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To distinguish a white mushroom from a creaker, you need to know their structure and features. Outwardly, these relatives are very similar. But, if the white milk mushroom tastes great, then the violin belongs to the conditionally edible fruiting bodies of category IV and is difficult to prepare.
White mushroom grows in one place for many years
A violinist who gets into the basket by mistake can spoil the whole dish. Moreover, when buying white milk mushrooms on the market, maximum attention should be paid: they are often given as creakers, which are difficult to distinguish. For experienced mushroom pickers, it is not difficult to identify these two types of mushrooms.
Family of creakers in the grass
What is the difference between a breast and a creaker
Distinguishing a mushroom from a violin is quite simple if you know what exactly to pay attention to.
What does a white mushroom look like
The white milk mushroom (Lactarius résimus), also called the real one, belongs to the genus Mlechnikov and the Syroezhkov family. It grows to large sizes, from 8 to 20 cm in diameter. The hat is white, white-cream, uneven dark yellowish-ocher spots appear with age. The surface is fleecy, in wet weather it is distinctly mucous. The hat of young specimens is prostrate, with a small depression in the center, the edges are wrapped in a neat pubescent roller. Mature mushrooms have a funnel-shaped shape with a distinct depression at the junction with the stem, the upper part smoothly curved downwards. The mushroom has a characteristic fruity aroma; on a cut or a break, a bitter white juice is released, which quickly darkens to yellow or brown.
Thin, even plates of hymenophore, you can distinguish them with the naked eye
What does the loader look like
White podgruzdok (Russula delica), also called cracker or russula pleasant, belongs to the Russula family, genus Russula. The fruit body has a dry, hairless cap. It grows to gigantic sizes, from 15 to 30 cm in diameter. Color is creamy, white-gray with rusty spots. The shape can be prostrate with rolled-up edges and a recess in the center, or funnel-shaped. Old specimens darken, they can be distinguished by a rich brown hue. A large amount of earth and forest litter accumulates on the hat. The plates are thin, narrow, cream-colored, with a characteristic marine tint, if the cap is tilted towards the light. The leg is strong, light, dense, with uneven brown spots. The pulp is juicy, richly aromatic. It is possible to use podgrudok in food only after preliminary boiling. Unlike the white milk mushroom, the violin and the loader have dense legs, without voids. Only the oldest mushrooms in the legs can come across voids.
Two loading whites on a moss meadow
What does a fiddler look like
Violin (Lactarius velléreus), otherwise called felted milk, squeaky, dryer or milk scraper, belongs to the Mlechnikov genus and the Syroezhkov family. In young specimens, the caps are convex-rounded, with edges bent by a roller, then straighten out and become prostrate. In overgrown funnel-shaped, with uneven, sinuous, smooth edges. The diameter can reach from 9 to 27 cm. The surface is smooth, dry, forest rubbish rarely sticks to it. Snow-silver color, covered with rare thin scales. The pulp is very dense, grayish, brittle, with a mushroom aroma and a pungent aftertaste. Milky juice is very caustic, light. The plates are rare, grayish or creamy-yellowish, uneven. The leg is short and thick.
The skripun is distinguished by its non-pubescent rolled edges and darker, sparse plates.
They grow in large groups – both in a tight carpet, and in separate fruiting bodies on an area of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbseveral square meters. They prefer deciduous forests, mainly birch and aspen forests. They appear a month earlier than creakers and depart in September. Fruiting until frost in October-November. Unlike bitter-pepper squeaker, raw white milk mushroom has a sweetish, pleasant taste.
How to distinguish a breast from a creaker
The milky juice of the creaker is extremely edible in taste.
To distinguish between a fiddler and a white mushroom, you need to pay attention to their features:
- The milky juice of the violinist acquires a reddish hue over time.
- The creaker can be distinguished by the missing fringe at the edges.
- The skripun makes a characteristic creaking sound if you hold it on the glass or enamel of the teeth. It is from this feature that its name comes.
- The white mushroom differs from the creaker in appearance. A valuable handsome man seems to be hiding from everyone, hiding under piles of forest litter and earth. The creaker’s hat is clean and noticeable from afar.
- The dryer differs in color and structure of the plates – they are yellowish, thick.
- The violinist is never wormy.
- Skripun has a solid leg without cavities.
- The caps of the white mushroom have a yellowish or brownish tint, and the felted one can be distinguished by its even light color.
The white mushroom has characteristic yellowish-rusty spots.
Conclusion
It is possible to distinguish a white mushroom from a creaker, despite a very similar appearance. These two species have characteristic features that every mushroom picker needs to remember. When collecting real milk mushrooms or buying them on the market, you should pay attention to the structure of the legs and hats, the hymenophore plates and the taste of the pulp.
