Quiet hunting season. When to pick mushrooms
Wild berries are nature's generous gifts - a variety of aromas, tastes and colors! Nowadays, any berries can be bought in the store at any time of the year, but their taste and aroma are not at all the same as those of freshly picked wild berries. The beneficial properties of such berries also differ; forest berries contain more vitamins! Don't miss the summer season of ripening wild berries, take note of the calendar of flowering and ripening of berries, and you will always know when to pick berries in the summer.
Beneficial features berries
Below is a brief description of the berries and the beneficial properties of the berries are described. Berries have important in human nutrition. Berries are of particular value as a source of vitamins and organic acids, which play an important role in human life, increasing the vitality of the body, its physical and mental performance and resistance to various diseases. How to use the beneficial properties of berries to improve your health.Rules for picking berries
To save high quality and the beneficial properties of berries, you must adhere to simple rules for picking berries.- When picking berries, it is prohibited to use various mechanical devices (scoops, combs, etc.) that damage the berry bushes and reduce the berry yield in subsequent years.
- Harvested berries do not ripen after picking, so pick only ripe ones.
- Pick berries that you want to eat right away during the waxing moon, then they will be more fragrant.
- Pick berries for canning during the waning moon, then they will last longer.
- Collect berries in cool hours (morning and evening) every other day, and in the case of dry, hot weather, every day, avoiding overripening.
- The collected berries should be immediately removed to a cool place protected from the sun, since berries heated in the sun very quickly lose their appearance, taste and beneficial properties.
- When carrying berries, they should also be protected from sunlight.
Berry calendar
Calendar of average flowering and ripening periods of herbal and dwarf forest berries. The berry picking calendar shows the average flowering and ripening times for most wild berries and fruits growing in our country.
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As a rule, the lingonberry harvest season begins in August–September. Lingonberries have a sour taste with a bitterness that goes away only after frost; lingonberries are harvested until November. The beneficial properties of lingonberries are known to everyone, so when the lingonberries ripen, take the baskets into the forest.
Useful properties of lingonberries
Lingonberries are a valuable vitamin carrier; lingonberries contain whole set biologically active substances, organic acids, sugars. After harvesting, lingonberries can be stored fresh for a month, as they contain benzoic acid. Lingonberries and juice from them are taken with increased blood pressure, are a good thirst quencher, laxative and antipyretic. Lingonberry juice has an anti-inflammatory and diuretic effect, an antimicrobial and detoxifying effect, and helps with flu and acute respiratory diseases.
Lingonberry, boletus, lingonberry
When to pick crowberries
Crowberry (aka crowberry, aka crowberry) is a plant of the tundra and the north. The crowberry ripens in August, and the crowberry is harvested in the fall, right up to frost. The crowberry leaves, similar to pine needles, remain on the plant even in winter, only they turn purple-black. The beneficial properties of crowberry berries are very diverse.
Useful properties of crowberry
Voronika is good at removing radionuclides from the body and helps improve immunity. Hypertension, migraines, insomnia, metabolic disorders and seizures can also be treated with crowberry juice. In the tundra, crowberries quench thirst with berries instead of water. Crowberry has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, wound-healing, astringent, anticonvulsant, antispasmodic and antioxidant properties. For long-term storage, just put it in a jar, fill it with water and put it in the basement. Crowberry can be stored in this form for up to a year or more. You can also freeze crowberries.
Crowberry, crowberry, crowberry, bearberry, bagnovka
When to pick blueberries
The harvest season for wild blueberries or gonobobel occurs in July, August and even September. The beneficial properties of blueberries will help everyone who picks blueberries - bluish-black berries with a strong bluish-gray bloom and greenish flesh.Beneficial properties of blueberries
Blueberries have a number of unique properties: remove radionuclides, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, normalize heart function, slow down the aging of nerve cells and the brain. Blueberries have antisclerotic, cardiotonic, hypotensive and anti-inflammatory effects. Effective for atherosclerosis, hypertension, capillary toxicosis and other diseases associated with insufficiency of blood capillaries. Blueberries are recommended for diabetics, as they promote tissue repair, enhance the effect of medications that lower blood sugar, and enhance metabolism.
