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The common line is a spring mushroom with a shriveled brown cap. It belongs to the Discinaceae family. It contains a poison dangerous to human life, which is not completely destroyed after heat treatment and drying.
Description of a row of ordinary
You can see this mushroom in the forest in spring. Small hats of irregular rounded outlines peek out from under the coniferous litter in a pine forest, in places lit by the sun.
Wrinkled dark brown caps resemble walnut kernels with numerous convolutions. The flesh is crisp and light, with a pleasant taste and fruity aroma.
Cap Description
The ordinary line shown in the photo refers to marsupial mushrooms. It has a small, wrinkled cap that resembles a walnut kernel or brain in appearance. The diameter of the cap usually does not exceed 14-15 cm, it reaches a height of 9-10 cm.
In tiny specimens that have just emerged from the ground, the hat is smooth, but over time deep folds appear on it. The usual coloration is brown or chocolate brown, but orange or red shades come across.
Description of the leg
The foot of the ordinary stitch is small, about 2-3 cm long and 5-6 cm in diameter. Inside, it is not filled with pulp, hollow, but dense to the touch.
The stem tapers towards the base. Usually it is painted in a pale gray color, sometimes with a pinkish or yellowish tinge.
Edible ordinary line or not
The degree of toxicity of this fungus is highly dependent on the place of growth. The most poisonous representatives of the species were found in Germany. The deadly poison gyromitrin was found in their pulp.
Mushrooms collected in Our Country rarely, but still, lead to poisoning. No deaths were observed.
Symptoms of poisoning, first aid
Gyromitrin toxin affects the work of the autonomic nervous system and the liver. Symptoms of intoxication are dizziness, pain in the stomach, vomiting and nausea. With severe damage to the body, coma occurs.
First aid for poisoning with ordinary lines is to wash the gastrointestinal tract and take large doses of the sorbent. It is necessary to immediately call an ambulance to avoid the development of complications and death.
How to cook ordinary mushrooms
Mycologists have not come to a consensus on the edibility of the common line. This mushroom is banned for sale in many European countries where it grows. The reasons that affect the degree of its toxicity are not yet fully understood. But many mushroom pickers call picking and preparing it “ roulette,” a dangerous game that can lead to death at any moment. If the mushrooms contain a high dose of gyromitrin, a portion of 200 grams is enough for a lethal outcome.
In Our Country, ordinary lines are less toxic than in Western Europe. Knowing about the potential danger, mushroom pickers boil them several times, pouring the broth into the sewer. However, you can even get poisoned by the smell of a decoction when the poison evaporates. Traces of gyromitrin remain in the pulp, and can lead to poor health. To make these mushrooms less safe, they must be dried outdoors for 6 months.
With a large selection of other tasty and healthy mushrooms that you can buy in the store at any time of the year, you should not risk your health and life in order to try ordinary stitches.
What is the use of an ordinary line
In folk medicine, vodka tincture of the common line is used as an analgesic for joint pain, rheumatism. Tincture, due to the toxicity of the fungus, is applied externally.
The medicinal properties of the common line are due to the content in the mushroom pulp of the polysaccharide CT-4, similar to chondroitin. The latter is an aminopolysaccharide that restores bone and cartilage tissue. Therefore, the tincture not only anesthetizes, but also has a therapeutic effect, eliminating the cause of joint disease.
How to make a tincture from an ordinary line
To prepare a vodka tincture from a line of ordinary 20 g of dried and chopped mushrooms, pour 200 ml of vodka. Mix well and refrigerate for 2 weeks.
Rules for admission and application
The finished product is rubbed into the skin at night where pain is felt. Wrap with a warm scarf or blanket.
The tincture is also used for bedsores, postoperative adhesions and trophic ulcers, making not compresses, but lotions.
Where and how does an ordinary line grow
The common line can be found from March to May on sandy soils, forest edges and clearings. It grows along roadsides and edges of ditches, on burned areas under coniferous trees, sometimes under poplars.
This fungus is common in central Europe, in Western Turkey, in the northwest of America and in Mexico. Grows in the north and south of Our Country.
Twins and their differences
A giant line looks like an ordinary line. It is especially difficult to distinguish young specimens of the twin.
It is believed that the giant ones are less poisonous, however, the raw pulp of these mushrooms also contains gyromitrin. Its fruiting body is much larger than that of the common species.
Similar to the common line is also the Caroline Discina: a mushroom that grows in deciduous forests in the southeast of the United States of America. Many mushroom pickers collect and eat Caroline Discina, although it is considered a conditionally edible mushroom and contains the toxin gyromitrin. The fruiting body of this fungus, unlike the line, can grow to gigantic sizes.
Conclusion
The common line is an inedible mushroom that is banned for sale in many European countries. Unlike other poisonous mushrooms, the line has valuable healing properties. According to the observation of experienced mushroom pickers, its toxicity depends on the place of growth. In Our Country, cases of poisoning were not observed.
