The spider web mushroom is edible. How to cook yellow spider web

Taxonomy:

• Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
• Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
• Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
• Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
• Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
• Family: Cortinariaceae (Cobwebs)
• Genus: Cortinarius (Spiderweb)
• View: Cortinarius triumphans (Yellow web spider)

Other names for the mushroom:

Synonyms:

• Triumphal cobweb
• Yellow marshweed
• Triumphant marsh grass

Yellow gossamer cap:
Diameter 7-12 cm, hemispherical in youth, with age it becomes cushion-shaped, semi-prostrate; noticeable shreds of cobwebby covering often remain along the edges. Color - orange-yellow, usually darker in the central part; The surface is sticky, although in very dry weather it may dry out. The flesh of the cap is thick, soft, white-yellowish in color, with an almost pleasant smell, not typical for.

Records:
Weakly adherent, narrow, frequent, light cream in youth, changing color with age, acquiring a smoky and then bluish-brown color. In young specimens they are completely covered with a light cobwebby cover.

Spore powder:
Rust brown.

Leg:
The leg of the yellow spider web is 8-15 cm high, 1-3 cm thick, in youth it is very thick in the lower part, and with age it acquires a regular cylindrical shape. In young specimens, bracelet-like remains of the cortina are clearly visible.

Spreading:
Yellow cobweb grows from mid-August to the end of September in deciduous foxes, forming mycorrhizae mainly with birch. Prefers dry places; can be considered a satellite. The place and time of the most intense fruiting of these two species often coincides.

Similar species:
The yellow web spider is one of the easiest spider webs to identify. Nevertheless, similar species really a lot. Yellow cobweb is classified only according to a set of characteristics - starting from the shape of the fruiting body and ending with the time and place of growth.

Edibility:
Yellow cobweb in foreign sources falls under the category; domestic authors have a different opinion. SOUTH. Semenov in his book calls the yellow spider web the most delicious spider web.

Notes
and the yellow cobweb - this is what stands before our eyes after several days of forest fermentation in mid-September. Milk mushroom in a basket, cobweb in the forest. I'll have to try the opposite sometime. It is interesting to get acquainted with the yellow spider web from the culinary side, but, of course, it is not possible to collect both abundant mushrooms at the same time. We have to choose.

Cobweb mushrooms (Cortinarius) are mushrooms belonging to the cobweb family (Cortinariaceae) and the order Agaricaceae. Many varieties are popularly called marsh plants.

Cobwebs are mushrooms belonging to the cobweb family and the order Agaricaceae

Mycorrhizal fruit cap-peduncle type body with a hemispherical or conical, convex or flat cap, having a pronounced tubercle and a dryish or mucous, smooth or noticeably felt, sometimes scaly surface of yellow or ocher, orange-terracotta, brownish-brick, dark reddish, brown- brick or purple coloring.

The soft part is relatively fleshy or quite thin, white or ocher-brown, yellow, bluish-violet or olive-green coloring, sometimes changing shade when cut. All plates are of accrete or slightly descending type, thin and relatively frequently located, of various colors. The cylindrical or club-shaped leg is characterized by the presence of a tuberous thickening at the base. The spores are ocher and brownish.

Features of the triumphal webweed (video)

Where does the spider web mushroom grow?

The fruiting bodies of mycorrhizal varieties can grow in coniferous forests, as well as not too dense deciduous forests. The varieties are widespread in the temperate climate zone:

• P.excellent found in deciduous forests, forming mycorrhiza with beeches, and does not grow in our country;
• P.violet has become widespread in the northern regions and central zone of our country;
• P.triumphal grows massively in the territory Eastern Siberia, as well as in the Far East;
• P.grayish blue not found on the territory of our country;
• P.blue forms mycorrhiza with beeches and other deciduous trees, grows in the Primorsky Territory;
• P. fragrant prefers mixed and coniferous forests for growth and development, where it forms mycorrhiza with beeches and fir.

