Mushrooms Cortinarius teddy, mountain

Cortinarius teddy, like other types of Cortinarius, before 1960 . considered harmless fungus . It was felt that among the huge number of Cortinarius (in Europe they grow more than 400 species) is only bitterinedible species and species relatively tasty, which are suitable for food . However, after frequent poisonings that occurred in Poland, many of which were fatal, it was found that the culprit was their Cortinarius teddy - smelling radish and mellow mushroom . In chemical analysis of his fruit was found several venomousconnections - Orellanine, Cortinarin, benzoin, etc. . Eating this and other types of Cortinarius particularly dangerous in that the first signs of poisoning may not appear immediately, but after a long time - from 3 to 24 days . Then comes the rapid deterioration the human condition, the kidneys, and death . Cortinarius teddy -relatively rare species . In some countries it still has not been found. In Europe, growing mainly in the autumn (sometimes in late summer) in deciduous, and occasionally in the coniferous forests . It forms mycorrhiza mainly with oak and birch . Most often occurs in acidic soils . Learn to recognize this extremely dangerous fungus is very difficult, t . k . there are many similar species; because of this, even for a specialist to determine Cortinarius teddy - no easy matter . All currently known venomous species of Cortinarius belong to the subgenus - Oegtosue . They differ slip, always dry fruit bodies, felt hat, silky and harmonious, not thickenedfoot . Plates painted in colors from orange to rusty - brown . Cortinarius orellanus hat is dry, dull, covered with small scales, having a diameter of 3 - 8.5 cm in early hemispherical, then flat, featureless with tubercle, orange or brown-red with gold shimmer . Plates rusty-red or brown . Legsizes 4-9 / 0.5 - 1.5 cm, dry, bottom rusty yellow, smooth, fine fiber . The pulp from light ocher to rusty-yellow . Taste of wishy-washy, weak odor-redisochny . Spore print rusty ocher . Spores yellow, 8,5-12 / 5.5 - 7 mm .