Blueberry, gonobobel, blueberry, drunkard
When to pick strawberries
Wild strawberries ripen in June-July; in more northern regions, strawberries can be harvested even in August. There are legends about the beneficial properties of strawberries. Strawberry is a berry that ranks first among all in terms of iron, vitamin E, folic acid and calcium.
Useful properties of strawberries
Strawberries are useful because they contain microelements, sugars, pectins, acids, fiber, vitamins and essential oils. They not only improve appetite, but also help normalize digestion. Strawberries help restore strength, cure diarrhea in children and help with anemia. Strawberries have vitamin, anti-allergenic, choleretic and diuretic properties, and normalize metabolism. Thanks to the properties of strawberries, toxins and cholesterol are removed from the body. Strawberries are prepared for future use by drying, freezing or rubbing with sugar.
Wild strawberry, sunberry, drifting snow, berry
When to pick cranberries
Cranberries bloom in June, and the berries are harvested starting in September throughout the fall. Doctors have classified this berry as one of the healthiest foods for humans.
Beneficial properties of cranberries
Cranberry - excellent antioxidant. Due to the high content of potassium salts and vitamin C, cranberries are very beneficial for the body during infectious and colds. Cranberry is considered a natural antibiotic due to its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Cranberries contain substances that prevent the formation of plaques and blood clots in blood vessels. Rich medicinal properties Cranberry is indicated for varicose veins, as it helps increase the strength and elasticity of the walls of blood vessels and capillaries. Most of all, cranberries are useful in fresh form, which last for quite a long time due to the content of benzoic acid.
Cranberry, stonefly, crane fly, snowdrop
When to collect the prince
Princeberry berries ripen in July - August. Knyazhenika has a very pleasant taste - it is sweet, but with a sour aftertaste and a strong aroma, reminiscent of both pineapple and peach.
Useful properties of princesses
In addition to the fact that knyazhenika is tastier than regular raspberries, it is also useful as raspberries. Infusions and decoctions of princely folk medicine recommended as an antipyretic, for gargling when coughing, for catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and bronchial asthma. Princess berries quench thirst and act as an antipyretic; infusions of the berries are given to patients as a drink. Princes prepare delicious fruit tea from young leaves. Infusions of the leaves are used as a gargle for sore throats and coughs and as an astringent for diarrhea. Fresh leaves are applied to wounds to relieve inflammation and speed up healing.
Knyazhenika, polyanika, mamura
When to collect stone fruits
Drupes ripen in July - August. Drupes are collected until the end of September to enjoy the taste of the berry and its healing properties.
Useful properties of stone fruit
Due to the high content of vitamin C (about 150 mg%), tannins and pectin substances, organic acids, the juice from the fruit of the stone fruit is used as an antiscorbutic and protistocidal drug. Drupal juices are recommended for anemia and anemia. Drupe berry juice helps improve metabolism, strengthen the walls of blood vessels and remove toxins and cholesterol from the body. Infusions of stone fruit also help relieve pain in the heart area. Effective for cystitis and colds. Drupe berries have a pronounced antipyretic agent, therefore they are recommended as an inclusion in complex therapy for diseases accompanied by “high fever.”
Kostyanik, kostritsa, stone stone
When to collect redberry
Krasnika grows on Sakhalin, the south of Kamchatka and some other places. Redberry is harvested in August - September. The taste of redberry berries is unique: at first they seem sweet, later they seem sour, and when you completely chew them, they seem bitter and salty.
Useful properties of redberry
Fresh berries and redberry juice effectively reduce blood pressure in hypertension. It has been established that redberry berries are rich in P-active substances, which expand blood vessels and strengthen their walls. Krasnika berries contain vitamin C, benzoic and other organic acids, fiber, 7 essential amino acids, microelements (copper, cobalt, manganese, zinc and chromium). Krasnika is useful for colds; for headaches, the analgesic effect of Krasnika is manifested. Redberry berry juice and liquid extract are also used as a laxative. In addition to the berries, the redberry's young leaves are edible, and their taste is reminiscent of sorrel.
