Walking through the forest with a basket, picking up mushrooms is a real holiday for nature lovers, forays into the fresh air from the cities that are gazed up and living in a crazy rhythm, and even many rural centers. And what a pleasure it is for lovers to eat deliciously when pickled mushrooms, mushrooms in sour cream or pies stuffed with honey mushrooms appear on the table! By the way, the latter will be discussed in the article.
Doubles, not brothers
Perhaps a person ignorant of a trip for mushrooms may not suit you in one case: when he is not very versed in edible and poisonous specimens. And, for example, such a question: how to distinguish a false mushroom from the present - will confuse him. But to prevent this from happening, you should be careful on the forest paths and pay attention to important little things. First, we describe the food-suitable specimens. And compare them with malware.
- How to distinguish a false honey agar from a real one: the variety that we eat is found in the forests from about mid-August, the last summer month, and until November, when serious frost starts to seize the ground. Foresters consider honey agaric mushroom parasites, because they grow in large families directly on the roots of healthy trees or on stumps. By the way, because these plants are called so! False ones are most often placed on sick, rotting trunks, simply on the ground, near the deadwood.
- Young edible specimens have round, convex hats of a calm color, from honey-yellow to brown, almost rusty. But it is calm and discreet tones that need to be taken into account - after all, this is one of the main signs of how to distinguish a false mushroom from the present. Since double mushrooms have a more saturated, catchy color. The shape of the hat changes over time with the edible representative, it becomes flatter. And the scales that cover it in young animals, in mature individuals, almost disappear. In harmful ones, the lower part is as if tightened by a veil or “coverlet”. And this is the second sign of how to distinguish a false mushroom from the present. The latter hats are dry and velvety to the touch. Inedible, on the contrary, are humid, sticky, especially in wet weather. The size of the “headdress” is also noteworthy. It grows from 4 cm to 10.
- The next very important identification mark of mushrooms with which to fill the basket is their legs. Long and slender, they reach a height of 5 to all 15 cm. Inside are hollow. And just looking at the legs, you can immediately understand whether you are looking at real or false mushrooms (photo). How to distinguish one from the other - in a kind of skirt. It is clearly expressed in the edible and surrounds the leg like a ring. And poisonous mushrooms have only a hint of this skirt. Yes, and they themselves are stunted, not higher than 10 cm. But the "coasters" in diameter reach 0.5 cm.
- It also plays a role in understanding which mushrooms are false mushrooms (photos are attached), their smell, the color and taste of the pulp. Good mushrooms smell nice - the forest. Harmful - damp, rotting earth. The taste is bitter. Under the hat of a useful plant, the color is delicate: cream, light yellow, generally light. And inedibles have rich olive, poisonous yellow, i.e. brighter.
Here they are - forest counterparts!