Common names
Castellano: Amanita rosada, Amanita vinosa, Falsa galamperna y Rubiola.
Catalán: Cua de cavall
Vasco: Ardotsu
GUIDE FOR DETERMINATION
The characteristics that most obviously differentiate this species from Amanita are the dirty-red color of the cap, which has flat scales of approximately the same color, and the tendency of the flesh to turn red.
The absence of striae on the margin of the cap and the characteristic separated volva can also serve as elements to make its identification.
The hat, rather fleshy, extends from an almost hemispherical shape but is flattened in the center and not always regular.
Its surface is smooth, pale red, red-brown or also yellowish-brown but strikingly covered by large pinkish or grayish-red scales, often very light but never white. The margin is not striated. The lamellae are white, quite wide and compact, towards the foot they become attenuated and annexed.
The stem is solid white but quickly turns pink and becomes stained red in the broken or torn pieces, especially near the base.
It has a very high fallen ring, striated by the inappropriateness of the lamellae that rested against it when the mushroom, still closed, had the secondary veil attached to the margin of the cap.
The volva is separated on the end of the turbinate foot, without edges but somewhat widened and a little rooted.
The meat when cut tends, after a few minutes, to turn red. It has no smell or taste that is particularly interesting.
Rating: GOOD
Attention: it has reddening flesh and a high striated ring.
WHERE AND WHEN IT CAN BE FOUND
It is a very common mushroom that can be found in any habitat, whether in planifolia or coniferous forests and in soils of the most diverse characteristics. Sometimes it occurs already in spring and continues until very late in the mycological season. Common throughout Spain.
EDIBLE CHARACTERISTICS
It is a good edible mushroom but it is necessary to be careful and not eat it raw or undercooked, because its dangerousness seems to be confirmed due to the content of hemolysins that become harmless with cooking. Hence the need to use it only in the preparation of dishes with mushrooms in sauce, it should never be grilled where its cooking is only partial. Furthermore, it has been proven that due to its rapid deterioration, which is not very evident, it becomes toxic to those who eat it under these conditions.
DIMENSIONS
It can acquire large proportions, solid and colored, although there are also usually more slender and discolored specimens or of different colors that make one doubt whether it is the same mushroom. It is evident that all other data must be taken into account for identification.
VARIANTS OF THE SPECIES
In the photo certain useful details for identification are evident. On the left you can see the redness of the flesh at the base of the foot, and the red spots on the cut; In the center and on the right, the fallen mushroom shows the ring that is separating from the margin of the cap. The scales are colored.
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Other Aragonese Mushrooms
Some of the mushrooms that can be found in Aragon are the following:
- Amanita aspera var. francheti
- Amanita aureola
- Amanita caesarea. Amanita de los cesares.
- Amanita citrina y Amanita mappa.
- Amanita echinocephala
- Amanita gemmata. Amanita junquillea.
- Falsa Oronja (Amanita muscaria).
- Amanita ovoidea.
- Amanita panterina. Pantera.
- Oronja Mortal (Amanita phalloides).
- Amanita rubescens. Amanita rosada, Amanita vinosa.
- Amanita spissa var: excelsa
- Amanita strobiliformis.
- Amanita vaginata (=amanitopsis vaginata) var. umbrinolutea
- Amanita verna..
- Seta de San Jorge (Tricholoma georgii).
- Colmenilla (Morchella esculenta).
- Trufa Negra (Tuber nigrum).
- Calabaza (Boletus edulis)
- Champiñon Silvestre (Agaricus campestris).
- Rovellón (Lactarius deliciosus).
- Setas de Pino (Tricholoma terreum).
- Clavaria (Ramaria aurea).
- Seta de Cardo (Pleurotus eryngii).
- Seta de Chopo (Agrocybe aegerita).
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