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- 1 What does a yellow spider web look like?
- 2 Where and how it grows
- 3 Doubles and their differences
- 4 Edible yellow spider web or not
- 5 How to cook yellow spiderwebs
- 6 Recipes for cooking yellow spiderwebs for the winter
- 7 Limitations and contraindications
- 8 Interesting facts about yellow spiderwebs
- 9 Conclusion
The yellow spider web is an unusual and little-known mushroom suitable for food consumption. To appreciate its taste and useful properties, you need to study the features and photos, as well as learn about false doubles.
What does a yellow spider web look like?
In the photo of the yellow spider web, which is also called the yellow spiderweb or triumphal cobweb, it can be seen that the mushroom has a fairly recognizable external structure. It belongs to the lamellar variety, it is easy to recognize it by its cap shape and characteristic color.
Description of the hat
The photo and description of the yellow spiderweb show that the size of the cap of the yellow spiderweb is average, from 6 to 12 cm, at a young age it is half spherical, but over time it becomes prostrate and cushion-shaped. The color of the cap is orange-yellow, darker in the center and lighter towards the edges. Its surface is usually sticky and slimy, dries only in very dry weather, and scraps of a cobweb blanket are often visible along the edges.
In the photo of an edible mushroom yellow spider web, it can be seen that the lower surface of the cap is covered with frequent and narrow plates - light cream in young mushrooms and gray-brownish in adults. In early fruiting bodies, the plates are usually completely covered with a cobweb blanket.
If you break the yellow cap in half, then the flesh will turn out to be soft and dense, white and yellow. The smell of the mushroom is pleasant, which is generally uncharacteristic for cobwebs.
Leg description
Above the ground, the yellow triumphal cobweb usually rises by 8-15 cm, and the coverage of the white leg is only up to 3 cm. In young fruit bodies, a strong thickening is noticeable in the lower part of the leg. Over time, the shape becomes regular, cylindrical. Irregular ring-shaped spots of red-brown color can be clearly distinguished on the pedicle.
Where and how it grows
The yellow spider web is quite widespread throughout Eurasia and Russia. It grows mainly in deciduous forests next to birches, it can also be found in conifers, where birches are present. Despite the second name, pribolotnik, yellow cobweb is quite rare near lakes and swamps. It can be seen much more often on dry soils and in bright places.
When yellow spider webs grow
You need to go to the forest for yellow podolotniki closer to autumn. The first fruiting bodies appear in early August, and mass fruiting occurs in September, the same period when black milk mushrooms bear fruit. It makes sense to look for these mushrooms in pairs - most often they accompany each other. The growth of yellow cobwebs continues until October and the first frost.
Doubles and their differences
Despite the recognizable appearance of the yellow pimple, it can be confused with other similar species. Among them there are both edible and poisonous mushrooms, so before going into the forest, you should carefully study the photo of the yellow spider web and false doubles.
Common webcap
This species has a yellow cap with an olive or brownish tint, therefore it resembles a yellow pimple. You can distinguish mushrooms by their legs - in an ordinary species, it has a slight purple glow.
This mushroom grows in the same places as the yellow wolfberry - in deciduous and mixed forests, next to aspen and birch trees. Mass fruiting occurs in the period from July to September, it is not suitable for use in food, it is inedible.
Bracelet cobweb
The mushroom is classified as conditionally edible and is edible after pretreatment. In structure, the bracelet cobweb resembles a yellow spiderweb, but there are also important differences. In particular, the cap of the first species is dry, not wet, orange or slightly reddish in color. The surface of the cap is covered with dark fibers; dark red bands can be seen on the stem.
The twin grows mainly under birches and pines on moist soils. It actively bears fruit at the same time as the yellow spider web - from August to November.
The most beautiful spider web
The most dangerous of the doubles of the yellow spiderweb can be considered the most beautiful cobweb. Despite the attractive name, this mushroom is poisonous and unsuitable for human consumption. You can distinguish it from the photo and description of the yellow spiderweb mushroom by the red-orange color of the cap and the presence of small scales.
The stem of the mushroom is also red-orange, and the stripes on it are ocher or lemon-yellow. The most beautiful cobweb grows mainly in coniferous forests, and the peak of fruiting occurs in the period from May to September.
Edible yellow spider web or not
Although in foreign reference books, yellow pimples are classified as inedible mushrooms, in Russia it is considered suitable for human consumption. The species does not have a particularly bright and rich taste, however, it is suitable for cooking, drying or salting.
How to cook yellow spiderwebs
Mushroom can add a pleasant variety to your usual diet, but for this you need to know how to properly prepare an edible yellow spider web. Before any processing, it needs preliminary preparation, which will make it safe for consumption.
