The forests of Bashkiria are rich in a variety of many types of mushrooms until the deepest autumn. Honey mushrooms are especially popular, since more than one basket can be cut on one stump. For those who have long loved “silent hunting”, mushroom harvesting is a whole art. However, beginners face a problem: where to collect mushrooms in Ufa?
It is worth noting that in Ufa mushroom places can be found in different forests. The most common are summer and autumn mushrooms. In deciduous forests dominated by birch, aspen, elm, acacia, willow, ash and poplar, they grow on damaged or weakened trees. In addition, they can be found on dead wood or rotten trees. Less often, mushrooms are found in coniferous forests on stumps or spruces and pines felled by windbreak.
Also in Ufa there are meadow mushrooms, growing mainly in open spaces in tall grass. Often they grow in fields, roadsides, forest clearings and even in gardens. Although this species is considered tasty among culinary experts, it is difficult to collect it, because it does not grow in such quantities as autumn honey agaric.
According to tradition, mushrooms in Ufa begin to be collected at the end of August and until mid-October. You can go for these mushrooms with a large number of containers, because no one returns from the forest with “empty” hands. But we note for beginner mushroom pickers that the appearance of mushrooms can vary by 1-2 weeks every year. It depends on weather conditions: rainfall, day and night temperatures, as well as how well the soil is wet. If the average air temperature is not lower than 16°C, then you can safely go to the forest for mushrooms.
Where do honey mushrooms grow in Ufa?
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Often, mushroom pickers notice that mushrooms grow right in an open meadow, where there are no stumps or trees. Then the question arises: are these mushrooms edible? If you find a place where honey mushrooms appeared in large colonies, you can fearlessly cut them off. This means that the roots of a once powerful healthy tree extend under the surface of the soil. To verify this, try slightly tearing the ground under the honey mushrooms.
Every novice mushroom picker asks himself: where can I collect mushrooms in Ufa? These fruiting bodies love permanent places to grow. Therefore, if you find mushrooms in the same forest near some stump or tree, you can come there every year and reap good harvests. This will continue until the stump completely turns into dust.
The most popular places for collecting mushrooms are the village of Nurlino, located 40 km from Ufa, as well as the settlement of Dmitrievka, which is 11 km from the capital of Bashkiria. In the forests near these villages, there are not only a lot of honey mushrooms, but also chanterelles, mushrooms and russula.
Another place where mushrooms grow in Ufa, many mushroom pickers call forest plantations near Birsk. The villages of Kushnarenko and Iglino are considered as reference points for collecting data on fruiting bodies. In the forests near these places, you can collect a wide variety of mushroom species.
In addition, at the height of the season, around September, the authorities of Ufa launch the so-called “mushroom” electric trains along the route “Ufa-Kandry-Ufa” and “Ufa-Asha-Ufa”. In such themed electric trains, you can meet experienced mushroom pickers and expand your knowledge about mushrooms.
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Where else is there mushrooms in Ufa?
In addition, in Zaton, not far from Ufa, there are places for collecting honey mushrooms. The southern parts of the region are rich in mushrooms, milk mushrooms, raincoats. And in the area of St. “Pit of Happiness” in addition to honey mushrooms, you can collect volushki and poddubniki. The main thing is to drive away from the industrial zone, go into any forest or forest plantation and start picking mushrooms.
Experienced lovers of “silent hunting” share information with novice mushroom pickers, where there are still mushrooms in Ufa. Mushroom areas are considered by many to be Novokangyshevo, in which there is a large pine forest. Honey mushrooms can be collected there with pleasure, because they grow in huge families on fallen old trees or stumps. But novice mushroom harvesters should always be careful not to put false mushrooms in the basket. The main sign of the difference between edible and inedible mushrooms is considered to be a film on the leg of the fruiting body in the form of a “skirt”.
Knowing where to collect mushrooms in Ufa, you can choose the time, dress accordingly, take baskets or buckets and go to any forest in the region.