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The beautiful boletus is an inedible tubular mushroom belonging to the Boletaceae family, genus Rubroboletus. Another name is beautiful boletus.
What beautiful boletus mushrooms look like
The beautiful boletus mushroom has an attractive appearance.
The cap size is from 7.5 to 25 cm in diameter. Color ranges from reddish and brick shades to olive brown. The shape is hemispherical, the surface is slightly pubescent.
The leg is swollen and thick. The height reaches 15 cm, diameter - 10 cm. The color is almost the same as the cap, the lower part is covered with a dark red mesh.
The pulp is yellow, dense, and turns blue at the break site. The smell is not pronounced or slightly spicy.
The tubular layer of the beautiful boletus is yellow-green. The tubes are yellow-green, 0.5-1.5 cm long.The pores are angular, blood-red, and turn blue when pressed. The spores are fusiform, the powder is brown.
This mushroom can be confused with the conditionally edible wolf's boletus, which is also called the false satanic mushroom. The latter is smaller in size and color. His hat is lighter, pinkish, his leg is yellowish. The pulp is dense and thick; if you press it, it turns blue. Grows in small groups in deciduous forests, prefers warm climates and limestone soils. Distributed in Israel and the Mediterranean. According to some reports, it is poisonous when fresh and can be dangerous if it is not subjected to sufficient heat treatment.
Another similar species is the pink-purple boletus. It is distinguished by a yellow stem and uneven coloring of the cap with grayish spots. When cut, the pulp turns dark blue, almost sulfur-colored. It has a fruity, sour smell. Distributed in the southern regions of Russia, Ukraine, and other European countries. Settles in mountainous and hilly areas on calcareous soils. Prefers mixed and broad-leaved forests with beech and oak. It is rare and is classified as poisonous.
Similar species include the de Gal boletus. It is poisonous, contains muscarine and can lead to severe poisoning. It has smaller sizes, an almost rounded glossy cap with a lilac tint, a spherical or elongated leg of a yellowish-pinkish color with a reticulated burgundy pattern.
Another double is the satanic mushroom. Its cap is cushion-shaped to flattened, pale egg-colored or white with a lilac tint and brown streaks. The leg is round, dense, tapering upward, yellowish-reddish at the top, orange-red in the middle, brownish-yellow at the bottom. It is classified as poisonous.In some European countries it is considered conditionally edible.
Where do beautiful boletuses grow?
The beautiful boletus is widespread in North America, especially in the western USA and Canada, in the state of New Mexico. Grows in mixed forests. It forms mycorrhiza with coniferous trees (stonecarp, great fir, yew-leaved fir).
Fruits from late summer throughout autumn.
Is it possible to eat beautiful boletus mushrooms?
It is classified as inedible and poisonous. Cannot be eaten.
Symptoms of poisoning
Eating beautiful boletus mushrooms leads to intoxication with the following symptoms:
- abdominal pain;
- nausea;
- vomit;
- diarrhea;
- headache;
- weakness.
The first signs appear after a few hours, in case of severe poisoning - after 30-60 minutes. The process develops acutely, and health quickly deteriorates. The severity of poisoning depends on the amount of mushrooms eaten.
There is no information about deaths.
First aid for poisoning
If you suspect poisoning, you should immediately call an ambulance. While waiting for doctors, you need to take the following steps:
- Induce vomiting to clear the stomach of food debris. To do this, you need to drink warm water (3-4 glasses) and press your fingers on the root of the tongue.
- If there is no diarrhea, do an enema to cleanse the intestines.
- Drink plenty of fluids: tea, clean cold water.
- Take activated carbon (1 tablet per 10 kg of body weight).
Conclusion
The beautiful boletus is a poisonous mushroom with a spectacular appearance. Some authors classify it as conditionally edible and recommend boiling it in several waters before cooking.
