly flattened, straight or slightly curved, ocherous( Fig.).

Fig. Lactarius lilac( Lactarius lilfcinus( Lasch.) Fr.)

The mushroom can be eaten in salted form with other mushrooms.

A beautiful russet( Russula rosacea S. F. Gray)

A mushroom grows in birch forests on sandy loam soil in small groups. Fruiting in September.

The mushroom hat is about 10 cm in diameter, quite fleshy. At first it is convex, and then spread out, but in the center it is depressed. Blood red color, but its color is uneven, blurry. The peel is practically not separated from the pulp.

The flesh is white, dense, without a pronounced odor, but it tastes bitterish, not corrosive.

White or cream colored plates, with lintels, attached to the stem. Leg up to 4 cm in length and up to 2 cm in thickness. Straight, hollow inside, white with a pinkish tint( Fig.).

Fig. The russet is beautiful( Russula rosacea S. F. Gray)

The fungus belongs to the III category. Used in salty or fresh.

Unsighted russula( fiussula nauseosa Fr.)

Mushroom can be found in spruce, aspen and birch forests. It grows either singly or in small groups. Fruiting from August to September.

The hat is small, up to 5 cm in diameter. It is thin-strung, brittle, wet in glue, dry - matte, pinkish-gray, reddish or pinkish-purple. In the center the cap is yellowish, brown or olive. The edges of the cap are obtuse, ribbed.

Mushroom pulp is white, fragile, odorless and non-corrosive.

Plates accreted to the stem, first cream-yellow, and then ocherous.

Spores warty, spore powder ocherous.

The mushroom foot is about 6 cm in length and 1 cm in thickness, white or light gray in color, dense( Fig.).

Mushroom IV category, for food is used in salted form.

Fig. Iridescent russet( Russula nauseosa Fr.)

Giant spike( Leucopaxillus giganteus( Fr.) Sing.)

Mushroom is found in coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests, as well as on fringes and pastures. Mushrooms appear in August, the mushroom season ends in October. Sometimes it forms "witch's rings".

The hat of young mushrooms is convex-spread, in the center it is somewhat depressed. In mature mushrooms it is funnel-shaped, with thin edges curled upward. The diameter of the cap can be from 10 to 15 cm, there are specimens with a cap diameter of up to 30 cm. It can be snow-white, creamy, yellowish.

Mushroom flesh is thick, white, with a powdery smell, but without taste.

Plates of the same color with a hat, running down the leg.

Spore powder white, spores ovate.

Leg length up to 8 cm, thickness about 4 cm, dense and white( Fig.).

Fig. Govorushka gigantic( Leucopaxillus giganteus( Fr.) Sing.)

Mushroom IV category. Young mushrooms can be consumed both fresh and salted. Old mushrooms are bitter, but they are quite suitable for drying.

Funnel sparrow( Clitocybe gibba( Fr.) Kumm.)

Funnel sparrows grow in deciduous and mixed forests, in thickets of shrubs, on forest litter from July to October, singly or in groups.

Hat with a diameter of up to 10 cm, thin. In young fungi it is slightly convex, with a curved edge, later - funnel-shaped, with a thin and sinuous margin, finely scaly, light yellowish, reddish or brownish.

Pulp is thin, white, rather soft, with pleasant taste and aroma.

Fig. Gonorushka funneled( C lit os be gibba( Fr.) Kumm.)

The plates are whitish, narrow, descending along the stem.

Spore powder white, spores ovate or grain-shaped. Leg length up to 8 cm, thickness about 1 cm, cylindrical, dense, elastic. The base is thickened at the base( Fig.).Mushroom IV category. In food, you can only use hats fresh or salty, they are suitable for drying.

Golovorushka mackerel( Clitocybe davipes( Fr.) Kumm.)

Golovushku mace can be found in coniferous, mixed and broad-leaved forests. As a rule,

grows singly or in small groups. Mushroom season - from July to October.