Krasnika, Klopovka
When to pick cloudberries
Cloudberries bloom in May - June, and cloudberries can be collected in July and August. From time immemorial in Rus', fresh and soaked cloudberries were served at the royal table as the most valuable berry of the North. In the North it is still called the Tsar’s berry.
Useful properties of cloudberries
Cloudberries contain 3 times more vitamin C than oranges. Cloudberries are superior to carrots in the content of provitamin A, which rejuvenates cell populations. The miracle cloudberry is a rich source of tocopherols that accelerate the regeneration of damaged cells and are involved in the most important processes tissue metabolism. Since cloudberries contain a lot of potassium, they help protect against cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The fruits along with honey are good to give to weakened patients to strengthen them. One of latest requests A.S. Pushkin had a desire to eat pickled cloudberries.
Cloudberry, gloshina, bugbear
When to pick blueberries
Blueberries are harvested from July to September. Blueberries are a healing berry; they contain many vitamins and minerals. It tones and stimulates metabolic processes, has a hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic, and diuretic effect.Beneficial properties of blueberries
Blueberries can powerfully counteract aging and even rejuvenate the body. Eating blueberries improves blood supply to the retina of the eye, and as a result, regeneration of retinal tissue is accelerated. Blueberries are the richest source of so-called anthocyanidins - the most powerful of all natural antioxidants. Flavonoids found in blueberries can raise glutathione levels (a powerful protector of nerve tissue). It is suggested that just half a glass of blueberries a day can prevent Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Blueberry extract has shown the ability to strengthen the walls of blood vessels. Blueberries can lower blood cholesterol no worse than some medications and can be powerful weapon in the fight against heart disease.
Blueberry, blueberry
Summer is a great time to relax and pick berries. To ensure that the beneficial properties of berries remain healing, let us recall one more simple rule for picking berries: pick berries away from highways, industrial enterprises, landfills and others dangerous places. I hope our berry calendar has awakened in you the desire to immediately go into the forest to pick berries.
Tell me how to make cranberry juice?
To get a liter of fruit drink, you will need 800 ml of boiling water, 125 g of cranberries and 3 tbsp. spoons of honey or granulated sugar. Wash the berries and mash them with a wooden masher. Then put the cranberry mass in cheesecloth, folded in several layers, and use it to squeeze out the juice. Pour in the cake hot water, boil for 5-10 minutes and strain through a strainer or cheesecloth. Mix the resulting broth with the prepared juice, add honey or sugar and cool it. That's all - delicious drink ready! Just don’t forget that the dishes for cranberry juice should be enamel, glass or stainless steel. Aluminum pans can oxidize and will healthy drink harmful.
Lisa Chernikina
Prepared mushroom picker all year round can search (and find:-)!) mushrooms in wildlife. The most fruitful season for mushrooms is, of course, autumn. The most boring time is not even winter, but the turning point from winter to early spring, but even at this time you can find something to profit from in the forest.
Mushrooms all year round - how to understand the mushroom calendar
The decisive factor for the appearance of mushrooms in the forest is not the numbers on the calendar, but weather, and not even those observed in this moment, and specifically those that were observed before. After a long winter with heavy snow or after a dry summer, mushrooms do not appear at the same time as after warm winter or wet summer. On the growth of mushrooms - both in terms of period and in terms of their quantity - the most great importance factors such as humidity and temperature. But generally speaking, those years when the amount of precipitation exceeds average norms turn out to be much more beneficial for mushrooms than dry ones.
The results of ten years of observations of mushroom seasons by experienced mushroom pickers indicate that the first morels can grow in our climate around March 13, but also around May 8. So the difference in mushroom growing season is about eight weeks!
That is, I want to say that mushroom calendar gives an approximate idea of when and what to look for, but you still need to navigate to a greater extent by natural phenomena.
Join our new group lovers quiet hunt
If you do not belong to the category of avid mushroom pickers, but want to join their ranks, you will learn a lot of interesting things from our publication. We will tell you which places you need to go to in the forest so as not to leave it empty-handed.
Mushroom picking can be carried out from early spring to late autumn. Popular beliefs will tell you when it is best to go to the forest. It is also necessary to focus on weather conditions.
