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In the Samara region there are many places where you can go for mushrooms. Many mushroom pickers know only some of the areas where you should go for mushrooms in Samara. However, we offer readers new information and new mushroom places where these fruiting bodies can be found.
To know where honey mushrooms grow in the Samara region, you need to familiarize yourself with the list of forest areas, as well as information on how to get there. The most popular territory is considered by many to be the Samarskaya Luka nature reserve, which is located between the two settlements of Podgora and Rozhdestvenno. In this forest, you can not only pick mushrooms, but also have a great rest with the whole family from the hustle and bustle of a big and noisy city.
The summer and autumn months are always a stimulus for mushroom lovers. Then baskets, buckets, backpacks are taken into hands, a light snack in the form of sandwiches is collected, and the mushroom pickers go to the forest. Another place where you can get a lot of mushrooms in the Samara region is an oak forest near the village of Petra-Dubrava. In addition, just 80 km from the regional center near the village of Vesyaltsy, you can pick these mushrooms. Some collect mushrooms right in the city, namely in the Krasnoglinsky district.
Varieties of mushrooms honey agaric in the Samara region (with photo)
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Almost all mushrooms in the Samara region are saprophytes, that is, they grow on dead trees or rotten stumps. Sometimes these mushrooms are found on fallen branches or near the roots of shrubs. Some mushroom pickers note that at night you can see the glow of the stumps on which mushrooms grow.
There are so many varieties of honey mushrooms in the Samara region that the inhabitants of the region can only be envied. There are spring, summer, autumn, winter and meadow mushrooms here. The shape and color of the fungus will depend on the substrate on which it grows. For example, if honey agaric prefers poplar, mulberry or acacia, then its color will be honey or yellow, if oak – light brown, and if elder or coniferous trees – from dark gray to reddish hues.
It is worth saying that in Our Country honey mushrooms are considered one of the best agaric mushrooms, while in the West they are considered inedible. We offer you to see photos of honey mushrooms collected in the Samara region:
Where and when to collect autumn and winter mushrooms in the Samara region?
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In the middle or at the end of August, depending on the weather, autumn mushrooms are harvested in the Samara region. These mushrooms are often found in mixed forest areas, and mainly grow on clearings, birch and oak deadwood, or rotten stumps. Honey mushrooms are “family” mushrooms, so you can collect more than one basket in one place. Autumn mushrooms are harvested until the end of October, and if the weather is warm, the harvest season will last for several days.
For many, the question is interesting when to go to collect mushrooms in Samara and the region? For spring mushrooms, you can go to the forest in May. These mushrooms also grow in groups, but not as large as autumn ones. Meadow mushrooms begin their growth after the first May thunderstorm. A few hours after the rain, you can safely go for these mushrooms in the nearest ravines and floodplains.
When to collect mushrooms in the Samara region, if we are talking about the winter form? For this variety of mushrooms, the winter months are considered the most suitable time for growth. Starting from November, when the first snow already falls, to March, when the temperature gradually rises. Even in January or December, when there are thaws, winter mushrooms grow. For mushroom pickers, this type of mushroom is the most desirable, since there are no poisonous ones among them.
You can safely go to the forest in winter and look for these mushrooms. Winter honey agaric in the Samara region can be found near the village of Malaya Malyshevka in the Spiridonovsky forest. This village can be reached by the Samara-Bogatoe bus, which enters Malaya Malyshevka.
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Where do mushrooms grow in the Samara region?
Another unique place where mushrooms grow in the Samara region, many consider a forest near the village of Shiryaevo. In large birch plantations located along the road from Sukhodol in the direction of “Kinel-Cherkassy”, you can collect a lot of honey mushrooms and oil.
At 100 meters from the village of Borskoye, in the Borsky district, there is a beautiful pine forest where honey mushrooms and other mushrooms grow. On the border of the Borsky district with Bogatovsky there is a huge forest area with an abundance of honey mushrooms. There are many clearings in the forest, where autumn mushrooms grow, as well as porcini mushrooms.
The working settlement of Kuzovaty, or rather, the forests around it, are famous for the variety of honey mushrooms. You can come here by suburban trains with a transfer from the city of Syzran. There are many mushroom places in the Shigonsky district of the Samara region, but it is difficult to get there by public transport. Therefore, it is better to go to such territories with friends by car.
In the Samara region, everyone knows the sanatorium “Volzhsky Utyos”. Next to it is a huge forest, where a lot of honey mushrooms and butter. However, having arrived to the sanatorium by car, you will have to walk further to the forest area, since travel there is prohibited.
There are places in the Samara region where mushrooms can be collected directly near the regional center. For example, right behind the village of Mekhzavod there is a forest in which mushroom pickers find a lot of mushrooms and porcini mushrooms. There is a beautiful birch grove near the Upravlenchesky settlement. On its outskirts, lovers of “quiet hunting” collect summer and autumn mushrooms. In the Coastal region near the village of Kurumoch there are forests from which it is impossible to come empty-handed. This forest is especially popular among mushroom pickers for collecting autumn mushrooms.
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Where else can you get mushrooms in the Samara region?
Mushroom pickers with experience say that novice “hunters” before going into the forest for mushrooms should be interested in special literature in order to know where honey mushrooms grow abundantly in Samara, and how not to confuse them with false twins. After all, each type of mushroom, including mushrooms, grows at its own time and in certain places.
For those who want to find a mushroom place in the Samara region on their own, it is better to get up early in the morning: dress appropriately, take a knife, a basket, sandwiches, water and go to the forest. Experts believe that picking mushrooms early in the morning only improves human health and even affects mushrooms: they do not heat up and do not deteriorate for a long time. Arriving in the forest first, you can harvest the best harvest – young mushrooms. And it is better not to cut the old and overripe mushrooms, but leave them on the leg. Or you can cut off the hat and hang it on a branch of a tree or bush. In this way, gusts of wind will help disperse mushroom spores, and after a year you can return to this place and harvest even more mushrooms.
Syzransky district – the village of Zaborovka, is another place in the Samara region where mushrooms grow. Many mushroom pickers praise these places not only for the abundance of mushrooms. The village of Alekseevsky, located in the Krasnoarmeisky district, is on the list of lovers of “quiet hunting” because of the abundance of honey mushrooms and oil. In addition, there are many different types of honey mushrooms in the Zhiguli mountains.
Be sure to remember that you should collect only those fruiting bodies in which you are completely sure. Otherwise, experiments with unfamiliar mushrooms can lead to severe poisoning. In addition, do not pick mushrooms (even edible ones) near highways and industrial plants. After all, all representatives of the mushroom kingdom well absorb harmful substances and salts of heavy metals from the air.