The hat is first convex, and then flat, dark gray, smooth, up to 4-7 cm in diameter.

The pulp is thick at the center of the cap, and thin at the edges. In young mushrooms it is light-brownish, for the more mature it is white, waxy.

Plates are rare, wide, creamy, descending on the stem.

Spore powder white, spores of ellipsoidal shape.

The leg is swollen at the base, dense, one color with a cap, back-ball-shaped, 4 to 8 cm long, 1 cm thick( Fig.).

Fig. Clavocyte claviples( Fr.) Kumm.)

Mushroom is little-known, conditionally-edible. Used for food in fresh, pickled or salted form.

The purple or purple lavatory( Lepista nu da( Fr.) Cke.)

grows in deciduous, mixed or coniferous forests. It grows in large groups, forming "witch circles".The mushroom season lasts from September to October.

The cap is flat-convex, with a diameter of up to 15 cm, with thin curved edges, naked,

brownish-violet, later fading, with a bronze hue, moist and watery.

The pulp of the mushroom is thick, the young mushrooms are bright purple, and in mature mushrooms it fades. The taste and smell are pleasant.

The plates are either adherent to the stem, or loose, frequent, purple, and later light purple.

Spore powder is pale pink, spores are fine-grained, ellipsoidal.

The foot is dense, cylindrical, slightly thickened at the bottom, up to 8 cm long, about 2 cm thick. In young fungi it is violet, in mature males it is whitish, under the hat it is whitish-mealy( Fig.).

Fig. Striderovka violet, or lyadovka lilac( Lepista nuda( Fr.) Cke.)

Mushroom IV category. It is used in fresh, marinated or salted form.

The red-brown ryadovka( Tricholoma flavobrunneum( Fr.) Kumm.)

Mushroom can be found from August to October in deciduous, mainly in birch forests. It grows singly or in large groups, forming "witch circles".

Hat in young fungi is round-conical, mature - spreading, diameter up to 15 cm. The color is reddish-brown, but in the center the cap is darker, and at the edges - lighter.

The pulp is whitish or yellowish, with a delicate taste and a smell of fresh flour.

Plates sprouted to the stem with a tooth or loose, narrow, frequent, sulfur-yellow. Old mushrooms on the plates show brown or reddish spots.

Spore powder white, spores ellipsoidal.

The knife is solid, and then hollow, cylindrical, about 12 cm long,

. Thickness up to 1.5 cm, brown or reddish-brown, yellow at the top, fibrous( Fig.).

Fig. Rowing-room red-brown( Tricholomaflavobrunneum( Fr.) Kumm.)

Mushroom IV category. The food is used in salted form.

The rowing room is silvery, or the row is dirty( Tricholoma scalpturatum( Fr.) Quel.)

This mushroom can be collected from August to October. It grows in broad-leaved and coniferous forests.

The hat is from 3 to 8 cm in diameter; in young fungi it is convex, then becomes spread, with a wide, low tubercle. Color of the cap is brownish-white, silvery.

Pulp whitish, thin, with mealy taste and smell.

Plates are frequent, white, adhered to the stalk by a tooth.

Spore powder white, spores ellipsoidal.

The leg is dense, cylindrical, 4-5 cm long, 0.7 cm thick. At the base the leg is slightly swollen, white, silky to the touch( Fig.).

Fig. The rowing-room is silvery, or the row of dirty people( Tricholoma scalpturatum( Fr.) Quel.)

Mushroom is conditionally edible, little-known. In food can be used as a salted and marinated form, and in fresh.

White-brown white-brown, white-brown white( Tricholoma albobrunneum( Fr.) Kumm.) Class

The mushroom season continues from July to September. The fungus grows in pine forests.

The hat is initially hemispherical( Figure a), later spreading( Figure b), up to 9 cm in diameter, with a small tubercle and a lowered margin, a brownish-red-brown color.