The poplar is losing its earrings - it's time to collect morels
It has already been said above that the mushroom season begins in early spring. Remember that the harvest will be generous if the winter turns out to be little snow and the autumn is not rainy. Can also be taken into account folk signs. If the poplars and aspens have begun to drop their catkins, this is a sign that you may be going for morels.
Warm rains and thunderstorms predict the appearance of early boletus
Who among us does not like boletus, boletus and boletus? If you want to collect them, hurry to the forest after the first thunderstorms in May. During this period, the earth has not yet had time to warm up and the rains may be prolonged, so you should not hope for a generous harvest.
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The linden tree has bloomed - hurry up and pick up mushrooms
Plan a mushroom trip in summer time possible during the period when the linden tree begins to bloom. In June-July the forest is too humid and warm, so they actively grow. However, with the arrival of heat, they can become wormy.
Early chanterelles are prophets of the appearance of porcini mushrooms and boletus mushrooms
Almost every mushroom picker primarily hunts for porcini mushrooms. If the weather is not too hot and there are brief rains from time to time, and chanterelles appear in the forest, this is a signal that soon you can go out for porcini mushrooms and boletus mushrooms.
If you notice a swarm of midges - hurry into the forest
High humidity - favorable environment for the development of midges. If you find a large accumulation of midges in the forest, take a basket and start searching for mushroom spots.
If you saw the first fly agarics - look for porcini mushrooms
Fly agaric mushrooms will tell you that it’s time to pick porcini mushrooms. The thing is that they often grow in the neighborhood. Often such places can be found in forests mixed type, in open, well-lit clearings. It’s not worth looking for them more often.
Fogs in August are a harbinger of the appearance of autumn mushrooms
Fog in the mornings at the end of summer is one of the main signs of the beginning of the mushroom season. At this time, you have every chance to collect a huge number of porcini mushrooms, boletuses, chanterelles, milk mushrooms and saffron milk caps. The first yellow leaves on the birch trees will indicate that it’s time to take the basket.
The fields have begun harvesting oats - hurry up to the forest
Saint Natalia Ovsyanitsa's day falls on September 8th. In ancient times, on this day people began harvesting oats and storing mushrooms for the winter. Popular belief reads: “Natalia has arrived, it’s time to go mushroom hunting. Honey mushrooms are growing - summer is over.”
Long-term study of the timing of appearance edible mushrooms V middle lane Russia allows us to identify a certain pattern. First in spring forest morels and strings appear - from mid-April to mid-May. This is followed by three harvests or, as experienced mushroom pickers say, “layers”, different in the composition of the mushrooms, and most importantly, in productivity.
The first harvest occurs during the period when winter rye is earing. That is why the mushrooms that appear at this time (white mushrooms, boletuses, boletus mushrooms and boletus mushrooms) are often called “spike mushrooms”. First harvest noble mushrooms in the new season is always welcome, but small and pleases collectors only very much a short time. They look for spikeworts in well-lit places: clearings, forest edges, clearings, along paths, among rare deciduous young growth.
The second layer of mushrooms appears 2-3 weeks after the first. It is much more diverse in composition, but weak in yield. Lasts no more than 2-3 weeks. Mushrooms appear mainly in open places, less often in mature deciduous forests.
The third layer is rightfully considered the main harvest of mushrooms. In terms of the variety of mushrooms, the timing of fruiting and the strength, it is unrivaled. Mushrooms are collected both in open areas and under the forest canopy.
The table summarizes information about the timing of harvests of a number of edible mushrooms. It should be borne in mind that the dates indicated here are for the Moscow region. Therefore, if you live in more northern regions, then the beginning of the mushroom harvest will be delayed by 1-2 weeks, and the end will come earlier by the same period. If you are located south of the Moscow region, then the mushroom harvest should be expected 1-2 weeks earlier than the dates indicated in the book. At the same time, the mushroom picking season is also extended by 1-2 weeks. These dates are indicative only and may vary slightly from year to year depending on specific weather conditions.
