Mycologists attribute the satanic mushroom to conditionally inedible. By and large, thermally, of course, you can rid it of harmful substances, but nothing can cope with the bitter taste. Therefore, eating it is almost impossible. Most likely, precisely because of these tastes, mushroom pickers endowed the “forest trait” with this name. Indeed, in ancient times, mushrooms gathered "for taste", everything was tasted right on the spot and raw. And the double, who arranged such a taste “surprise”, could not count on more than embittered comments.
Forest devil, he is also a satanic mushroom, is a poisonous double of a noble and all-desired white mushroom, and looks a little less like an oak tree. It is rather difficult for an ordinary amateur to distinguish between inedible mushrooms, and even more so doubles. We will figure out what are the differences so as not only not to spoil the taste of the whole dish with one mushroom, but also to avoid the danger of getting severe poisoning.
Satanic mushroom lives in mixed, deciduous and coniferous forests, usually in the southern regions. But its greatest accumulation is observed, as a rule, in linden, beech and oak forests. It bears fruit in late summer, from July to September, in a rather small amount. Best development is achieved in soil that is rich in lime.
How to distinguish a satanic mushroom. Description:
The hat has a pillow-shaped, smooth, rather fleshy. The diameter, as a rule, is 8 cm. Rarely, there are specimens with a hat diameter of up to 30 cm. The skin is dry, velvety, slightly mucous in wet weather, and the mantle is covered with mucus in long rains. The color is brownish-gray or olive-gray with a barely noticeable green tint. The satanic mushroom is endowed with a hat with red edges and a wide tubular layer. Spore powder has an olive color. The pulp is quite dense, pale yellow. A distinctive feature of the forest feature is that immediately after the cut, the flesh begins to turn red, after which it acquires a blue, and then green color. The taste of the pulp is sweetish with an unpleasant odor. Distinctive features and has a mushroom leg. It is thick, tuberous, yellowish in color, sometimes with an orange tint and a mesh pattern in red. Closer to the ground, the color of the legs becomes brick. The height is usually from 5 to 15 cm, and the width is up to 10 cm.
How much poisoning does the satanic mushroom give? A description of the symptoms can be found in many directories, and they are characteristic for poisoning by many poisonous mushrooms. Signs of intoxication are as follows: vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and other disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Raw satanic mushroom guarantees a fairly long non-stop vomiting, which is very difficult to fight. Without a certain heat treatment, the probability of poisoning with this fungus is as high as possible. However, the amount of toxins that the "satanic mushroom" is endowed with is so great that even prolonged cooking or frying does not guarantee the absence of negative consequences from eating it.
How to distinguish a "forest trait" (satanic mushroom) from its noble fellow?
Firstly, the leg of the poisonous double is thicker and has a completely different color of the tubular layer. If in doubt, cut the flesh. If it starts to turn green after cutting, and then turns blue at all, this is an indicator that you have encountered a satanic mushroom, poisonous and extremely undesirable for eating. The cut of the pulp of the white mushroom always remains white, for which this noble product got its name.
Now, armed with new knowledge, you can safely go mushrooming, because the chances of spoiling the whole dish with one bitter “gift” have decreased. Bon Appetit!