Fig.(a, b).White-brown, white or brown( Tricholoma albobrunneum( Fr.) Kumm.) Class.)

White flesh, slightly reddish-brown under the skin of the cap, with a distinctly powdery smell and sweet taste.

Plates sprouted to the stem, white, rusty, with spots of brown color.

Spore powder white, spores of ellipsoidal shape.

Leg is cylindrical, dense, brownish-brown in color, up to 10 cm long, up to 1.2 cm thick.

Mushroom is little-known, conditionally edible. The food is used fresh.

Rowdied bandage( Tricholoma focale( Fr.) Ricken)

The fungus grows on sandy soils in pine forests. You can collect it from August to October.

Caps up to 3 to 10 cm in diameter, first convex, later spreading, rastered, radial-fibrous, rusty-brownish in color.

The pulp of the fungus is white, thick. Under the skin slightly reddish, the taste bitterish, has the smell of fresh flour.

Plates slightly attached with a tooth to the stem, white or somewhat yellowish, often located.

Spore powder white, spores ovoid or spherical.

Leg cylindrical, narrowed at base, spindle-shaped, at first rather dense, and later hollow. On the leg there is a ring. Above the ring the leg is white, mealy, under the ring is one-colored. The length of the leg is from 4 to 8 cm, the thickness is from 1.5 to 3 cm( Fig.).

Fig. Rytovka bandaged( Tricholomafocale( Fr.) Ricken)

Mushroom belongs to the IV category, it is used for fresh and pickled food.

Colibia broad-plate( Collybia platyphylla( Fr.) Mos.)

Mushroom can be found at the base of old birch stumps from July to October.

The hat of this mushroom is quite large, up to 20 cm in diameter. In young fungi it is convex, later spreading, with a small tubercle, dark black, but later fading.

The flesh is white, without any special smell or taste.

The plates of young mushrooms are adherent to the stem, in mature - loose, rather wide, white in color, brittle.

Spore powder white, spores widely elliptical.

The foot is smooth, dense, cylindrical, longitudinally fibrous, up to 12 cm long, 1-2 cm thick.

Mushroom is little-known, conditionally edible, it is eaten in salted form( Fig.).

Fig. Collybia platyphylla( Fr.) Mos.)

Umbilical umbrella, or cystoderma odorous( Cystoderma carcharias( Seer.) Fayod.)

The fungus grows in pine and spruce forests, on mossy bedding alone or in small groups. Fruits from June to November.

Caps 3-6 cm in diameter. Young fungi are convex, later - flat-convex or spread out, with a blunted tubercle, which is located in the center. The cap's skin is light pink, creamy, whitish or light gray, dry and fine-grained( Fig.).

Fig. Umbrella is flaky, or cystoderma odorous( Cystoderma carcharias( Seer.) Fayod.)

Flesh is whitish-yellowish, with the smell of mold, without taste.

Plates accreted to the stem or descending along it, frequent, white or pink.

Spore powder white. The spores are ovate.

The leg is cylindrical, widened at the base, with a ring. Above the ring it is white, below - one color with a hat.

Mushroom conditional-edible, little-known. It is used fresh, after boiling unpleasant odor disappears.

Candollean Candy Fold( Psathyrella Candolleana)

The cap is thin, watery, bell-shaped, later round-spread, ocher-cream, then white. Diameter up to 7 cm. Plates are frequent, adherent to the stem; in the young fungus it is grayish-pink in color, in mature - dark brown.

Leg is hollow, cylindrical, white or cream colored, silky. Length - 7-10 cm

Pulp is thin, white, has a pleasant taste, but without smell.

The fungus grows on rotten stumps, hardwood processed in large groups in the period from May to October( Fig.).

Fig. Phanoho Candolya( Psathyrella candolleana)

Conditionally edible mushroom.

Psatirella velutina( Psathirella velutina)

The mushroom cap is campanulate, fibrous, yellow-clay, white dangling flakes visible at the edges. Plates accreted to the stem, wide, brown in color with a purple hue. Leg is hollow, dirty white with brown fibers, from 5 to 12 cm long.