It is most widespread in our country and in many European countries P. is large, growing mainly in mixed forest zones on sandy soils.

Cobwebs can grow in conifers, as well as not too dense deciduous forests

About the edibility of spider webs

Taste of mushroom pulp edible varieties, as a rule, not very pronounced, but most often it is bitter. Many species lack mushroom aroma completely, and some fruiting bodies have a fairly noticeable smell of garden radish. Used for food purposes with great caution. Most often, fruit bodies are fried, salted and pickled.

Types of spider web mushroom

It is not possible to distinguish between edible and poisonous species by taste or smell, so it is very important to know the exact description and external characteristics of cobwebs, which are most often found in our country.

Gallery: types of spider webs (45 photos)

Cortin.triumрhans - has a hemispherical or cushion-shaped, semi-prostrate upper part of an orange-yellow color with the remains of a veil and a sticky or dry surface covering a thick, soft, whitish-yellowish flesh with a pleasant aroma. The plates are of a weakly adherent type, narrow and frequent, light smoky cream or bluish-brown in color with rusty-red-brown spore powder. The lower part of the fruiting body is strongly thickened and cylindrical in shape.

Cortin.alboviolaceus - has a rounded bell-shaped, convex or convex-prostrate cap with an elevation in the central part and a silky-fibrous, shiny, smooth, sticky surface of lilac-violet-silver or white-lilac color. The plates are medium-frequently spaced, narrow, grayish-blue, bluish-ocher or brownish-brown, with the presence of rusty-reddish-brown spore powder. The pedicle area is club-shaped, with weak mucous membrane. The soft part is thick and watery in places,gray-blue, brownish, with an unpleasant odor.

Cortin.armillatus - has a hemispherical, gradually opening, cushion-shaped cap with a wide and blunt tubercle in the central part, covered with dry and fleecy, orangeish or reddish-brown color with remnants of a red-orange-brown blanket. The soft part is thick and dense, brownish in color, with a pronounced musty odor and a complete absence of mushroom taste. The plates are of an adherent type, wide and relatively sparsely spaced, grayish-cream, slightly brownish or rusty-brown in color, with brownish-rusty-red spore powder. The lower part of the fruit body is lighter, with a widening at the base, with bracelet-like remains of the coverlet.

The most special spiderweb

Cortin.rubellus - has a conical or prostrate-conical cap, with a sharp tubercle in the center and a finely scaly, reddish-orange, reddish-orange or bright brownish surface, covering a tasteless and radish-smelling pulp of a reddish-orange-ocher color. Thick and wide plates are sparse, growing to the stem, orange-ocher or rusty-brown color, with rusty-reddish-brown, spherical, rough spores. The lower part of the fruiting body is cylindrical in shape and of sufficient density.

Purple cobweb (video)

Сortin.рholideus - has a bell-shaped, slightly convex cap with a blunt prominence in the center and numerous scales of dark brown color, covered with pale brown, brownish-brown skin. It is distinguished by sparse, grayish-brownish plates with a lilac-violet tint and the presence of brown spore powder. The lower part of the fruit body is cylindrical or slightly club-shaped, with a widening at the base, solid or hollow, with a smooth, grayish-brownish scaly surface. Loose type, gray-violet-brownish the pulp has a faint musty odor.

Spider web, a very widespread, poorly known mushroom. It cannot be called particularly demanding of its habitat. Cobweb can grow in both deciduous and mixed forests. They tend to like moist places. Very often, the spider web mushroom can be found along the edge of the swamp.

Because of this, they received their second name “marsh people”. But, in the fall, they can be found, even in places quite distant from the swamps. You can meet them quite a lot there in large groups.  Young spider webs are very attractive with their appearance, a strong fleshy body, bright yellow in color. Their hat is round in shape. The spore-bearing plates are hidden.

