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All experienced mushroom pickers are familiar with a very simple rule: if a warm rain has passed, you can soon move forward for a “quiet hunt”. The physiology of mushrooms is such that after rain, butterflies grow very, very quickly, being one of the fastest growing species in the climate. Next, it will be considered how many days this species develops in order to reach an acceptable size for collection.
How fast they grow
The question of the speed of development of the gifts of the forest is inherently a little incorrect. The main part, the mycelium, grows constantly and at about the same rate. She does not interfere with weather conditions, even frosts.
The aerial part, the fruiting body, is quite another matter. Its rate depends very much on various conditions: temperature and humidity of the air, the richness of the soil, the amount of moisture available, and so on. Therefore, if we talk about how much oil grows over time, it is impossible to give a definite answer.
In the absence of rain, but on sufficiently moist soil, development can last from 7 to 12 days, while compliance with all the “ideal” conditions can lead to emergence and ripening within 2-3 days.
What does speed depend on?
The rate of appearance and development of not only oil, but also of any other species depends on how well the mycelium feeds and breathes. This is a fairly complex living organism, which is an average between animals and plants. The physiology of the mycelium is quite complex, and the influence of even one seemingly not very significant factor on it can significantly reduce or increase both its growth rate and that of fungi.
The first factor is well-moistened soil. The second is the top layer of soil that is warm and fairly well warmed by the sun, in which the mycelium is located.
It is the combination of these factors, and not just the abundance of water, as many people think, that leads to the appearance and rapid development of fruiting bodies. If you pay attention to where the butterflies are predominantly found, then they almost never appear in dark places.
So, for example, they practically do not occur in spruce forests, and the point is not only that this species prefers pine or larch for mycorrhiza. The key point here is the absence of sunlight and the accompanying heat necessary for formation.
The recommended temperature regime is a temperature that has been established for 3-4 days in the range from + 18 ° С to + 30 ° С. It is during this time that the soil has time to change its temperature by 15-20 cm in accordance with the air temperature.
Butter mushrooms are fast-growing mushrooms, under normal conditions they grow by 0,9-1,5 cm per day. With short-term precipitation in the form of warm rains and the establishment of good sunny weather after them, the rates increase significantly.
How quickly butterflies grow after rain
After the rain, oilseeds appear and grow at a rate 3-5 times higher than the usual conditions discussed earlier. Already literally 2-3 days after the rain, the first ones appear, and you can go to collect them.
In sunny weather
If sunny weather sets in after the rain, then the speed increases to 1,5-3 cm per day, and the first species appear from the ground already on the 3rd day. They reach their maximum height on the 5th day.
In cloudy weather
In cloudy weather, the rates are slightly lower, since the soil will warm up to a lesser extent, and the oil plants grow more slowly. The first will appear from the ground 4-5 days after the rain, and they will reach their maximum size in 7-8 days.
Conclusion
After the rain, butterflies grow more actively than under normal conditions. If the formation of a fruiting body under normal conditions takes about 10 days, after rain, these periods, depending on the conditions, are reduced by several days. Ideally (sunny weather), it is recommended to collect the gifts of the forest on the 5th day, in cloudy weather – on the 7-8th day.