The mushroom grows in various forests, on rotten stumps and soil during the period from August to October.

Refers to little-known conditionally edible fungi( Fig.).

Fig. Psathirella velutina

Early scaly( Agrocybe praecox)

The cap is convex, later spreading, in its center a wide rounded tubercle, brownish or light yellow-brownish in color, smooth. Plates accreted to the stem. First whitish, then reddish. The leg is hollow with a ring, at the top white, at the bottom it grows brown. The length of the stem reaches 8 cm. The ring is whitish, membranous.

The pulp is white, has a mealy odor and a sweetish taste.

The mushroom grows in orchards, forests and parks on humus soil from early spring to late autumn, usually in small groups or singly. This fungus is rare. Refers to little-known fungi( Fig.).

Fig. Early Scale( Agrocybe praecox)

Scale yellow-green( Pholiota gumossa)

The cap is at first hemispherical, then spreading with a tubercle in the center;mucous, light yellow in the center and darker at the edges. Plates are frequent, adherent to the stem, first cream or light brown in color. The leg is dense, cylindrical, curved, the same color as the cap, from 4 to 9 cm in length.

The flesh of the fungus is yellowish, without a certain smell and taste.

The fungus grows in deciduous forests on or near stumps, as well as in grassy places between August and September( Fig.).

Fig. Scale yellow-green( Pholiota gumossa)

Little-known conditionally edible fungus.

Pink silk plaster( Phodophyllus serlceus)

The mushroom cap is first convex, then squashed in the center with a tubercle, dark gray-brown color, shiny, silky-fibrous. The plates are whitish in the young fungus, while in the mature one they are pinkish or reddish, adhering

to the stem. Leg is cylindrical, hollow, slightly curved, gray or gray-brownish in color.

The fungus grows on forest fringes and grassy places or in meadows solitary or in groups from August to October( Fig.).

Fig. Rosy-Plastilnik silky( Phodophyllus serlceus)

Little-known conditionally edible fungus.

Auriscaspium vulgare

This fungus grows until late autumn, usually near rotting pines. Caps 1-2 cm in diameter, semicircular or kidney-shaped, initially brownish, later brownish-black, rubbery, with a felt, worn upper side( Fig.).

Fig. Auriscaspium vulgare

On the underside, thin spinules are initially faded, then dark brown, not passing into the stem. Leg long and thin, bristly-felt, dark brown, accreted to the side of the head. At the base, tangled hyphae connects to a pine cone.

The mushroom is not palatable and is conditionally edible.

Stropharia decorated( Stropharia coronilIA)

Mushroom cap hemispherical, smooth, lemon-yellow in color. The diameter is from 3 to 8 cm. The plates are lilac-gray, attached to the stem. Leg cylindrical, even, white, with a narrow ring. The length of the leg is from 3 to 8 cm.

The mushroom flesh is dense, whitish in color, has a pleasant taste and smell.

The fungus grows in forests, gardens, fields, pastures and meadows in the period from June to September.

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Stropharia decorated( Stropharia coronilla)

Spiderweb straight( Cortinarius collinitus)

The hat is at first convex, then flat, dense, ocher-brown. The plates of young mushrooms are light, bluish-gray in color, then brown, accreted to the stem. Leg is cylindrical, dense, has several brown belts. The length of the stem is up to 14 cm.

The fungus grows in deciduous and coniferous forests singly or in small groups between August and September( Fig.).

Fig. Spiderweb straight( Cortinarius collinitus)

Is a little-known conditional-edible mushroom.

Spider web( Cortinarius glaucopus)

The mushroom's head is convex, dirty-yellow, then flat, brown. Diameter - from 5 to 15 cm. Plates are frequent, thin, first bluish, then a light brown color, adherent to the stem.

