Mushrooms exist of all types, shapes and colors. Each forest holds many varieties and walking through its paths in search of these fruitful cones is a very pleasant activity as long as it is done with awareness and respecting the rules.
To collect the mushrooms and avoid more or less serious intoxications, you need not only to be in possession of the valid mushroom collection card in each region resides, but also have a fair knowledge of the fungal species.
Nothing is really enough to confuse one mushroom with another. Test is the hospitalizations of customers of restaurants or the same mushroom seekers. And, unfortunately, it is not surprising if you think that there are several thousand different fungal species in the world.
Many go in search of porcini mushrooms, also known as bolete as belonging to the boleetaceae family, but precisely in this group there is a mushroom that has earned the nickname “malignant porcino”.
Is the Rubrobesus SatanasSatan’s mushroom as poisonous. This species can be exchanged for the Boletus Edulis But if ingested, it causes even serious gastrointestinal disorders.
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How to recognize the evil porcino
To identify this type of porcino, all the characteristic features of the mushrooms must be observed, that is:
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This species, albeit not very common, is found in the summer-autumn period in the deafleases, mainly oaks and chestnuts. If you are not sure of the mushroom that you have in front, two tips always apply: do not collect it and go on or take it and take it to the ASL asking for the determination by the responsible mycologist. Never consume species that are not known.
