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Poisonous entoloma is a dangerous mushroom that contains toxins in its pulp. To distinguish it from edible varieties, it is important to know its characteristic features. In case of poisoning, the victim’s stomach is washed and an ambulance is called.
Description of Poisonous Entoloma
Entoloma poisonous is a representative of agaric fungi.The variety is also known by the names: giant pink plate, or yellowish-gray, tin entoloma, notched plate. Poisonous roseate mushroom looks like a white or pink mushroom. The fruiting body consists of two main elements: the cap and the stalk.
Description of the cap
The tin entoloma has a powerful cap up to 20 cm in size. In young specimens it is convex, and during development it becomes prostrate. A large tubercle remains on top. The color of representatives of this species is gray or yellowish, while in mature mushrooms it is silky and pleasant to the touch.
The fruit body is fleshy and white. The flesh under the cap is brown. When broken, its color does not change. A young roseate has a floury smell, but an adult has an unpleasant, pronounced smell. The whitish or pink plates are wide and freely arranged.
Poisonous entoloma cap in the photo:
Description of the leg
The leg is 4 to 15 cm high and reaches 1 to 4 cm in thickness. Slightly curved at the base, it has the shape of a cylinder. Its pulp is dense, solid, and becomes spongy with age. Its white surface becomes white or grayish with age.
Is the mushroom edible or not?
Poisonous entoloma, or Entoloma sinuatum, is dangerous to animals and humans. When it enters the human body, it leads to intestinal upset. Harmful toxins are not removed even during heat treatment. Therefore, the mushroom is not used as food.
Symptoms of poisoning, first aid
When roseate gets into the body, the following symptoms appear:
- stomach ache;
- migraine;
- dizziness;
- vomit;
- diarrhea.
The first signs appear 30 minutes after the pulp enters the stomach. Sometimes this period is up to 2 hours. Before the ambulance arrives, the patient is given activated charcoal and laxatives. The patient should drink more warm liquids.
Places of distribution of poisonous Entoloma
Poisonous entoloma mushroom - a rather rare variety, the growth period of which lasts from the last ten days of May to the beginning of October. Deciduous and mixed forests are preferred for the development of the crop. It is found in well-lit places: clearings, sides of forest roads, ravines. Most often, this mushroom representative grows in dense clay soil or on limestone.
Rose-plated appears in small groups or singly. It often forms a symbiosis with beech, hornbeam, oak, and sometimes grows under willows and birches. The mycelium is sensitive to cold and prefers warm regions. In Russia, the culture grows in the south of the central zone, the North Caucasus, and Siberia.
Doubles and their differences
Entoloma tin has several counterparts. The danger is that rosewort is similar to the edible varieties.
Double entoloma poisonous:
- Hanging pendant. In Russia, this species is found in the middle zone. It has a white cap measuring from 3 to 12 cm. Its flesh is dense, white, with a powdery odor. The pendulum is distinguished by the plates descending to the stem. Its pulp is edible; it is eaten after boiling for 15 minutes.
- May row. The growing season for this variety ranges from early May to July. It is also known as the May mushroom and differs from the tin entoloma in its more frequent and narrow, whitish or yellowish plates attached to the stem.The upper part of a representative of this variety is medium-sized, up to 6 cm in size. The leg has a length of 4 to 9 cm. The row is an edible species.
- The talker is smoky. It has a large brown cap from 5 to 25 cm in size. This species differs from the rose-plated species by its narrow plates. They are numerous, descending along the stem, and have a whitish or beige color. The culture is characterized by a faint floral aroma. The talker is not used for food. The pulp contains substances that cause poisoning.
- Common champignon. It is a common mushroom with a white cap, the size of which is 8 - 15 cm. The white flesh is edible, turning red at the fractures. This species is distinguished from entoloma by a ring on the stalk and dark plates. Champignon often forms large groups; the crop is harvested from July to October.
What is the difference between poisonous entoloma and garden entoloma?
Poisonous entoloma can be confused with a garden variety, which is included in the category of conditionally edible mushrooms. These varieties belong to the same genus and family. Garden entoloma is more widespread. It is found in the Leningrad region, the climate of which is not suitable for the poisonous variety. Massive fruiting is observed in cold, rainy summers.
The garden type has a cap measuring no more than 10 - 12 cm. At first it has a conical shape, which gradually becomes flatter. The edges of the cap are wavy, its color ranges from grayish, beige, dirty pink to brown. The mushroom stem is white, with a pink or gray undertone, 10 - 12 cm high, with white or light brown, fibrous pulp.
The main differences between the rose-plated plant and the garden species:
- larger sizes;
- light color;
- yellow plates in young mushrooms;
- thickened leg, the same color as the cap;
- unpleasant smell.
Conclusion
Poisonous entoloma is dangerous to humans. When picking mushrooms, it is important to distinguish it from its look-alikes and garden varieties. In case of poisoning, the victim is given first aid and a doctor is called.
