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Volnushka is considered a common mushroom that grows in those forests where there are birches. This fruiting body forms mycorrhiza only with this tree. Thus, plants support each other throughout life.
Waves grow in large groups, so finding a clearing with these mushrooms, you can collect a huge crop. Mushrooms are found in birch thickets, in windbreaks, and even in open and well-lit glades.
Are there false waves and how to distinguish them from edible mushrooms?
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Beginning mushroom pickers, going to the forest, always ask themselves the question: do volushki have false representatives? Note that in special reference books there are two types of waves – white and pink. Although in European countries it is considered poisonous, in our country it is a conditionally edible mushroom. With a short boil (20-25 minutes) or with prolonged soaking (from 1,5 to 3 days), the flakes lose their toxicity and can be eaten. They make good pickled and salted preparations for the winter.
Are there false waves that are similar to the real view: white or pink? We will answer in the affirmative that the waves do not have poisonous or inedible counterparts. Therefore, feel free to collect these delicious mushrooms and harvest them for the winter.
But despite the fact that there are no false waves, they are often confused with the faded milkweed, which is also considered a conditionally edible mushroom. Fortunately, with the help of a photo, you can determine what false waves look like:
False waves are popularly called milkers that look like them – mushrooms with a pinkish hat, but without an edge along the edge and smaller.
Faded milky, as well as volnushki, prefer to form mycorrhiza with birches, and grow in places with high humidity. How to distinguish volnushki from false mushrooms, such as milky? The main difference is the absence of a characteristic edging on the cap surface on the milky. However, we note that even these mushrooms, having undergone preliminary processing – soaking and boiling, do not pose any danger to humans. Mlechniki can be salted and pickled for the winter.
We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the description and photo of false wave mushrooms, which will help to correctly identify these fruiting bodies:
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False waves: description and distribution
Latin name: Old milkman.
Family: Russula.
Synonyms: milky milky, pink wave, marsh wave.
Hat: from 2,5 to 10 cm in diameter, fleshy but thin, with a bulge in the center in young specimens. The color ranges from wine-brown to brown, with a darker center and lighter edges. A visual photo showing how to distinguish false waves is presented below:
Leg: in diameter from 0,7 to 1,3 cm, length from 4 to 8 cm, sometimes grows up to 10 cm. Cylindrical, with expansion towards the base, sometimes flattened. Solid at a young age, becoming hollow at maturity. The color is much lighter than that of the cap, may have a cream or light brown tint.
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Pulp: brittle, thin, white, odorless. The milky juice has a pungent odor and becomes gray or olive in color when cut.
Records: frequent, with a whitish tinge, descending along the stem. When pressed or damaged, they become gray.
Edibility: false wave belongs to category 3 and is considered a conditionally edible mushroom. Well suited for salting or marinating after heat treatment.
Spread: grows in large families in deciduous, mixed forests with high humidity and a predominance of birch, since it forms mycorrhiza with it. Likes swampy areas with mossy patches and fallen birches. It grows in Our Country, Ukraine, Belarus, Eurasia and North America. Fruiting begins in mid-August and continues until early October.
After reviewing the detailed description and photo of false mushrooms, everyone, even a novice mushroom picker, can safely go to the forest for a mushroom harvest.