Adult mushrooms can resemble a toadstool. They have a darker color and remnants of a web-like cover. These mushrooms are quite valuable and tasty. The most important thing you need to know and be able to do is distinguish them from other swamp mushrooms. Because among the variety of these mushrooms, there are also poisonous ones.

Poisonous mushrooms can be distinguished by certain characteristics, such as an unpleasant odor, a very bright color, and the legs of their body are mainly covered with scales. They also do not have the correct beautiful shape. They say that the most The best way storing this mushroom is drying.

White-purple web spider (Cortinarius alboviolaceus) photo

Grows in coniferous and deciduous forests on damp soils in August-September. The cap is up to 8 cm in diameter, convex, whitish-violet, lilac, silver, then becomes dirty white. The pulp is whitish-bluish, thick in the middle, without much odor.

The plates are adherent, at first covered with a cobwebby blanket, grayish-bluish, becoming tobacco-brown in old age. Spore powder is rusty brown. The stalk is up to 8 cm long, 1.5-3 cm thick, tuberous-swollen at the bottom, white with a purple tint, with a whitish ring-shaped stripe.

Little known edible mushroom of the fourth category. After scalding with boiling water, the white-violet spider web can be boiled, fried, salted and pickled.

Splendid web spider (Cortinarius splendens) photo

Found in coniferous forests, more often in pine forests, in August-September. The cap is 5-10 cm in diameter, convex, then flat, sticky in wet weather, shiny in dry weather. The pulp is thick, loose, pale yellowish, and smells of dill. The plates are frequent, very wide, first yellow, then rusty brown.

Spore powder is yellow-brown. The stalk is 5-10 cm long, 1.5-2 cm thick, tuberous-thickened at the bottom. Cobweb spider brilliant edible, fourth category.

Used boiled, dried and pickled.

Bracelet web spider (red) (Cortinarius armillatus) photo

Found in coniferous and mixed forests. Grows in damp places, in small groups and alone, from July to September. The cap is 5-15 cm in diameter, in young mushrooms it is broadly bell-shaped, in mature ones it is spread out, fibrous, brick-red.

The pulp is yellowish-brownish, soft, without much odor. The plates adhere to the stem, wide, sparse, with a wavy edge, light brown. Spore powder is rusty brown.

The leg is 6-15 cm long, 1-3 cm thick, strongly thickened at the bottom, dense, with 2-3 transverse brick-red belts (bracelets). Bracelet web plant edible, fourth category. It is used boiled, salted, pickled and dried.

Blue web spider (Cortinarius coerulescens) photo

Grows in deciduous and coniferous forests on calcareous soil in August-September. Found in small groups and individually. The cap is 5-10 cm in diameter, convex, slimy, bluish-violet, fading to pale brown.

The pulp is thick, pale fawn, and tastes sweetish. The plates are adherent, frequent, wide, at first lilac, then turn brown, with a rusty tint. Spore powder is rusty brown. The stalk is 4-9 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, with a tuberous base, 3-4 cm in diameter, at first bluish-violet, then becomes dirty brownish.

Gossamer blue edible, fourth category. Used boiled, dried and pickled.

Yellow cobweb. Triumphal marshweed (yellow) (Cortinarius triumphans)

Grows in deciduous and coniferous forests in August-September, singly and in large groups. The cap is up to 15 cm in diameter, round in young mushrooms, convex or slightly flattened in mature ones, yellowish-brown or ocher, mucous in wet weather. The edges of the cap are connected to the stem by a cobwebby blanket. The pulp is thick, whitish or slightly brownish. The brew and smell are pleasant.

The plates adhere to the stem, at first whitish, then lilac or grayish-bluish. In old mushrooms they are light clay or brown in color, wide, with uneven jagged edges. Spore powder is brown. The leg is up to 15 cm long, 1.5-2 cm thick, cylindrical, thickened to 3 cm towards the base, yellowish-whitish, dense, with several dark scaly belts - the remains of a veil.

Yellow poitinaria edible, fourth category. It is consumed boiled, salted and pickled.

