Mushroom picking rules: a brief reminder

Mushroom picking in the forest is not only a search for fruiting bodies for further culinary use. It is also a rest, entertainment, a way to stay for several hours in silence, to enjoy the beauty of nature, to dream, to think about something sublime. Or, on the contrary, you can pick mushrooms as some lovers advise - in a fun company, with songs and jokes.

Russian residents have always shown a love of nature. Harvesting for mushrooms, or “mushroom” years are not observed every season - it all depends on the vagaries of the weather. Everyone should always follow the simple rules for picking mushrooms, which will protect you from poisoning and bring maximum pleasure from a "silent hunt."

You will learn how to pick mushrooms in the forest by reading the material on this page.

How to pick mushrooms in the forest

A brief reminder of the mushroom picking rule is as follows:

• In any case, decisively throw away unfamiliar mushrooms, even if at least a little in doubt, remember that even one dubious fungus can cost you your life.
• For the first time or with little experience, go to the forest with experienced mushroom pickers, who are familiar to you personally, use the directories.
• Observing the basic rules, mushroom picking should be carried out in ecologically clean places, away from cities and large industrial enterprises, at a distance of at least 500 meters from highways.
• Do not take old mushrooms and specimens even with slight signs of mold.
• Mushrooms must be harvested, preserved and stored according to the recipes of experienced specialists.
• Never buy mushrooms from the hands of unfamiliar sellers and in the absence of an officially registered store.

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Go to the forest in tight, covered clothes, always with a hat, use mosquito and ticks, shake clothes after a forest walk, consult a doctor immediately if ticks are found on your body (in some areas, ticks are not encephalitis and at the first signs of poisoning fruit bodies.

This video details the proper collection of mushrooms in the forest:

Proper mushroom picker equipment

Little is known about how to properly pick mushrooms. Going into the forest, mushroom pickers need to have the right equipment. Otherwise, forest trips can result in health problems.

According to the rules for picking mushrooms in the forest, a mandatory set must contain:

• waterproof suit for rainy weather;
• dense jeans and a jacket such as a storm jacket that do not bite mosquitoes and even wasps, for dry and sunny weather;
• boots in rainy and wet weather, as well as early in the morning when the grass is wet from dew;
• comfortable and durable sports shoes such as sneakers for dry weather;
• the compass is hand or pocket, do not forget to determine the opposite direction when entering the forest;
• mosquito repellent;
• a sharp knife for mushrooms, better folding;
• a basket is required, do not take plastic bags: mushrooms crumple in them and deteriorate ahead of time;
• if you collect different types of mushrooms, among which there are raincoats and blackberries, which have spines and stick to all other mushrooms, or mokruhi, which can stain all other species, as well as tender young dung beetles, you should do one or two in a basket partitions or take an additional small basket;
• a hat or scarf in the forest is needed.

Many mushroom pickers look forward to the fall season. It is no coincidence that autumn has been sung by many poets, is it really possible to calmly relate to the beautiful golden foliage and the unique beauty of the autumn forest! In the autumn there are a lot of mushrooms. However, mushrooms can be harvested at any time of the year. You only need to know where and when to look for them. And, of course, do not forget about the basic rules for collecting edible mushrooms.

Good mushroom pickers in autumn harvest substantial supplies of pickled, salted, frozen, dried honey mushrooms, which they have until the next season.

Search for mushroom spots

Climate significantly affects the fruiting time and the amount of collection. For example, in the very rainy summer of 2008, in the middle zone of Russia there was a massive harvest of autumn mushrooms a month earlier than usual - from August 15 to 25. The weather anomaly also affected the harvest: the peak was powerful, but short-lived, in 10 days all the mushrooms disappeared. The anomaly also affected the fact that in an unprecedentedly early harvest of autumn mushrooms in each mushroom there were small brown bugs. In addition, in 2008 there was a peak harvest of winter mushrooms. Many beautiful mother-of-pearl red and brownish-yellow shiny mushrooms were on spruce trees, and in 2009 and 2010 they were yellow-brown in parks. In 2011, there were few mushrooms, but in humid places there were a lot of boletus and Polish mushrooms. In 2012 there were a few honey mushrooms, russula and few chanterelles, but nature is never "empty", in the same year there were many beloved porcini mushrooms.

If we consider different families of edible mushrooms, then we can confidently say that there are good mushroom places where valuable species of mushrooms grow at different times or even in different years.

If you have identified three or four such mushroom places, you can be sure that they will not let you down and will continue to delight you with new types of mushrooms, depending on the climate and season.

Thus, the well-known phrase that it is necessary, first of all, to search for mushroom places, becomes clear, then the mushrooms themselves will be found.

In some cases, one careful look is enough to identify good mushroom spots. So, the pine forest is visible from afar, usually on the banks of rivers and ponds, there are often butterflies, champignons, porcini mushrooms, saffron mushrooms, spring mushrooms. But the "neat" places (where autumn and summer mushrooms grow) are most often located in windbreaks, where there is an abundance of fallen trees and hemp. In addition, there are many of them near summer cottages and villages, where there are many sawn and broken trees and stumps.

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Spore spread of mushrooms

By learning how to properly pick mushrooms, you can bring joy to others if you spread the spores close to your apartment building. For this, a lot of strength is not needed. You need to know that your beloved white, boletus, boletus, mushrooms, mushrooms and other mushrooms successfully grow only in symbiosis with the roots of certain plants and trees. It can be spruce, birch, mountain ash, pine, alder, ferns, mosses and so on.

If in your garden community or in the village there is an alley of birches, firs, pines, then you can safely pour mixed water with old mushrooms near the roots. Often thrown out old porcini mushrooms, brown boletus, boletus. Take from them a cushion, or the tubular part lower from a hat. It contains a large number of spores. Stir it in warm water, and the solution for planting is ready for you. Then pour this solution under the trees, birch trees, mountain ash and other trees. As a result, only lazy people do not collect boletus, boletus, and other valuable mushrooms in the alley near the houses.