Feet dense, at the base tuberous, first bluish, then yellowish, with traces of fibers from a spider veil. The length of the leg is from 3 to 10 cm.

The flesh is whitish-bluish, then yellowish, has an unpleasant odor and a mild taste( Fig.).

Fig. Spiny breeder( Сortinarms glaucopus)

The mushroom grows in coniferous and mixed forests in the period from August to September.

Spiderweb Blue( Cortinarlus coerulescens)

The cap is convex, mucous, lilac or bluish-violet. Diameter - from 5 to 10 cm. The plates are frequent, wide, first lilac, then brown with a rusty hue, attached to the stem.

Leg first bluish-violet, later dirty-brown, has a tuberous base.

Pulp is thick, pale-pale, has an unpleasant smell and sweet taste( Fig.).

Fig. Spiderweb Blue( Cortinarlus coerulescens)

The fungus grows in deciduous and coniferous forests on calcareous soil in solitary or large groups from September to August.

Cobweb glossy( Cortinarlus fulmineus), or a spiderweb sparkling

The hat is first convex, then flat, rusty-ocher or red. Diameter - from 5 to 10 cm. The plates are frequent, wide, first yellow, then reddish-brown, accreted to the stem. The leg is bright-buffy, the bottom has a tuberous thickening. The length of the leg is 5-10 cm.

The flesh is thick, pale yellowish, does not have a special smell or taste.

Mushroom can be found in deciduous forests in the period from August to September( Fig.).

Fig. Spider web shiny( Cortinarius fulmineus), or spider web sparkling

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus.

Spiderweb white-violet( Cortinarius lboviolaceus)

The hat is at first convex, then flat, whitish-violet, with the maturity of the specimen becomes dirty white. Plates accreted to the stalk, gray-bluish in color, are first covered with a cobwebby coverlet, later they acquire a tobacco-brown color.

Leg flat with whitish ring-shaped bands, at the bottom tuberiform bloated, white with a purple hue. The length of the leg is up to 10 cm.

The mushroom flesh is thick in the middle, whitish-bluish in color. Does not have a special taste and smell.

The fungus grows in coniferous and deciduous forests on damp soils in the period from August to October( Fig.).

Fig. Spiderweb white-violet( Cortinarius alboviolaceus)

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus.

Spider web swollen( Cortinarius turgidus)

Hat firstly convex, white, later light-clay yellow with silvery sheen, spreading, silky. The diameter of the cap is 10 cm. The plates are frequent, wide, growing to the stalk, first white, then reddish. Leg is thick, bottom thickened, below is elongated in a small process, first white, then pale brown with white silky bands. The length of the leg is 3-8 cm.

The mushroom flesh is dense, whitish, has a pleasant smell and taste.

The fungus grows in deciduous forests, mainly near the birches in the period from August to October( Fig.).

Fig. Spider web swollen( Cortinarius turgidus)

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus.

Spider web( Cortinarius purpurascens)

The hat of young mushrooms is convex, in mature - spread out, flat, reddish-brown, olive-brown, in the center darkens. The diameter of the cap is 15 cm. The plates are first violet, then rusty-brown or rusty-brown, adhering to the stem.

The leg is dense, purple. The length is 6-8 cm.

The flesh is bluish, it becomes purple on the cut. It has no special taste, but it has a pleasant smell( Fig.).

Fig. Spider web( Cortinarius purpurascens)

Mushroom can be found in coniferous and mixed forests in the period from August to September.

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus.

Apricot-yellow web( Cortinarius armeniacus)

The cap is initially unevenly convex, then flat, smooth, orange-yellow or orange-buffy. The diameter is from 3 to 10 cm. The plates are initially yellowish-buffy, later rusty-brown or brown, adherent to the stem.

Feet dense, thickened at base, white. The length of the leg is 3-12 cm.

The pulp of the fungus is white or yellowish, dense, has a pleasant smell and taste.

The fungus grows in coniferous, mostly pine forests, between August and October.

