Honey mushrooms in the Kuban: the most mushroom places

Honey mushrooms got their name from the fact that they grow on stumps or fallen trees. Only meadow honey agaric has an exception: it grows on grassy meadows or in ravines. Honey mushrooms are divided into summer, autumn and winter. I must say that all groups can be eaten.

Places for collecting mushrooms in the Kuban

Edible mushrooms in the Kuban have the same distinguishing features as in other Russian regions. A ring of film on the leg of honey agarics, resembling a "skirt" - is the main sign of edibility. The honey agarics do not have such a ringlet, and in addition, they have an unpleasant smell.

After long autumn rains, mushrooms mushrooms appear in the forests of the Kuban. Mushroom pickers should be patient before they can find a fruitful place. Honey agarics love deciduous forests, rarely pine, as well as forest felling or hazel. Therefore, the most mushroom places for fans of picking mushrooms are Seversky, Absheron, as well as Belorechensky districts. And in the Hot Spring there are always a lot of autumn and summer mushrooms.

Honey mushrooms in the Kuban prefer wet and moist forests. They begin to grow from the end of July and continue until the end of October. Mass gathering of honey mushrooms in this region occurs in September, when the air temperature is not lower than + 10 ... + 15 ° C. The collection takes place in three waves, each of which lasts about 2-3 weeks.

What honey mushrooms look like in the Kuban: (with photo)

Many people ask how honey mushrooms look in the Kuban, do they have differences with honey mushrooms from other regions? It should be noted that these mushrooms look the same throughout Russia. At first, young specimens look like “carnations” with a “skirt” around a thin leg. Then the hat opens and becomes like a burdock. "Skirt" is a little torn, but does not completely disappear from the leg of the mushroom. Mushroom pickers love honey mushrooms for their feature during transportation: they spring and compress like rubber, without breaking. Therefore, they can be collected in bags and backpacks.

If you notice stumps or fallen trees in the forest, be sure to go around. You can collect more than one basket of honey mushrooms on them, because these fruiting bodies grow in whole families. Below, look at the photos of honey mushrooms growing in the Kuban, and you will see that they have no distinctive characteristics - ordinary mushrooms:

It is worth noting that in the Kuban there are a lot of winter mushrooms, which are collected until March. Even when it is freezing outside, honey agarics in the winter forest do not deteriorate, but simply “fall asleep” until it warms up to 0 ° C. Therefore, residents of the Kuban go for mushrooms even in the winter.