Honey mushrooms in the Urals: where to grow and when to collect
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When do autumn mushrooms appear in the Urals?
Honey mushrooms are harvested in the Urals when warm weather sets in and heavy rains take place. This is approximately in late June - early July. Residents of the Urals call mushrooms mushrooms "forest bread", as in cooking it has no equal - it is universal. You can eat it whatever you like, but not raw. And Russian cuisine is replete with recipes for cooking mushrooms. We offer you to see photos of honey mushrooms growing in the Urals:
It is worth saying that honey agarics are very rich in the content of vitamins and minerals, which are useful for the human body. Autumn mushrooms appearing in early September and continuing their growth until the first frosts are especially valued. Autumn honey mushrooms in the Urals are considered the most popular among the local population. And the Ural territory itself is the richest in the number and variety of mushrooms. The season for gathering honey mushrooms in the Urals depends on the weather in the region.
For example, September is considered the peak in the Urals for collecting honey mushrooms. Summer mushrooms continue to grow this month, and autumn ones are already beginning to grow.
When honey mushrooms appear in the Urals, it depends on the average daily air temperature. Even if the air warms up in the middle of October to 5-7 degrees Celsius, the mushroom season will not stop until November. Even then, many young mushrooms can be found in the forest.
The season of gathering honey mushrooms in the South Urals
In the South Urals, honey mushrooms are considered the most popular among fans of "silent hunting." If in this region there is plentiful warm rains, then picking mushrooms begins in July - early August. However, if the summer is dry, then the collection dates are postponed for 2-3 weeks.
The most favorite places on which honey agarics grow are young and old hemp. Very often they can be found on the clearings, where trees were cut down for laying power lines. But honey agarics also settle on fallen trees or large fallen branches. Honey mushrooms can also be found on healthy growing trees or near their roots. Another feature of the growth of honey agarics are thickets of forest nettles.
Honey mushrooms usually grow on the same stumps or trees where you found them the first time. You can return to this place for several years in a row and collect a large crop until the stumps turn into dust. Note that the forests of the Sosnovsky district in the Southern Urals, especially near the settlements of Kremenkul, Butaki, as well as Kremenkul, are rich in autumn and winter mushrooms.
The main sign that helps to distinguish a real mushroom from a false one is the “skirt” on the leg. This cover protects the body of a young fungus at an early age and remains in the form of torn tissue in adulthood. False mushrooms do not have such a ringlet, and their smell is unpleasant.
Honey mushrooms grow in large families and very often grow together at the base with legs.At the end of summer and until the frosts, these fruiting bodies can be found especially often in deciduous forests, especially in forest clearings. There are a lot of such places near Murzinka, Mountain Shield and Sysert. If you go along the Kamensky tract for 70-80 kilometers, you will also collect a lot of mushrooms.
Honey mushrooms grow very quickly, in about 2-3 days a new crop grows. And if you have already cut large specimens at this place, come in a few days and again pick up a whole basket of these amazing mushrooms. It is for speed and large colonies that mushroom pickers love to collect such fruiting bodies.
In addition to autumn honey agarics, other honey mushrooms grow in the Urals. Many are interested in when summer mushrooms grow in the Urals? The growth time of these fungi depends on warm days and heavy rain. Honey mushrooms usually begin picking up in August and end in September or October, depending on warm weather. You can find summer mushrooms not only in forests, but also in vegetable gardens, glades and meadows, especially if it is rainy. Summer mushrooms smell peculiar - they have the smell of bitter almonds or cloves. Especially rich in summer honey agarics is the Middle Urals, where in the moderately warm autumn months you can collect a large number of them.
However, there are honey mushrooms, which are harvested in November-December, and in warmer winters, even in January and March. Winter mushrooms in the Urals are often found in deciduous forests, less often in pine forests on conifers. They can grow not only on felled stumps or trees dumped by the wind, but even in hollows. Most winter mushrooms prefer aspen, poplar, linden, willow and many fruit trees. Therefore, if you want to get mushrooms in the winter and not go to the forest, plant mushrooms in the garden, unless of course you feel sorry for your trees.
Winter mushrooms grow all winter if the frosts are not too strong. It must be said that even in cold weather honey agarics do not disappear, but “fall asleep” until the temperature rises slightly above 0 degrees. However, they do not lose their nutritional value and beneficial properties.
Since all other fungi cannot tolerate low temperatures and die, you will never confuse winter mushrooms with false species. In addition, winter mushrooms have a fleecy leg and slippery hat.
