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Broken fiber (Inocybe lacera) is a poisonous representative that mushroom pickers should not put in their basket. It grows in the mushroom season, when there are a lot of mushrooms, russula, champignons. It is important to distinguish fiber from other agaric mushrooms, which are conditionally edible, otherwise urgent medical attention will be required.
What does a broken fiber look like?
The torn fiber has a small size. Her hat is a bell with a tubercle in the middle. It is colored light brown, sometimes with a yellow tinge, and has a diameter of 1 to 5 cm. With age, the surface of the fungus darkens, acquiring a brown color, the cap cracks along the edges. A thin veil in the form of a cobweb sometimes hangs from the fiber.
The stem of the fungus can be either straight or curved, light brown with reddish scales. Its length usually does not exceed 8 cm, and its thickness is 1 cm. Wide brownish plates are fused with the stem. Spores are orange-brown. The flesh inside is yellowish-white at the cap and reddish at the stem.
Where does the torn fiber grow?
The broken fiber grows in damp coniferous and deciduous forests, thickets of willow and alder. It can be found on the side of forest paths and ditches. It prefers sandy soils and shady hiding places where good edible mushrooms grow.
There are fibers both in numerous groups and singly. The fruiting season lasts from July to September.
Is it possible to eat fiber torn
The mushroom has a mild odor and a bitter taste that feels sweet at first but should not be eaten. The torn fiber is poisonous, its use leads to death if the victim is not helped in time. The mushroom pulp contains a dangerous poison – muscarine in a concentration that is ten times higher than that of the red fly agaric.
The poisonousness of the fungus does not decrease as a result of heat treatment. Toxins are preserved after cooking, drying, freezing. One fiber torn, caught in a mushroom crop, can ruin all preservation or dishes for the everyday table.
Symptoms of poisoning
Inexperienced mushroom pickers can confuse fiber with mushrooms; cases of poisoning by these mushrooms are described. It gets really bad after about 20 minutes. after eating fiber torn into food. A severe headache begins, blood pressure rises, limbs tremble, the skin turns red.
Muscarine, contained in mushrooms, causes saliva and sweat, severe spasms of the stomach, intestines and other organs. There is a sharp pain in the abdominal cavity, vomiting and diarrhea. The heart rate slows down, the pupils constrict greatly, visual impairment occurs. With a large amount of poison, cardiac arrest occurs.
First aid for poisoning
At the first symptoms of poisoning, it is necessary to call an ambulance. Before the arrival of doctors, they try to provoke vomiting in the victim and make an enema to remove the contents of the stomach and intestines. Fortunately, there is an antidote for muscarine – atropine, but doctors will inject it. Before the ambulance arrives, you can use any sorbent – activated carbon, Filtrum or Smecta.
In the hospital where the victim will be taken, his stomach will be washed with a probe. If symptoms consistent with muscarine poisoning occur, atropine will be given subcutaneously as an antidote. They will make a dropper to improve the general condition.
If the dose of toxins is small and first aid for poisoning was provided on time, the treatment prognosis is favorable. Especially dangerous is the use of inedible mushrooms by children. They require a much smaller dose of muscarine than adults to stop their heart, and help may not arrive in time.
Conclusion
Broken fiber is a dangerous representative that should not be confused with mushrooms, champignons and other agaric mushrooms. It contains the deadly poison muscarine, which causes vomiting and diarrhea, severe stomach pain, and leads to cardiac arrest. The victim needs immediate help, since the poison begins to act within 20-25 minutes after eating a broken fiber.