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Is it possible to collect spring mushrooms or should we wait for the autumn mushroom season, how to properly collect mushrooms in the forest? You can always pick mushrooms in the forest, the main thing is to understand mushrooms and know which mushroom appears at what time, so as not to confuse it with a poisonous one. Those who don’t know when to pick mushrooms should learn a simple rule: mushrooms can be picked from May to late autumn. And also remember which mushrooms grow in the forest at a certain period of time. The spring and summer months are a great time to go to the forest to pick mushrooms.
When to pick mushrooms in spring
The beginning of the mushroom pore begins in early spring when the very first spring mushrooms appear in the forest. Mushroom pickers, hungry for a quiet hunt, are eagerly awaiting them. What mushrooms appear in the forest in spring and when to collect them?
- When to pick morel mushrooms
Morels are harvested in late April or early May. Morels grow mainly in deciduous forests, because they love fertile soil. Mushrooms are category 3, so before stewing, frying or freezing, morels must be soaked in three times the volume of water for at least 20 minutes and then rinsed thoroughly under running water.
- When to pick mushrooms Raincoats
After morels comes the time for raincoats. You can find raincoats in clearings, meadows and even on roads. Raincoats appear immediately after rain. Fried young puffballs are very tasty. They must be used on the day of collection. In Italy they are considered the best mushrooms. In our country they are little known and are undeservedly classified in the fourth category.
- When to pick champignon mushrooms
From May, champignons and their mushroom season last until autumn. So the question of when to pick champignon mushrooms is rhetorical. For your information, champignons are good both fried and in soup, because they have a pronounced mushroom aroma. Champignons also contain special substances that destroy cholesterol plaques.
When to pick mushrooms in summer
Summer mushrooms are considered the most valuable. When the summer is rainy, even in hot weather The variety of mushrooms turns out to be so rich that they simply cannot be listed. All types of mushrooms that can be found in the forest in summer form their fruiting bodies until autumn. Many of them grow until autumn, but mushroom pickers like to collect them in the summer.
What mushrooms to pick in June
In June, it is most likely to find boletus and boletus in the forest. In addition, June is rich in russula and summer honey mushrooms. In the shady forests at the end of June there are a lot of chanterelles and boletuses. In the clearings and forest edges you can find a lot of champignons. At this time, you can also see pigweed and bitterweed in the forest. And after wandering around you can meet the king of mushrooms - White mushroom.
- When to pick boletus mushrooms
In June, you can collect boletus mushrooms in the forest, which grow mainly in birch groves. All boletus mushrooms are edible mushrooms and differ slightly in nutritional quality. Boletus mushrooms are good in every way in soup, in gravy, fried, in pies. They are also tasty in marinade. It appears in the first half of summer in June, but most boletus mushrooms are collected from the second half of August until late autumn. The boletus is the closest relative of the porcini mushroom.
- When to pick boletus mushrooms
Boletus takes second place among tubular mushrooms after white mushrooms; in terms of nutritional quality it belongs to the 2nd category; it is eaten boiled, fried, dried and pickled. It is also the fastest growing mushroom. It is one of the most common and famous edible mushrooms. This elegant mushroom cannot be confused with others; it also has no resemblance to any poisonous mushroom. Therefore, to the question of what mushrooms to pick in June, the answer is obvious - boletuses.
- When to pick boletus mushrooms
Butterflies are collected in coniferous forests. It got its name because of the oily cap that is slippery to the touch. It is used in soups, fried, salted, pickled, in sauces and side dishes; it is rarely used for drying, but is also suitable. Butterflies are relatively early mushrooms, and they can be collected in cleared pine forests from the first days of June. This period lasts no more than two weeks. Then the boletus disappears and appears again somewhere in the second half of July, and grows en masse from mid-August and the first half of September.
- When to pick mushrooms White mushroom
Beginning at the end of June, the porcini mushroom appears. The porcini mushroom grows in both deciduous forests and coniferous forests; it prefers to be friends with spruce, pine, oak and birch. It is fried and boiled fresh in soups, stewed in roasts; dried, and then prepared soups, borscht, baked pies, made mushroom caviar. Porcini mushrooms are pickled and made into various snacks. White mushroom is considered the most delicious and useful mushroom. The porcini mushroom is collected from mid-June to the end of September, the most widespread collection is in the second half of August.
