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Honey mushrooms among other types of mushrooms are considered the most popular for collection. Indeed, on one rotten stump or fallen tree, you can collect several buckets or baskets at once. The main thing is to find this stump and start the monotonous, but pleasant work of cutting them off.
The most important thing for any mushroom picker is knowing the time of the picking season for mushrooms in the forests of Our Country and describing their appearance. Knowing all this information, as well as the timing of the growth of different types of mushrooms, you can safely go to the forest for a “silent hunt”. However, there are some nuances here: growth again depends on weather conditions.
The season for collecting forest and meadow mushrooms
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It is worth saying that the forest mushroom season begins in May, when spring mushrooms appear. Next come summer mushrooms and meadow ones, which grow from June to August. Although these mushrooms are considered edible, they are not as popular as autumn mushrooms. But the season of autumn mushrooms begins its beginning at the end of August and continues throughout September, October, almost until the first days of November. Mushroom pickers call September and the first decade of October the best time to collect these fruiting bodies.
Honey mushrooms in all respects are the most practical and convenient mushrooms. They can be found on the territory of almost the whole of Our Country, in all forests and forest plantations. In addition, it is not difficult to look for them, because they grow in large colonies in forest clearings, located on rotten stumps or fallen tree trunks. That is why it is pleasant to collect them for all mushroom pickers.
Summer and autumn rains are considered the main factor when the season begins. If, after prolonged rains, warm and sunny weather sets in, then literally after 7 days go to the forest for mushrooms. We assure you that you will never return from a “quiet hunt” empty-handed. Honey mushrooms are especially valued in cuisine: any dish can be prepared from them. These fruiting bodies are so versatile that they undergo all processing and preparation processes. Even with heat treatment, these mushrooms do not lose their nutritional properties.
Experienced mushroom pickers, often visiting deciduous or coniferous forests, know where to look for mushrooms. Often these mushrooms settle not only on fallen trees, forest clearings and on large fallen branches. Sometimes they are found on healthy trees or at the base of the roots. Once having found a family of mushrooms on a stump, you can return there several times in a row, since these mushrooms do not like to “jump” from place to place.
Already in the second half of October, the average daily air temperature drops by several degrees, small night frosts begin, and the mushroom season is waning again.
For novice mushroom pickers, I would like to note that edible mushrooms differ from false ones. Every good mushroom has a film on the stem that looks like a “skirt”. This cover was the protection of honey agaric at a young age and remains on the stem even on mature mushrooms. In addition, the smell of inedible mushrooms is very unpleasant, with notes of rot.
Mushroom pickers, knowing when the season begins in the forest, also notice that after collecting one crop of these fruiting bodies, after 4-6 days you can collect a new one. For the speed of growth, large colonies, and also for their versatility, mushroom pickers love to collect these fruiting bodies.
Honey mushrooms are considered parasitic mushrooms that infect a large number of different types of trees. These mushrooms have their own specific strategy: first, a dying tree is covered with a white coating. Experienced mushroom pickers, having discovered such a tree, will definitely take note of it, since in a year a large family of mushrooms will appear here. Even passing by a stump, do not be lazy, tear off the bark and find a mushroom mushroom, return to this place after a while and collect a whole basket.
Birch, oak, acacia and hazel are considered favorite trees for honey mushrooms. Sometimes in hard-to-reach places in the forest, especially where trees have been felled, you can find plantations of stumps dotted with honey mushrooms. At one time in such a territory, mushroom pickers collect several buckets or large baskets of these fruiting bodies.
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When does the season for collecting winter mushrooms in the forest begin and end?
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However, at the end of October, autumn mushrooms end, and the winter mushroom season begins. Is it really possible to pick mushrooms in winter? Winter honey agaric is the latest type of mushrooms that are harvested in the winter forest. These mushrooms are very bright, with an orange or red cap. The season for collecting winter honey agarics begins at the end of November and continues through March, inclusive. This species of mushrooms, even in the most severe frosts, does not deteriorate, but simply slows down its growth. As soon as the thaw begins, mushrooms begin to grow again. But, it is worth noting that winter mushrooms grow on trees high above the ground. To get these fruiting bodies you will need a long stick with a hook. It is worth saying that winter mushrooms never lose their vitamins and nutrients, even in severe frosts.
Fans of “silent hunting” in severe frosts should not go into the forest. The permissible norm for picking mushrooms in winter is considered to be a temperature from -5 to -10 ° C. When does the season of honey mushrooms of this species end in Our Country? It depends on weather conditions, but many refer to the last month of winter as February.
Experienced mushroom pickers know that picking mushrooms near industrial enterprises is strictly prohibited. All fruiting bodies have the ability to accumulate in their body chemical elements and salts of heavy metals that are harmful and dangerous to the human body. Therefore, to use such mushrooms, and endanger your health and life, is an ill-considered risk.