The false chanterelle
With the onset of the season of quiet hunting,cases of poisoning with mushrooms. Beginning mushroom pickers, by inexperience, collect poisonous mushrooms in baskets, taking them for edible. This can be false honey agarics, and false mushrooms. But most often fall into the baskets of mushroom pickers false chanterelles.
How to look like a real chanterelle
These chanterelles are very tasty and usefulmushrooms. They can be fried and stewed, and also salted for the winter. Since the chanterelle contains chitin mannose, there are almost never worms in mushrooms. Chitinmannosis is a natural anthelmintic agent, therefore worms in chanterelles can not live. Thanks chitinmanoza chanterelles can grow long enough. And if you find a meadow with chanterelles, then be sure to collect a lot of mushrooms.
But do not forget that there are also false chanterelles, orgolorushki yellow. It used to be that these fungi are poisonous. But now it is established that false chanterelles refer to conditionally edible fungi. True, false chanterelles do not have the same high taste qualities as real ones. It's even better to say that a false chanterelle is not very tasty. With the correct preparation of these mushrooms you will not get poisoned, but in people with a weak digestive system eating false chanterelles can cause malaise. Therefore it is strongly recommended not to collect false chanterelles. And so that you are always sure of what you collect, you need to know how to distinguish chanterelles from false ones.
The real chanterelle grows in mixed, deciduousand coniferous forests. The time for collecting these fungi is August-September. Grow real chanterelles in groups on moss-covered stumps. These mushrooms almost never occur alone.
Pay attention to the description of this chanterelle: the mushroom's head is always irregular in shape with wavy edges, in the center it is concave-prostrate, convex and depressed. In diameter, the hat reaches from 2 to 12 cm. From the top, the hat is distinguished by a smooth matte surface. The leg and the hat of the chanterelle form one whole. When you find an unfamiliar chanterelle, notice how the foot seamlessly passes into the hat. The color of real chanterelles can range from pale yellow (almost white) to light orange.
What do false chanterelles look like?
False chanterelles, like the real ones, alsoare found in all types of forests. The chanterelles appear false between August and November, when the first frosts begin. Grow chanterelles false as on the ground, and on the stumps. Rarely can be found growing on rotten wood. Note that real chanterelles never grow on fallen trees, only on mossy stumps. Also, foxy chanterelles often occur growing alone, which is also not characteristic of these chanterelles.
Distinguish false chanterelles from real enoughjust by the appearance of the mushrooms. In false foxes, the color of the hat is much brighter than that of the real ones. The color of the cap can vary from orange to orange-brown with a copper tinge. In false foxes, the hat looks like a funnel. Also, the edges of the cap have a regular, even shape, while in the real ones they are bumpy. The leg of the false chanterelles is much thinner than the real ones.
If you still doubt the appearancemushrooms, then you can distinguish real chanterelles from false ones by flesh as well. In real chanterelle flesh has a pleasant aroma of dried roots or fruits, it tastes sourish. At the edges of the flesh of this chanterelle will be yellowish, in the middle of the fruit body - white. If you press your finger on the flesh, it will turn a little red.
At a false chanterelle the flesh can not bragpleasant aroma. If you taste the reverse side of the hat, then you will feel bitter. Note the color of the flesh of the false chanterelle - it is orange or yellow. When pressing a finger, the flesh does not change its color.
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