When to collect mushrooms
If you doubt whether you can already harvest mushrooms, remember that the fungi appear in early spring. When to collect mushrooms, if there is an opinion that you need to wait for the endAugust or early September, so that the mushrooms are 100% safe and quality? It is possible right now. The main thing is to understand the mushrooms and to know what kind of mushroom at what time it appears so as not to confuse it with a poisonous fellow.
If you do not know when to pick mushrooms, then you simply do not know which mushrooms grow in the forest in a certain period. First, let's look at summer: June, July and August are fine months for collecting the most delicious popular mushrooms.
In June, it is more likely to find in the forest podberezoviki and oilya. They grow until the fall, but mushroom pickers like to collect them in early summer. In addition, June is rich in russula and summer mushrooms.
In a pine or oak forest is very common porcini. He usually appears at the end of June. The white mushroom does not have a smell, so the newcomers of the mushroom business doubt: is it a good mushroom? If the fungus has a dark brown cap, a white stem with a brown tinge and a dense flesh, it is a white fungus. And it smells dry, and smells so that the aroma is unbearably appetizing.
When to pick mushrooms for salting and pickling? You can start from the end of July.
In the shady forests in late June, a lot of chanterellesand the boletus. These mushrooms are perfect for pickling. On the glades and fringes you can find many mushrooms. In late June, russules increase their "assortment". You can find in the forest a beautiful colored carpet of colored russula hats. There are in the forest at this time still svinushki and bitter.
July is the month of the harvest of mushrooms. Munch is an excellent option for salting,especially yellow. Podgruzki white is also very good in pickling and pickling. Appeared in July Volzhanki and Belyanka, which are in no way inferior to the mush. You can please yourself with the taste qualities of redheads, which can be very much collected in July. Redheads are beautiful in cooking. They produce stunning mushroom dishes.
End of August is the richest season for mushrooms. In August, you certainly will not have to think,when to collect mushrooms. You can do this all the August and the beginning of September. Topical for collection are all the above mushrooms, but do not collect overgrown. If the summer turned out to be rainy, the mushrooms become soaked in water and become unsuitable for consumption. Do not dry such mushrooms, they still lose their taste and start to release dangerous toxins. Food suitable for young mushrooms, fresh, not bitten by insects. If the fungus is wormy - throw it boldly. In addition, respect the gifts of nature. Collecting mushrooms, spare the mycelium: gently cut the mushroom with a knife at the base and in no case pull out of the ground.
Now you know when to pick mushrooms. Well, do not delay. End of June is a great time to gather young mushrooms, suitable for delicious dishes. For the present you can amuse yourself with exquisite mushroom food, and for the last two months boldly solite and marinate, but be careful: if you do not recognize the mushroom, do not cut it. Treat mushrooms with caution, because the mushroom is a very insidious product.
