Places where honey mushrooms grow in Samara and the Samara region
To know where mushrooms mushrooms grow in the Samara region, you need to get acquainted with the list of forests, as well as information on how to get there. The most popular territory is considered by many to be the Samarskaya Luka Nature Reserve, which is located between the two settlements of Podgora and Rozhdestvenno. In this forest you can not only pick mushrooms, but also have a great rest with the whole family from the bustle of a big and noisy city.
The summer and autumn months are always an incentive for fans of the "mushroom". Then baskets, buckets, backpacks are picked up, a light snack in the form of sandwiches is collected, and mushroom pickers go to the forest. Another place where you can collect a lot of honey mushrooms in the Samara region is considered to be an oak grove near the village of Petra Dubrava. In addition, just 80 km from the regional center near the village of Vesyaltsi, you can pick these mushrooms. Some collect mushrooms right in the city, namely in the Krasnoglinsky district.
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Varieties of mushrooms mushrooms in the Samara region (with photo)
Almost all mushrooms in the Samara region are saprophytes, that is, they grow on dead trees or rotten stumps. Sometimes these mushrooms are found on fallen branches or near the roots of shrubs. Some mushroom pickers note that at night you can notice the glow of stumps on which honey agarics grow.
There are so many varieties of honey mushrooms in the Samara region that the inhabitants of the region can only be envied. There are honey mushrooms spring, summer, autumn, winter and meadow. The shape and color of the fungus will depend on the substrate on which it grows. For example, if a honey agar prefers poplar, mulberry or acacia, then its color will be honey or yellow, if the oak is light brown, and if elderberry or coniferous trees are from dark gray to reddish hues.
It is worth saying that in Russia honey mushrooms are considered one of the best lamellar mushrooms, while in the West they are considered inedible. We offer you to see photos of honey mushrooms collected in the Samara region:
Where and when to collect autumn and winter mushrooms in the Samara region?
In the middle or at the end of August, depending on the weather, autumn mushrooms are harvested in the Samara region. These mushrooms are often found in mixed forests, and mainly grow in clearings, felled forests of birch and oak, or rotten stumps. Honey mushrooms are “family” mushrooms, so in one place they can collect more than one basket. Autumn honey mushrooms are harvested before the end of October, and if the weather is warm, the honey harvest season will last for several days.
For many, the question is interesting, when to go gather mushrooms in Samara and the region? For spring mushrooms you can go to the forest in May. These mushrooms also grow in groups, but not as large as autumn ones. Meadow honey mushrooms begin to grow after the first May thunderstorm.A few hours after the rain, you can safely go for these mushrooms to the nearest ravines and floodplains of the rivers.
When to collect honey mushrooms in the Samara region, if we are talking about the winter form? For this variety of mushrooms, the winter months are considered the most suitable times for growth. Beginning in November, when the first snow has already fallen, and through March, when the temperature gradually rises. Even in January or December, when there are thaws, winter mushrooms grow. For mushroom pickers this species of honey mushrooms is the most desirable, since there are no poisonous ones among them.
You can safely go to the forest in winter and look for these mushrooms. Winter honey fly in the Samara region can be found near the village of Malaya Malyshevka in the Spiridon forest. You can get to this village by the Samara-Bogatoe bus, which enters Malaya Malyshevka.
Where in the Samara region mushrooms mushrooms grow?
Another unique place where honey mushrooms grow in the Samara region, many consider a forest near the village of Shiryaevo. In large birch landings located along the road from Sukhodol in the direction of “Kinel-Cherkass”, you can collect a lot of honey mushrooms and butter.
At 100 meters from the village of Borskoye, in the Borskiy district, there is a beautiful pine forest, where mushrooms and other mushrooms grow. On the border of the Borsky district with Bogatovsky there is a huge forest with an abundance of honey agarics. There are many glades in the forest where autumn mushrooms grow, as well as ceps.
The working village of Kuzovaty, or rather, the forests around it, is famous for the diversity of honey agarics. You can come here by commuter trains with a transfer from the city of Syzran. There are many mushroom places in the Shigon district of the Samara region, but it is difficult to get there by public transport. Therefore, it is better to travel to such territories with friends by car.
In the Samara region, everyone knows the Volzhsky Utes sanatorium. Next to it is a huge forest, where a lot of honey mushrooms and butter. However, having arrived to the sanatorium by car, then you will have to walk on foot to the forest, as travel there is prohibited.
There are places in the Samara region where you can collect honey mushrooms directly near the regional center. For example, right behind the village of Mekhzavod there is a forest in which mushroom pickers find many honey mushrooms and ceps. Near the settlement there is a beautiful birch grove. On its outskirts, lovers of "silent hunting" collect summer and autumn mushrooms. In the coastal region near the village of Kurumoch there are forests, from which it is impossible to come empty-handed. This forest is especially popular among mushroom pickers for autumn mushrooms.
Where else can you pick mushrooms in the Samara region?
Mushroom pickers with experience claim that beginning “hunters” should go to the forest before picking mushrooms, to be interested in special literature, to know where honey mushrooms grow abundantly in Samara and how not to confuse them with false counterparts. After all, each type of mushroom, including honey mushrooms, grows in due time and in certain places.
For those who want to find a mushroom place in the Samara region, it is better to get up in the early morning: get dressed, take a knife, a basket, sandwiches, water and go to the forest. Experts believe that picking mushrooms in the early morning only improves a person’s health and even affects mushrooms: they do not heat up and do not deteriorate for a long time. Coming to the forest first, you can collect the best harvest - young mushrooms. And it is better not to cut off old and overripe mushrooms, but to leave them on a leg. Or you can cut a hat and hang it on a tree or bush branch. Thus, gusts of wind will help disperse fungal spores, and after a year you can return to this place and collect an even larger harvest of honey mushrooms.
Syzran district - the village of Zaborovka, is another place in the Samara region, where honey mushrooms grow. Many mushroom pickers praise these places not only for the abundance of honey mushrooms. The village of Alekseevsky, located in the Krasnoarmeysky district, is on the list of lovers of “silent hunting” because of the abundance of honey mushrooms and butter. In addition, there are many different species of mushrooms on the Zhiguli Mountains.
Be sure to remember that you should only collect fruiting bodies in which you are fully confident.Otherwise, experiments with unfamiliar mushrooms can lead to severe poisoning. In addition, do not pick mushrooms (even edible) near the tracks and industrial enterprises. After all, all representatives of the mushroom kingdom well absorb harmful substances and salts of heavy metals from the air.