Mushroom preparation
It is not necessary to soak the triumphal parsley before use. It is enough to clean the fruit bodies of forest debris and earth residues, rinse in running water and cut off all wormy and rotten places on the caps and legs.
Preliminary preparation is reduced to boiling. You need to cook the spider web in salted water for about 20 minutes after boiling, constantly removing the foam. The water from the mushrooms must be drained, and the fruit bodies themselves are thrown into a colander, after which they are subjected to further processing.
How to cook fried yellow spiderweb mushrooms
A popular recipe for cooking parsley is frying with onions. First, in a preheated frying pan greased with vegetable oil, fry about 150 g of finely chopped onions until they become transparent.
After that, 500 g of boiled mushrooms are added to the onion, salt and pepper to taste, and then fry for another 5-10 minutes. The finished side dish is used with boiled potatoes or as an independent dish.
How to pickle yellow spiderwebs
To preserve for the winter, they practice pickling yellow spiderwebs. The recipe is very simple:
- fresh mushrooms are boiled for 15 minutes;
- in parallel with this, a classic marinade is prepared - 2 teaspoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, an umbrella of dill, a couple of cloves of garlic and a few peas of black pepper are added to 1 liter of water;
- after boiling, add 2-3 large tablespoons of vinegar and after a couple of minutes remove the marinade from the stove;
- mushrooms are laid out in sterilized jars and poured with hot marinade.
Banks need to be rolled up tightly, turned upside down and wrapped in a warm blanket until cool. After that, the pickled cobweb can be stored in the refrigerator.
Recipes for cooking yellow spiderwebs for the winter
If desired, the edible yellow spiderweb mushroom can be preserved for the whole winter. There are 3 main recipes for long-term storage.
Drying
For a long time, dried pryolotniki are preserved, they can be added to soups and main dishes. Mushrooms are usually dried fresh, without boiling. Fruit bodies are cleaned of debris, and then, without washing, they are strung on a thin thread. The bunch should be hung in a well-ventilated and sunny place and wait until all moisture has evaporated from the pulp.
An alternative way is to dry in the oven. In this case, the fruit bodies are laid out on a baking sheet and placed in an oven preheated to 70 ° C. From time to time, the pans need to be turned over. It takes about 6 hours to dry, after the mushrooms have cooled, they are removed in a dry container and stored in a dark place.
Salting
Salting is the simplest and most popular recipe for making yellow spiderweb mushroom. The boiled gifts of the forest are laid in layers in a jar, sprinkling each layer with salt, if desired, you can also add dill seeds and pepper. When the jar is filled to the top, its neck is covered with gauze, and heavy oppression is installed on top.
After a couple of days, the mushrooms will be completely covered with the released juice, and after another 3 weeks the webcap can be put on the table.
Canning
Another recipe suggests preserving the podolotnik in oil to preserve its beneficial properties for the winter. The peeled fruit bodies are boiled in salted water for 40 minutes, and then placed in jars and poured with broth. To it you need to add 2 large tablespoons of vegetable oil, 3 cloves of garlic, 3 leaves of horseradish and 3 umbrellas of dill. Banks are tightly rolled up, cooled and stored in the refrigerator. Homemade canned food can be consumed throughout the winter.
Limitations and contraindications
Since the yellow spider web does not contain toxic substances, its contraindications are exactly the same as that of most mushrooms. It is not advised to use it when:
- chronic liver disease;
- pancreatitis;
- a tendency to constipation;
- individual intolerance.
Also, it is better to refuse the parsonage for pregnant women and nursing mothers. You should not offer the pribolotnik to children under 7 years old, their digestive system will not be able to cope with it.
Interesting facts about yellow spiderwebs
There are several facts associated with the yellow mushroom pickers, which will be interesting to learn about mushroom pickers:
- The second name of the mushroom, triumphal cobweb, is due to its golden hue, reminiscent of the color of the golden crown of Roman generals.
- Since the yellow spider web often grows next to the black milk mushroom, mushroom pickers often refuse to collect it, opting for the more famous mushroom. Therefore, the cobweb is not found in recipes as often as it could.
- If you break the cap in half, the flesh will not change color, but it will dry out rather quickly.
Many mushroom pickers note that the yellow spider web, when boiled, gives a very transparent and beautiful broth. Interestingly, after processing, the mushroom retains its shape and is pleasantly crisp.
Conclusion
The yellow spiderweb is an edible mushroom that is often found in the fall near the black milk mushroom. After simple processing, it is perfect for all cooking methods and gives unusual notes to the taste of familiar dishes.