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Apricot-yellow web( Cortinarius armeniacus)

Spider web high( Cortinarius elatior)

Caps in young fungus are campanulate, in mature - semisolid cone with radial wrinkled strips of ocher or purple-brown color. The diameter of the cap is up to 12 cm. The plates are wide, first lilac-ocher, then - dark brown, adherent to the stem.

Feet dense, pale purple. Length - up to 18 cm

Flesh is whitish or yellowish, does not have a special taste and smell.

The fungus grows in coniferous and deciduous forests in damp places between August and September( Fig.).

Fig. Spider web high( Cortinarius elatior)

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus.

Cobweb( Cortinarius allutus)

The mushroom cap is convex, later flat with a wavy edge of orange-brown color. Diameter - from 3 to 8 cm. The plates are wide, frequent, in young mushrooms whitish, in mature - rusty-ocherous, adherent to the stem.

The leg is dense, yellowish in color, at the base of the nodule. The length of the leg is 4-8 cm.

The mushroom flesh is thick, white, has no special taste, but has a honey smell.

The fungus grows in coniferous( pine and spruce) and deciduous forests in the period from July to October.

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Web of smooth-skinned( Cortinarius allutus)

Web brown( Cortinarius brunneus)

The cap of the young fungus is campanulate, then - almost flat, dark brown or brown, with fibrous flakes on the edge. Diameter - 3-10 cm

The plates are rare, dark brown-brown color, adherent to the stem.

The leg is dense, cylindrical, downward, of the same color as the cap, but with whitish fibrous bands. Length 4-12 cm

Flesh is brownish, does not have a special taste and smell.

The fungus grows in humid places of coniferous and mixed forests in the period from July to October. It is a little-known edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Spider web brown( Cortinarius brunneus)

Web cobweb elegant( Cortinarius elegantior)

Cotton mushroom straw-yellow, brownish-yellow or olive brown, first hemispherical, then almost flat. The diameter is 5-14 cm. The plates are the same color as the cap, attached to the stem.

Feet dense, pale yellow or brownish in color, base tuberiform-thickened. The length of the leg is up to 10 cm.

Flesh is yellowish, does not have a special taste and odor. The fungus can be found in coniferous forests, under fir or pine, between August and October.

Little-known conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Spider web is elegant( Cortinarius elegantior)

Spider web smeared( Cortinarius delibutus), or a spidernet greased

The cap is hemispherical or plano-convex in shape, bright yellow, smooth, mucous. Diameter - 2-9 cm. The plates are first bluish-violet, then brown-brown, adhering to the stem.

Leg with thickening in the base, in mature mushrooms whitish with a yellow band, in young - whitish without a girdle. The length of the leg is 5-10 cm.

The pulp is thick, yellowish in color, has no taste and smell( Fig.).

Fig. Spider web smeared( Cortinarius delibutus), or a spider web smeared

Mushroom can be found in coniferous and mixed forests between August and September.

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus.

Spiderweb hard( Cortinarius talus)

The mushroom cap is convex or flat, reddish-brown in color, brighter at the edge. Diameter - 8 cm. The plates are wide, frequent, first white, later pale-buffy or brown, accreted to the stem.

Feet dense, firm, at the base tuberiformly thickened, whitish or yellow-brown in color. The length of the leg is 3-9 cm.

The pulp is thick, whitish or yellowish, has a pleasant smell and horseradish taste.

Mushroom can be found in deciduous and mixed forests between August and September.

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Spider web is hard( Cortinarius talus)

Spider web is variable( Cortinarius varius)

Hat in young mushrooms is almost spherical, in mature - semi-prostate, shiny, with the remains of a private veil, yellowish or reddish-brown in color. Diameter - 4-10 cm. The plates are frequent, first bright purple, then pale brown, adherent to the stem.

The leg is dense, to the base thickened, white in young mushrooms, ohrist in mature. The length of the leg is 4-10 cm.

