Purple mushrooms have a very interesting exotic appearance, but are they edible? There are several purple macromycetes that can be safely eaten.
Cobweb purple
This macromycete is also called a bog. This purple mushroom has a scaly-fibrous hat with a diameter of up to 12 cm. First, it is hemispherical, and then convex or convex-spread with wavy edges lowered. Her color is dark purple. Macromycete plates are rare, thick and wide, with a bluish cobwebbed coverlet that disappears over time. At first they are dark purple, and then with a reddish bloom. The mushroom pulp is brittle, soft, at first bluish, and then whitish. The leg is club-shaped, at first solid, and later hollow. Above, it is small-scaled, and below it with fibrous bands.
Purple mushrooms are very interesting, but the cobweb is extremely rare. You can find it in August-September in the
forests of coniferous and deciduous type. He prefers pine trees and humid places. The cobweb violet is edible. Macromycete is listed in the Red Book. There are purple mushrooms of the same genus with which you can confuse the bog. All of them are inedible or poisonous, but have an unpleasant smell, which helps to differentiate them from the cobweb violet.
The row is lilac
This macromycete is also called cyanosis, or naked lepista. These purple mushrooms are conditionally edible (4th category). Hat macromycete hemispherical, with curled edges, later convex-prostrate, fleshy and dense. Diameter - up to 15 cm. First, the hat is purple, and then it changes color to light purple or tan. Macromycete plates are thin, frequent, free, wide. At first they are purple, and then turn pale or become ocher-purple. The leg is cylindrical, club-shaped, smooth, smooth, fibrous, pale purple. Pulp with a fruity aroma, fleshy, lilac or ocher cream.
In August-December (before frost) you need to look for this purple mushroom in coniferous (spruce, pine) and mixed (spruce, oak) forests. A photo of him can be seen in this article. Macromycete can be found in gardens, in clearings and edges, on forest litter. It grows in rows or rings. Fruits annually. Often confused with smoky talker. At an early age, the mushroom is a bit similar to the above cobweb purple.
Purple pepper
These purple mushrooms have a rather exotic appearance. Pecica refers to conditionally edible macromycetes of low quality. The fruiting bodies of these mushrooms have a diameter of not more than 4 cm. They are sessile, first spherical, then urnate with curled edges, then cup-shaped or saucer-shaped, and later prostrate. Fruit bodies are slightly powdery. Their edges are wavy or solid. Outside, the mushrooms are a little lighter. At first they are lilac, light violet or purple, but eventually fade and become grayish-beige or whitish.
The inner surface of the macromycete is darker and smoother, purple. With age, it becomes black-brown. The flesh is light brown, brittle, in some places translucent, without a pronounced taste and smell. In the spring and summer, these purple mushrooms are harvested in coniferous and mixed forests. They can be found on bonfires, conflagrations, on rotten wood. These macromycetes grow in groups.