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May mushroom, as the name implies, appears in the forests of the European part of Our Country in late spring. In the people it is often called the May row, T-shirt or St. George’s mushroom. In scientific reference books, you can often find the name May calocybe (from the name of the genus Calocybe).
We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the description of the Mike mushroom, see a photo of the May mushroom, as well as learn some interesting facts about calocybe and get information about its medicinal properties.
Family: Ordinary (Tricholomataceae).
Synonyms: May’s rowing, May’s calocybe, T-shirt, St. George’s mushroom.
Description. The hat is 5-12 cm in diameter, fleshy, at first convex, then prostrate, with a wavy, often cracking edge, flat or with a tubercle, creamy, yellowish, off-white, dry. Usually the cap of the calocybe is smooth, but during dry periods, the May fungus is all shriveled, as if dehydrated.
Its flesh is dense, white, soft, the taste and smell are strong, pleasant, sweetish. The plates are whitish with a creamy tint, frequent. Leg 4-10 X 0,6-3 cm, dense, club-shaped, whitish, brownish-cream or yellowish, fibrous.
The fungus loves sparse deciduous forests, edges, parks, grows in grassy places, pastures, pastures, in gardens, near settlements. Found throughout the temperate zone of Our Country.
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Fruiting period: May – early June. Sometimes (quite rarely) the May mushroom manages to slip through the second time in the year in the fall (usually September). It appears in very small quantities in the same places where it grew in spring, the caps of such mushrooms are distinguished by a yellowish color. Previously, such autumn rashes were considered mushrooms of a different species (C. georgii).
Similar types. Taking into account the timing and place of fruiting, it is impossible to confuse the mushroom with any other species.
Mushroom T-shirt: medicinal properties
Medicinal properties: Dichloromethane extract has bactericidal properties (has a detrimental effect on hay bacillus and Escherichia coli). Contains antibiotic substances that inhibit the development of tubercle bacillus. It has an anti-cancer effect (completely suppresses sarcoma-180 and Ehrlich’s carcinoma).
German biochemists have identified the anti-diabetic effect of this fungus, noting a significant decrease in blood sugar levels with its regular use.
Normalizes metabolism.
Georgiev mushroom: collection rules and interesting facts
Collection rules: Gather young fruiting bodies in dry weather. Alcoholic infusions are used.
Used fresh, suitable for pickling and pickling. Very tasty in a marinade.
Interesting Facts. One of the most delicious rows. This is the only mushroom that the population in England collects in addition to truffles and morels (there it is called “St. George’s mushroom”). In Italy, the mushroom is called marzolino (“March”), because it appears there already in early March. Romania exports May mushroom to Western Europe in industrial quantities.