The flesh is dense, white, has a faint smell of dust, has no taste.

The fungus grows in broad-leaved and coniferous forests in the period from July to October.

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Spiderweb choppy( Cortinarius varius)

Spiderweb webinel( Leucococrtinarius bulbiger)

The hat in young fungi is convex, in mature - spread, with a broad tubercle in the center, pale brown or dirty yellow. Diameter - 5-10 cm. The plates are white at first, then cream, attached to the stem.

Feet dense, from below tuberiform-bloated, whitish or dirty-brown color with flaky fibers on the surface. The length of the leg is 5-8 cm.

The flesh is white, without much taste, but with a mushroom smell.

Mushroom can be found in pine and pine-birch forests in the period from August to October.

Is a little-known conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Webinel of the tuberous( Leucococrtinarius bulbiger)

Skin scrubby( Mycenastrum corium), or starfish leathery

Fruit body has a spherical or flattened-spherical shape. The diameter is 5-10 cm. At the base of the young fruiting bodies, the filaments of the mycelium are noticeable, then a tubercle is formed at this site. Outer shell thin, white, yellowish or gray-lilac. The inner membrane is elastic and fleshy.

Flesh is yellowish, does not have a special taste or smell( Fig.).

Fig. Mycenastrum corium, or starfish leathery

Mushroom can be found in forests, in fields, meadows in the period from June to September.

Conditionally edible mushroom. Edible at a young age, until the flesh is white.

Ramaria Invalii

Fruit body highly branched, ocher-yellow, yellow-orange or yellow-brown in color. Branches are straight, irregularly branched or combed. Height - 2-8 cm.

The base of the foot is covered with threads of the mycelium, it is more pale than the cap.

The flesh is white, has a bitter taste and a sour smell.

Mushroom can be found under coniferous trees singly or in groups from August to September.

Little-known conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Ramary Invalii

Giant string( Giromitra gigas)

The fruiting body of the fungus is large, the hat formless is light brown or ocher-brown, almost completely adherent to the stem.

Feet is hollow, watery, whitish, below is dirty white. The length of the leg is 3-6 cm, width is up to 10 cm.

The fungus of the fungus is white or grayish, does not possess a special taste and odor.

The fungus grows in groups in deciduous and coniferous forests, mainly on sandy, humus-rich soils in the period from April to May( Fig.).

Fig. Giant string( Giromitra gigas)

Is a conditionally edible fungus of the IV category.

Stroke of autumn( Gyromitra infula)

The mushroom head is saddle-lobed, chestnut-brown, has 2-4 peaks. The blades are fused along the edge. Height - 7-12 cm. The leg is hollow, cylindrical in shape, whitish or pinkish in color. Length - 4-10 cm.

Mushroom can be found in damp pine and pine-birch forests, near roads, on fringes and felling in solitary and small groups from September to October.

Is a conditionally edible fungus of the IV category( Fig.).

Fig. Gyromitra infula

Flexible elastic blade( Helvetia elastica)

Double-bladed, saddle-shaped, light yellowish or grayish-brownish cap. Height - 1,5-4 cm.

Leg is dense, cylindrical, at the bottom is enlarged, with small longitudinal grooves, whitish or brownish in color. The length of the foot is up to 7 cm.

The mushroom flesh is thin, white or grayish, does not have a special smell or taste.

Mushroom can be found in the humid deciduous forests from July to October.

Is a conditionally edible fungus( Fig.).

Fig. Flexible elbow( Helvella elastica)

Hare ears( Otidea leporina), or hare's otide

Fruit body of the fungus is crooked, the edges are wrapped inward, sitting, in diameter is 1-3 cm. Inside is yellow-brown. The pulp is thin, has an unpleasant taste, without smell.

Mushroom can be found in coniferous and mixed forests on a litter, under pines in mossy places from July to September( Fig.).

Fig. Hare ears( Otidea leporina), or hare's otideya