Cobweb slimy (Cortinarius mucosus) ata ma fa'amatalaga

Slimy cobweb (Cortinarius mucosus)

Aupupupu slimy (O le t. Mucous membrane) is a species of fungus belonging to the genus Cobweb (Cortinarius) of the Cobweb family (Cortinariaceae)

Ua:

Medium in size for a cobweb (5-10 cm in diameter), at first hemispherical or bell-shaped, compact, tucked under itself, as the fungus matures, it gradually opens to slightly convex, often with raised edges; a characteristic feature is a relatively thin edge with a thick center. Color – from clay yellow to juicy dark brown in adults; the center is usually darker. The surface is densely covered with transparent mucus, which disappears only in the driest periods. The pulp is whitish, dense, with a slight “cobweb” smell.

Faamaumauga:

Weakly grown, fairly wide, of medium frequency, dull gray in young mushrooms, then acquire a rusty-brown color characteristic of the vast majority of cobwebs.

Spora pauta:

Enaena enaena.

Leg cobweb mucous:

Long and slender (height 6-12 cm, thickness – 1-2 cm), cylindrical, usually regular in shape; the remnants of cortina are not particularly visible behind the layer of mucus covering the foot in the middle and lower parts. The color of the leg is light (except for the dark base), the surface, not occupied by mucus, is silky, the flesh is very dense, light.

The slimy cobweb is found from mid-August to the end of October in coniferous and mixed forests, forms mycorrhiza, apparently with pine. Rarely seen, does not form large groups.

There are relatively few cobwebs with such a slimy hat. Of the common ones, the dirty cobweb (Cortinarius collinitus) is similar, but it cooperates with spruce trees and is distinguished by a characteristic “screw” leg, repeatedly girded with the remains of a cobweb cover. Although, of course, cobwebs are cobwebs – there can be no complete certainty here. Mucous cobweb is also called a close species of Cortinarius mucifluus (mucus cobweb).

In foreign literature, the fungus Cortinarius mucosus is described as inedible. We are eating.

You begin to treat any spider web that allows you to define yourself with any decent accuracy as if it were your own. How beautiful is this mucus, hanging in viscous drops from a charming hat! .. For the fact that the mushroom has given a rare joy of recognition, I want to give it the best gift that a person is capable of – namely, to eat it.