What mushrooms to pick in July
In July, as a rule, do you collect mushrooms for pickling and pickling? July is the month of the milk mushroom harvest. Milk mushrooms are an excellent option for pickling, especially yellow ones. Volzhanka and whitefish appear in July, which are only slightly inferior to milk mushrooms. You can please yourself with the taste of saffron milk caps, of which you can collect a lot in July. Saffron milk caps are excellent in cooking.- When to pick mushrooms
Milk mushrooms are found in families. Real milk mushrooms grow mostly on sandy soil, in oak, birch, pine and birch forests. They are most productive in July-August. Yellow milk mushrooms collected until October in spruce forests. Milk mushrooms are mushrooms of the first category. Only salted ones are used. Before salting, they are soaked for at least three days in cold water, which is changed at least twice.
- When to pick saffron milk mushrooms
- When to pick chanterelle mushrooms
What mushrooms to pick in August
The end of August is the richest season for mushrooms. In August, you certainly won’t have to think about when to pick mushrooms. You can do this throughout August and early September. What mushrooms are there in August? All of the above mushrooms remain relevant for collecting in August, but do not collect overgrown ones. Young mushrooms that are fresh and not bitten by insects are suitable for food. If the mushroom is wormy, safely throw it away.- When to collect autumn mushrooms
- When to pick Volnushka mushrooms
- When to pick Russula mushrooms
Safety rules when picking mushrooms
Rules for collecting mushrooms and preserving the reproduction of mycelium when collecting mushrooms:- If you want to see a rich harvest of mushrooms the next time you come to a famous place, follow the rules for collecting mushrooms. Now that you know when to pick mushrooms, respect the gifts of nature. When collecting mushrooms, spare the mycelium: carefully cut the mushroom with a knife at the base and under no circumstances pull it out of the ground.
- If you do not identify a mushroom, it is better not to cut it - treat mushrooms with caution, because a mushroom is a very insidious product. You should only collect mushrooms that you know - those that you are confident in.
- If the summer turns out to be rainy, then the mushrooms become saturated with water and become unsuitable for consumption. You should not dry such mushrooms, they still lose their taste qualities and begin to release toxins.
- Upon returning home, you should sort out the mushrooms, and immediately, without delay. After sorting out the mushrooms, put them in cool salted water for an hour, this will drive out the extra guests.
- Mushrooms must be carefully processed and subjected to reliable heat treatment!
How to pick mushrooms correctly
- Mushrooms are collected early in the morning before the sun heats them. In this case, they can be stored for a longer time.
- Do not collect old, overgrown mushrooms. They accumulate products harmful to humans and absorb from environment foreign substances.
- Collected mushrooms Immediately clean the soil from adhering to them, leaves, pine needles, grass and other debris. It is better to put mushrooms in the basket with their caps down - this way they are better preserved.
Mushroom picker equipment
So, when should we open the mushroom season and what equipment will we need? When you go picking mushrooms, you will definitely need a good sharp knife, because it is better to cut mushrooms without disturbing the mycelium itself, as well as a comfortable long stick (indispensable when searching for mushrooms) to lift or rake leaves, as well as a basket or basketExperienced mushroom pickers know what you need to take with you into the forest:
- mushroom basket;
- mushroom knife;
- a stick for searching for mushrooms;
- first aid kit with bandages and disinfectants;
- water and sandwiches;
- electronic GPS navigator;
- telephone with a charged battery (Rescue Service telephone 112)
Now we know when to pick mushrooms, we figured out how to pick mushrooms correctly, we learned the safety rules when picking mushrooms, we know what mushrooms to pick in the summer, we stocked up on mushroom picking equipment. We looked at the mushroom picker's calendar and are ready to go into the forest to pick mushrooms. It remains to refresh the information on how to distinguish mushrooms. It's no secret that many poisonous mushrooms disguised as edible. So, let's figure out how to distinguish edible mushrooms from inedible ones.