Cinnabar web spider (Cortinarius cinnabarinus (Dermocybe cinnabarina))

Cobweb cinnabar red Cortinarius cinnabarinus (Dermocybe cinnabarina)

Fruiting body

darker than the cap. The spore powder is rusty brown. The leg is smooth, hollow, silky-fibrous, with a ring-shaped remainder of the cover, retaining its bright red color for a long time, then brownish. The pulp is dense, paler than the cap, with the smell of radish.

Season and place

Grows in summer and autumn.

Grade

The mushroom is not tasty; possibly poisonous.

Brick-brown sticky webweed (Cortinarius varius)

Cobweb brick-brown sticky Cortinarius varius

Fruiting body

juicy purple, later rather brownish, frequent. The spore powder is rusty brown. The leg is fleshy, pale purple on top, thickened. The pulp is white, with a characteristic radish smell and delicate taste.

Season and place

Grows in summer and autumn in coniferous forests on lime-rich soil.

Grade

Edible and high quality mushroom.

Brown webweed (Hymenochaete cmnamomea (Dermocybe cinnamomea))

Brown webwort Hymenochaete cmnamomea (Dermocybe cinnamomea)

Fruiting body

somewhat lighter than the cap, fibrous. The pulp is olive-yellowish, with a musty odor.

Season and place

Grows in summer and autumn in deciduous and coniferous forests.

Grade

The mushroom is not tasty.

Trimmed webweed (Cortinarius armillatus (Hydrocybe armillata))

Cobweb edged Cortinarius armillatus (Hydrocybe armillata)

Fruiting body

light brown, cinnamon-colored when old, rare. Cinnamon colored spore powder. The leg is long, smooth, brownish-fibrous, with many noticeable cinnabar-red rings. The pulp is pale brown without a noticeable odor.

Similarities

The mushroom is easily identified by the characteristic rings on the stalk.

Grade

The mushroom is edible, but not everyone benefits.

The web spider is excellent

Straight webweed (blue-trunked, soiling) (Cortinarius collinitus) photo

It is found in deciduous and coniferous forests, more often in aspen forests. It grows from early summer to late autumn. The cap is up to 10 cm in diameter, at first convex, then flat, sometimes with a blunt tubercle, buffy-brown, slimy, sticky, shiny when dry. The pulp is white. The plates adhere to the stem; in young mushrooms they are light, bluish-grayish, then clay-brown.

Spore powder is brown. The leg is up to 12 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, cylindrical, solid, with several brown belts - the remains of a cobwebby blanket. Straight cobweb conditionally edible, belongs to the fourth category.

Used after boiling (drain the water), fresh, salted, pickled.

Blue web spider (Cortinarius glaucopus) photo

Found in coniferous and mixed forests in August-September. the cap is 5-15 cm in diameter, convex, dirty yellow or brown with an olive tint. The pulp is whitish-bluish, then turning yellow. The plates are attached to the teeth, frequent, thin, first bluish, then light brown. Spore powder is rusty brown.

The stalk is 3-10 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, tuberous at the base, 2-3 cm in diameter. Mushroom conditionally edible, fourth category. After boiling and removing the decoction, the webwort can be salted and pickled.

This mushroom has a large, thick, fleshy cap. In young mushrooms it is bell-shaped or hemispherical, with age it opens to half-prostrate. Has a rich purple. The surface of the cap is velvety and dry. The flesh of the cap is loose and thick.

Colored from bright purple to whitish. Has a barely noticeable smell. The plates are sparse and narrow.

The spore powder has a reddish-violet hue. This mushroom can reach a height of twelve centimeters, the thickness of the stem is up to three centimeters. The structure of the leg may change with age.

While the mushroom is young, it is solid; over time it becomes loose. Not monochromatic, has tints to light blue.  You can meet this mushroom from late summer to mid-October. Purple cobweb refers to rare mushrooms and is listed in the Red Book, but you can meet it quite often and not much.

