May mushroom and photo of wrinkled mushroom

May mushroom, as the name implies, appears in the forests of the European part of Russia in late spring. In the people it is often called the May row, T-shirt or St. George mushroom. In scientific directories, one can often find the name May Calocib (from the name of the genus Calocybe).

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the description of Mike mushroom, see a photo of May mushroom, as well as find out some interesting facts about kalotsib and get information about its healing properties.

Family: Ordinary (Tricholomataceae).

Synonyms: May rowing, May kalotsibe, T-shirt, St. George mushroom.

Description. Hat with a diameter of 5-12 cm, fleshy, first convex, then prostrate, with a wavy, often cracking edge, flat or with a tubercle, cream, yellowish, dirty white, dry. The head of the kalotsibe is usually smooth, but in dry periods, the May mushroom is all wrinkled, as if dehydrated.

Its flesh is dense, white, soft, its taste and smell are strong, pleasant, sweetish. Whitish plates with a cream tint, frequent. Leg 4-10 X 0.6-3 cm, dense, club-shaped, whitish, brownish-cream or yellowish, fibrous.

The mushroom loves thinned deciduous forests, edges, parks, grows on grassy places, pastures, pastures, in gardens, near settlements. It occurs throughout the temperate zone of Russia.

Fruit bearing period: May - early June. Sometimes (quite rarely) the May mushroom manages to slip a second time a year in the fall (usually September). It appears in very small quantities in the same places where it grew in spring, the caps of such mushrooms are yellowish. Previously, such autumn rashes were considered mushrooms of another species (C. georgii).

Similar species. Given the timing and place of fruiting, the mushroom cannot be confused with any other species.

Mushroom T-shirt: healing properties

Therapeutic properties: Dichloromethane extract has bactericidal properties (detrimental to hay bacillus and Escherichia coli). It contains antibiotic substances that inhibit the development of tubercle bacillus. It has an anti-cancer effect (completely suppresses sarcoma-180 and Ehrlich carcinoma).

German biochemists revealed the antidiabetic effect of this fungus, noting a significant decrease in blood sugar levels with regular use.

Normalizes metabolism.

George mushroom: collection rules and interesting facts

Collection Rules: Young fruit bodies are harvested in dry weather. Alcohol infusions are used.

Used fresh, suitable for pickling and pickling. The marinade is very tasty.

Interesting Facts. One of the most delicious rows. This is the only mushroom that in England the population collects in addition to truffles and morels (it is called "St. George mushroom" there). In Italy, the mushroom is called marzolino ("Martovka"), because there it appears already in early March. Romania exports May mushroom to Western Europe in industrial quantities.