How to distinguish edible mushrooms
- How to collect porcini mushrooms
Danger: discoloration at the break, bitter taste. Do not confuse the white mushroom with the poisonous yellow one - its flesh turns pink when cut.
- How to collect boletus mushroom
Danger: the mushroom does not grow under its own tree.
- How to collect boletus mushrooms
Danger: the mushroom does not grow under its own tree.
- How to collect boletus mushrooms
Danger: discoloration at the break, reddish spongy layer, bitter taste.
- How to collect Moss mushrooms
Danger: lack of velvety, reddish color of the spongy layer, bitter taste.
- How to collect chanterelle mushrooms
Danger: red-orange color, empty leg.
- How to collect saffron milk mushrooms
Danger: white, bitter, acrid milky juice.
- How to collect honey mushrooms
Danger: grows on the ground, yellow or reddish cap, without scales, black, green or brown plates, no film or ring on the stem, earthy smell.
- How to collect mushrooms
Danger: sparse blades, sharp blueness and stone hardness at the fracture, lack of birch trees nearby.
- How to collect Volnushka mushrooms
Danger: the “wrong” hat - not pink, unfurled, without hairiness.
- How to collect Russula mushrooms
Danger: red or brown-black cap, pink leg, reddened or darkened soft film on the leg, coarse and tough flesh, unpleasant and bitter taste.
Mushroom picker calendar
The mushroom picker's phenological calendar will come to the aid of beginning mushroom pickers. The mushroom picker's calendar marks the most popular mushrooms and the period when to collect these mushrooms in the forest. Of course, everything depends on the region and the weather in each season, but the mushroom picker’s calendar fully provides some of the useful knowledge of when to pick mushrooms. You will also find it useful| What mushrooms to collect |
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| April | May | June | July | August | September | October | |
| Morels | + | + | + | - | - | - | - |
| Stitches | + | + | + | - | - | - | - |
| May mushroom | - | + | + | - | - | - | - |
| Oyster mushroom | - | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Meadow honey fungus | - | - | + | + | + | + | - |
| boletus | - | - | + | + | + | + | - |
| Oiler grainy | - | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| Summer honey fungus | - | - | + | + | + | + | + |
| The fox is real | - | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| Porcini | - | - | + | + | + | + | + |
| Boletus | - | - | + | + | + | + | + |
| Pluteus deer | - | - | + | + | + | + | + |
| Spiky raincoat | - | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Common champignon | - | - | + | + | + | + | - |
| Field champignon | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Valuy | - | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| Funnel talker | - | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| White umbrella mushroom | - | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| Variegated umbrella mushroom | - | - | - | + | + | + | + |
| Real milk mushroom | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Poddubovik | - | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| Ivyshen | - | - | - | - | + | + | + |
| Loader white | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Loader black | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Fat pig | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Russula yellow, food, etc. |
- | + | + | + | + | + | - |
| Green moss | - | - | + | + | + | + | + |
| Yellow hedgehog | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Ringed cap | - | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| Larch oiler | - | - | - | + | + | + | - |
| Volnushka pink | - | - | - | - | + | + | + |
| Black breast | - | - | - | + | + | + | + |
| Spruce green camelina | - | - | - | - | + | + | + |
| Pine mushroom | - | - | - | - | + | + | + |
| Gray talker | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Late oiler | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Winter mushroom | - | - | - | - | - | + | + |
| Loader black and white | - | - | - | - | - | + | + |
| Polish mushroom | - | - | - | - | + | - | - |
| Autumn oyster mushroom | - | - | - | - | - | + | - |
| Gray row | - | - | - | - | - | + | - |
| Autumn stitch | - | - | - | - | - | + | + |
| Autumn honey fungus | - | - | - | - | - | + | + |
| Row purple | - | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Greenfinch | - | - | - | - | + | + | + |
| Hygrophor brown | - | - | - | - | - | + | + |
Now you know when to pick mushrooms. Well, don't hesitate. The end of June is a great time to collect young mushrooms suitable for delicious dishes. While you can still treat yourself to delicious mushroom food, let's wait for the other two summer months Feel free to pick mushrooms for pickles and pickling! Happy quiet hunting!
