Experienced mushroom pickers, who have long been engaged in gathering, can easily distinguish edible mushroom from poisonous. This is very important, because even the slightest mistake can cost a life. There are many false mushrooms that are quite similar in appearance to the edible ones we know. This article details how to identify a false aspen and how it threatens human health.

Description of False Boletus

The mushroom, which is considered to be a double boletus, is called mustard, and also a gall mushroom.. You can meet him mainly in coniferous places. The hat of the mustard is small, round and fleshy. The color is reddish brown, light red or yellow-red.

The hat is white inside, but the older the mustard gets, the darker it is. The leg is swollen, curved and thickened near the base. Covered with small brown or black scales. Inside it has a tubular structure, and when cut, the light color begins to redden or turn pink.

Important! In mustard, as in aspen, the leg does not have a membranous ring.

The flesh of a false aspen is slightly pink. It tastes rather bitter - even high temperature treatment does not help get rid of bitterness. Bitter must not be toxic in itself, but because of bitterness it is inedible.

Even if you can beat the unpleasant taste with seasonings, anyway it is better not to eat it - all the bitterness turns into harmful substancesthat remain in the liver, disrupting its functioning. True boletus, on the contrary, are useful and remove all harmful substances from the organs, and the broth prepared from them strengthens the immune system.

Differences of false boletus from the present

Mushrooms are very similar, therefore, to distinguish a real boletus from a double, you need to know some nuances.

Important! Gorchak always looks beautiful, because of the taste all living things will bypass him. This factor is worth remembering during mushroom picking.

To distinguish between these two types, you need to look at these features:

• look carefully at the flesh: the mustard is pink in color, and the edible aspen is white or with a blue tint;
• the double's leg has a pink or yellow mesh, but the real aspen is not;
• inedible mustard grows only in coniferous areas.

Types of false boletus

Mushrooms that resemble boletus are even experienced collectors.

There are actually two types of false aspen:

• mustard;
• pepper mushroom.

They both look like a true boletus, but the bitter taste does not allow them to be considered edible.

Gall mushroom

It is easy to confuse it with several varieties of noble mushrooms at once, for example, with boletus, boletus and boletus. The hat is usually dark red, and the leg is white. It grows mainly in coniferous forests. You can meet him on the roots of trees and rotten stumps.

It is considered inedible due to a very unpleasant taste. Even a small part of the mushroom can spoil the whole dish. For this reason, during the autumn harvest, it must be remembered that even if one such instance falls into the basket, it will ruin the entire crop.

Pepper mushroom

It is almost impossible to confuse it with the boletus due to the difference in the legs - the pepper mushroom has a thinner one, but there are similarities between the hats - they are equally convex and similar in color. It grows in dry forests, mainly under birch and spruce.

Did you know? Most of the fungus is not visible to us. — his body is a mycelium located in the ground: it can extend over long distances. And the product itself is a fruit necessary for reproduction.

Opinions on the edibility of this fungus are divided. Some scientists say that it is absolutely safe for humans, but because of the bitter taste, few dare to add it to dishes. And others claim that it contains toxins that are hazardous to health.

Edibility

As mentioned above, the doubles of aspen boletus are not dangerous to humans, but practically not edible. You can try to beat the bitterness with vinegar and marinades, but it's hardly worth it. Although these mushrooms are not harmful in small quantities, there are no useful substances in them either. For these reasons, in order to cook a really tasty dish, it is better to use real boletus.

Did you know? In some Muslim countries, eating mushrooms is considered a sin.

Signs of poisoning and first aid

Often, beginning mushroom pickers do not know how to distinguish between poisonous and edible mushrooms, which often leads to serious problems, and sometimes death.

• Signs of poisoning with such products are expressed in the following symptoms:
• headaches;
• abdominal pain;
• nausea, vomiting;
• thirst;
• cramps
• hallucinations;
• limb cooling;
• loss of consciousness;
• respiratory failure.

If you have identified these signs in yourself or your loved ones, and you used mushrooms the day before, immediately call an ambulance. It’s important not to throw away leftovers so that doctors can quickly determine the type of poison.

• What you need to do before the doctors arrive:
• drink at least 6 glasses of water with soda;
• try to cause vomiting - it will facilitate the course of poisoning. If vomiting is already present, then this need not be done;
• take laxatives and sorbents, for example, activated charcoal - 10 tablets.

In nature, there are a large number of poisonous mushrooms, and even most experienced collectors can sometimes confuse the aspen with its double. Therefore, before going on a “silent hunt”, it is important to study in detail the description of each species, since inexperience can lead to irreversible consequences.