When autumn mushrooms and a description of mushrooms are harvested

These fruiting bodies got their name because of the peculiarity of growing on stumps and trunks of trees. Many beginner mushroom pickers ask questions: when to collect autumn mushrooms and in which forests? Note that the area of ​​growth of this type of fruiting bodies is damaged, decayed, as well as weakened deciduous trees. Especially autumn honey mushrooms prefer places with high humidity. They grow in large colonies, often fused with the bases of the legs.

Still, the important question remains, when can I collect autumn mushrooms? Mushroom picking will depend on climatic conditions. For example, autumn mushrooms grow from early August to mid-November, that is, the main harvest time is September and October.

Let's look at a photo and description of autumn mushrooms and find out when to collect the two most popular species.

When can I collect autumn honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea)

Latin name: Armillaria mellea.

Gender: Armillaria mushrooms.

Family: Fizalakrievye.

Synonyms: real honey agaric.

Hat: diameter from 3 to 15 cm, convex at a young age, then opens and becomes flat with wavy edges. Color ranges from honey brown to olive with a dark center. Light scales are located on the surface, which can disappear with age.

Leg: it is covered with flake-like scales, 7-12 cm long, with a diameter of 1 to 2 cm. It has a ring from the bedspread that does not disappear with age. The lower part is darker, widened at the base.

Pulp: in young specimens, the flesh is white, dense, has a pleasant smell. The pulp of the legs is fibrous, and with age acquires a rough consistency.

Records: young mushrooms are hidden under a veil, have a yellowish tint. In adulthood, they become brown or buffy.

Harvest Season: the time when autumn mushrooms are harvested depends on the weather conditions in the region. Usually this is mid-August, and the peak of the collection occurs in September.

Edibility: edible mushroom.

Spread: grows throughout Russia on the trunks of dead trees and rotten stumps.

When you need to collect autumn thick-footed honey mushrooms (Armillaria lutea)

Latin name: Armillaria lutea.

Gender: Armillaria mushrooms.

Family: Fizalakrievye.

Synonyms: Armillaria Bulbosa, Inflata.

Hat: diameter from 2.5 to 10 cm. At a young age, the mushroom has a wide-conical hat with turned edges, then it becomes denser and the edges fall. At first it has a dark brown color, turns yellow with age. On the surface there are numerous conical flakes that persist even in adults.

Leg: cylindrical with a club-shaped thickening to the base. The "skirt" is membranous, white, which then breaks.

Pulp: white with an unpleasant cheese smell.

Records: frequent, become brown with age.

Harvest Season: the time when you need to collect autumn honey mushrooms is thick-legged, begins from mid-September until the end of October.

Edibility: edible mushroom.

Spread: It is a saprophyte and grows on the lush grass, rotting stumps and tree trunks.