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The water-spotted row (brown-yellow talker) belongs to the family Tricholomataceae, Genus Paralepista. An additional synonym for the mushroom is golden row.
Where does waterspotted row grow?
Water-spotted row (brown-yellow talker) is unpretentious to growing conditions. Grows in almost all types of soil. Tolerates drought well. Fruiting period July-October. The peak occurs in September.The mushroom is widespread in North America, the countries of Western and Eastern Europe, Central and Northern Russia, the Far East, and the Urals. Grows in groups.
What does a brown-yellow talker look like?
The cap of the row is quite large, 4-10 cm, sometimes reaching 15 cm in diameter. The shape is flat, with a tubercle visible in the center. As the cap matures, it acquires a funnel-shaped structure. The edges are turned inward. The surface of the upper part is undefined. Basic shades: brown-yellow, yellow-orange, red, beige. The color can fade in the sun, then the color of the cap approaches white. Rust stains are common.
A characteristic feature is small drops of water on the surface of the cap. After rain or in a damp forest, the skin becomes watery, slippery, and matte. Depending on the weather, the shade of the upper part of the mushroom changes.
The leg is oblong, smooth, occasionally narrowed downwards. It grows 3-4 cm. Thickness is 1 cm. The color of the lower part varies from white to gray. The base is white pubescent. Inside the leg is dense, without voids, solid. The color is brownish-yellow or pale ocher.
The structure of the water-spotted row (brown-yellow talker) is fibrous and mealy. The pulp is yellow, creamy. Has an anise smell. The taste is a little bitter. Some mushroom pickers claim that the fruiting body smells intensely of perfume.
The plates are white, narrow, descending, and often located. With age they become yellow and brown.
Is it possible to eat waterspotted row?
Foreign mycologists claim that the brown-yellow talker is a dangerous species that contains a toxic substance akin to muscarine. But there is also opposite information, according to which the water-spotted row belongs to the conditionally edible subspecies of category 4.Russian mushroom pickers do not collect it; it is better to abandon this variety in favor of more familiar representatives.
How to distinguish waterspotted row
The brown-yellow talker has distinctive features. But mushroom pickers without experience may confuse it with other varieties.
The row is inverted. The largest recorded size of the cap is 14 cm. On average, the diameter ranges from 4 to 11 cm. At first, the shape is convex, then it straightens out, becoming almost flat. The surface of the cap is matte, brown-orange or brick in color. The leg is up to 10 cm high, oblong in shape. The color matches the tone of the cap. The pulp is white. There is a sweetish smell. The taste is mediocre.
Grows both singly and in groups. It is found at the foot of anthills, on coniferous litter. The active growth period is autumn. The mushroom is widespread in North America, Great Britain, and Ireland.
It differs from the talker in its brown-yellow, lighter ocher cap, yellow plates and leg. In foreign sources, both varieties are considered poisonous.
The row is red. It grows in the same conditions as the waterspotted row. Mushrooms are quite similar to each other. The only difference is the lighter surface of the cap of the brown-yellow talker, and this is not always the case.
Symptoms of poisoning and first aid
According to foreign mycologists, the pulp of the waterspotted plant contains muscarine. This substance leads to poisoning of the body. The first symptoms of intoxication:
- gastrointestinal disorder;
- general weakness;
- gagging;
- dizziness and headache;
- thirst;
- acute pain in the abdomen.
Diarrhea lasts one or two days. Afterwards, the body recovers if therapeutic measures were taken in a timely manner.
First aid for poisoning:
- Call an ambulance or take the victim to the hospital.
- Perform gastric lavage using a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Afterwards, you can take any sorbent, for example, activated carbon.
- Give the victim plenty of fluids.
- They provoke the appearance of gag reflexes.
- Use laxatives or a cleansing enema.
- If a person with poisoning is shivering, he is covered warmly until the ambulance arrives.
The patient should not be given alcoholic beverages. Because this will only provoke rapid absorption of the poison by the body. There is no need to feed a poisoned person. It is better to give a warm drink. Use medications after consulting a doctor. Mushroom poisoning is difficult for children and the elderly.
Conclusion
Water-spotted rower (brown-yellow talker) grows on the territory of Russia in the temperate forest zone. The edibility of the mushroom is questionable. Some sources note that the waterspotted row belongs to the conditionally edible group. According to other sources, the fruiting body is considered inedible, even poisonous.