In principle, this mushroom cannot be called inedible, just as it cannot be called edible. Mushroom pickers do not recommend eating it, at least because of its rarity, and also note that it still does not have any special taste.

Purple web spider (Cortinarius violaceus) photo

Grows in deciduous and coniferous forests, especially in pine forests, in August-September. The cap is up to 15 cm in diameter, cushion-convex, flat in adulthood, dark purple, scaly. The flesh is thick, soft, bluish, fading to white. The plates are sparse, descending onto the stalk, dark purple, then with a rusty-brown coating from spores.

Spore powder is rusty brown. The leg is up to 16 cm long, 1.5-2 cm thick, solid, tuberous-swollen at the base, dark purple, with traces of belts of cobwebby covering. Mushroom edible, fourth category.

Purple spiderwort is consumed boiled, salted and pickled.

Scaly web spider (Cortinarius pholideus) photo

Grows in mossy places in coniferous and mixed forests in August-September. The cap is up to 9 cm in diameter, convex, brownish-brown, darker in the center, scaly, sometimes with a purple tint. The pulp is light, brownish. The plates are free or attached to a tooth; in young mushrooms they are lilac, in old ones they are brownish-brown. Spore powder is brown.

The leg is up to 8 cm long, 0.7-1 cm thick, widened at the base, first lilac, then brown. The stalk has concentric stripes of dark brown scales. Scaly cobweb edible, fourth category.

Used boiled.

Popularly, cobweb mushrooms that appear in forests at the end of August - beginning of September are called marsh mushrooms. This is explained by the fact that these fruiting bodies, growing in small groups, can often be found in swampy areas.

The mycological classification describes about 700 species of spider webs, and in the international “Dictionary of Mushrooms” there are at least 2000 of them.

September web spiders occupy larger and larger spaces. It is in September that you can see greatest number cobwebs.

Among them: white-violet, evening, smooth-skinned and others. They prefer slightly elevated places on the edges of the forest.

White-violet cobweb

Habitats of the white-violet web spider (Cortinarius alboviolaceus): coniferous and mixed forests, growing in small groups or singly.

Season: collection September - November.

The cap has a diameter of 4-8 cm, sometimes up to 10 cm, smooth, silky, at first hemispherical or bell-shaped, later convexly spread with a blunt tubercle in the center. A distinctive feature of the species is its silver-violet or bluish-violet cap. The cap often has radial stripes or streaks of bluish-violet color.

As you can see in the photo, the leg of the white-violet web spider has a height of 5-12 cm, a thickness of 6-20 mm, often curved, with a strong thickening near the base:

Photo gallery

The color of the leg is also silvery-violet or whitish. Remnants of a white blanket are often visible at the top of the leg.

The flesh is whitish or bluish, has purple spots when cut, and turns purple in older mushrooms.

The plates are attached to the teeth, infrequent, in young specimens they are light gray, later light brown.

Variability: The color of the cap varies from silvery-violet to bluish.

Similar species. Based on the purple hue of the cap, the white-violet web spider can be confused with the anomalous spider web (Cortinatius anomalis), which differs in its smooth silky cap, without a tubercle, a gray-fawn leg and a beige-violet tint of the plates, as well as in the absence of strong swelling of the base of the stalk.

Methods of preparation: frying, after preliminary boiling for at least 25 minutes.

These photos clearly illustrate the description of the white-violet spider web:

Photo gallery

Evening cobweb

Habitats of the evening spider web (Cortinarius vespertinus): coniferous and deciduous forests, in damp places, near swamps, growing in groups.

Season: August - October.

Pay attention to the photo - the cap of this spider web mushroom has a diameter of 2-5 cm and is smooth:

Photo gallery

At first convex, later convex-prostrate. A distinctive feature of the species is a convex cap with edges turned inward, smooth, ocher or beige-brown. The surface of the cap becomes sticky in wet weather.

