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There are such mushrooms from the Spider web family, which will surely attract lovers of quiet hunting with their appearance. The blood-red cobweb is just such a representative of the genus. In scientific articles, you can find its Latin name Cortinarius sanguineus. It is not well understood, but its toxicity is a fact confirmed by mycologists.
Description of the blood red cobweb
This is an agaric, bright, bloody color. The fruiting body consists of a cap and a stem, on which the remains of a cobweb cover can be observed.
Grows in small groups in thickets of moss or berry bushes
Cap Description
The upper part of the fruiting body grows up to 5 cm in diameter. In young basidiomycetes, it is spherical, opening up with time, becoming prostrate-convex or flat.
The skin on the surface is dry, fibrous or scaly, the color is dark, blood red
The plates are narrow, frequent, the teeth attached to the stem are dark scarlet in color.
Spores are granular or elliptical, smooth, and may be warty. Their color is rusty, brown, yellow.
Description of the leg
The length does not exceed 10 cm, the diameter is 1 cm. The shape is cylindrical, expanded towards the bottom, uneven. The surface is fibrous or silky.
The color of the legs is red, but slightly darker than that of the cap.
The mycelium at the base is rusty brown.
The flesh is blood-red, its smell resembles rare, the taste is bitter.
Where and how to grow
Blood-red cobweb is found in damp or swampy spruce forests. You can find it on acidic soils in thickets of blueberries or moss. The area of growth is Eurasia and North America. In Our Country, the species is found in Siberia, the Urals, and the Far East. Fruiting from July to September.
More often, the blood-red cobweb grows singly, less often in small groups. It is not often found on the territory of Our Country.
Is the mushroom edible or not?
Almost all members of the Gossamer family are poisonous. The described blood-red basidiomycete is no exception. It is poisonous, its toxins are dangerous to humans. Signs of poisoning appear a few days after eating a mushroom dish. Officially belongs to the inedible group.
Twins and their differences
The described fungus has a similar poisonous counterpart. In appearance, they practically do not differ.
The red-lamellar cobweb (bloody reddish) has a bell-shaped hat with a characteristic bulge in the center. The color is dark yellow-brown, becoming dark red over time. The stem is thin and yellow. Poisonous look.
The double has purple plates only, and not the entire fruiting body
Conclusion
The blood-red cobweb is a lamellar, hat-legged poisonous mushroom. It is rarely found in swampy spruce forests. Grows singly in moss or grass near spruces. The name was given due to the bright color of the fruiting body.