The leg is 3-7 cm high, 5-18 mm thick, has a thickening of up to 3 cm near the base, at first white, later creamy, yellow-straw with brownish scales from the remains of the bedspread.

The pulp is first white, later light cream, without taste or smell. The plates are at first straw-colored, later indented and brownish-clay-colored.

Variability: The color of the cap varies from yellow-brown to beige-brown and brown.

Similar species. According to the description, the evening cobweb mushroom is similar to the common cobweb mushroom (Cortinarius trivialis), which differs in that the edges of the cap do not turn inward. A rare species listed in the regional Red Books. Status - 3R.

Inedible.

Smooth-skinned cobweb

Habitats of the smooth-skinned fireweed (Cortinarius allutus): coniferous and deciduous forests, in damp places, near swamps, growing in groups.

Collection season: July - October.

The cap has a diameter of 4-8 cm, sometimes up to 10 cm, at first hemispherical, later convex-spread. A distinctive feature of the species is its yellow-orange cap with lighter, often wavy edges. With age, the edges of the cap crack.

Written by Nikolay Budnik and Elena Mekk.

The triumphal cobweb is the most delicious of all cobwebs. It is named so (in our opinion) because of its golden-yellow color - like the golden wreath of the triumphant generals of Ancient Rome.

We couldn’t find this mushroom for a long time and now we understand why. On Uloma Zheleznaya there are mainly peat, sandy, sandy loam soils. There are also clay ones, but we rarely walk in the forests where they grow. And the triumphant spider loves calcareous clay soils. There it is found in abundance in some places.

Triumphant cobwebs can be fried, pickled, and dried. In the marinade, these mushrooms remain light, firm, and beautiful.

1. The triumphant cobweb is considered the best of the cobwebs.

2. They say that it looks like a golden bun.

3. Indeed, its golden color cannot be confused with anything.

4. Sometimes mushrooms grow in huge quantities.

5. We know one very prolific mycelium.

6. We once found 103 mushrooms around one Christmas tree.

7. We found the first triumphal spider webs in early August,...

8. ...and the last ones in mid-October.

9. This mushroom with a wavy cap has already grown in October.

10. Triumphal cobweb is also known as yellow marsh grass.

11. Indeed, it grows in damp places.

12. This is often mixed forest, in which Christmas trees predominate.

13. These spruces are usually old.

14. But in any case, mushrooms love clay soil...

15. ...presence of birches.

16. Here is a typical forest for the growth of these mushrooms.

18. Triumphal cobweb is a large mushroom.

19. This the average size hats.

20. And the mushroom has considerable height.

21. The whole thing gives the impression of a weighty and strong mushroom.

22. The cap of the web spider is a triumphant golden yellow color.

23. Its middle is usually always darker.

24. The hat is smooth,...

25. ...sticky in wet weather.

26. Remnants of the bedspread are sometimes visible at its edges.

27. This is how the cap fits to the stem.

28. The mushroom plates look very neat.

29. At first they are covered with a cobwebby blanket.

30. The color of the plates of young mushrooms is almost white.

31. With age, the veil disappears...

32. ...the plates acquire a clayey tint.

33. This is how they are attached to the leg.

34. Let's take a closer look at this.

35. The stem of the mushroom is slightly lighter than the cap.

36. It often thickens towards the lower part.

37. There are, of course, such skinny-legged specimens.

38. The leg narrows towards the very base.

39. This mushroom has an unusual and thick leg.

40. Shaggy torn red bands are visible on the leg.

41. Usually there are three of them.

42. The inside of the leg is solid.

43. Its middle often seems to be softer than the edges.

44. The flesh of the mushroom is thick and strong.

45. But often the leg is wormy.

46. ​​Here you can clearly see the “shaggy things” on the stem of the mushroom.

47. And the hats are most often clean and strong.

48. These mushrooms have already survived the frost.

49. The triumphal cobweb is good both in appearance and in taste.