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Wormy mushrooms - how to clean them correctly and whether they can be eaten. What to do with wormy mushrooms? Can you eat mushroom worms?

Surely each of you, being a child, has heard that there are worm-like mushrooms. The adults insisted not to eat or even try to pick them up. Their fears were not in vain. Parental DO NOT is confirmed by the opinions of scientists and experts.

A tasty and dangerous morsel

Rarely will a person refuse to eat mushrooms and ask: “why not?” This culture grows all over the world and is loved big amount of people. However, besides us, there are other connoisseurs of their appetizing properties. Worms. Here are those who enjoy tasting and living inside what they think is an edible house. In this they help the “devil meat” to carry spores and, literally, to propagate the mycelium. The smallest pests and microorganisms feed and at the same time help fungal families survive. They simply cannot cope without their indispensable participation. They will die.

Insects are found quite often in mushrooms. Both poisonous and edible. Especially in good warm and sunny weather. Hard larvae of beetles, flies, mosquitoes and other invertebrates do not harm their home. But they can have a much more negative and sometimes even lethal effect on human health. Poisoning is the first sign that you have eaten a contaminated product. Therefore, carefully avoid such delicacies. Do not collect them and do not eat them under any circumstances. Don't become a new home for these creatures. After all, this is also not excluded. And this is a very compelling argument in favor of why you should not eat wormy mushrooms.

Rehabilitation of worm fungus

The easiest way to get rid of this problem is to throw out the infected mushroom. Cut off the fried parts, boil in several waters, pour in acetic acid, dry-salt, or put the caps under the bushes in the country with the thought that someday you will have mushrooms growing on own plot- the choice of alternative depends on your responsibility and attitude towards your health.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, modern cooking does not know methods for preparing dishes with such an extreme composition. Wormy mushrooms will not please any sane gourmet even with the most discerning taste. And one last piece of advice. Never broach the subject wormy mushrooms, sitting at the table. Not all your guests will understand the meaning of your words if you serve freshly collected and cooked wild mushrooms.

Bon appetit and attentive to you!

We are not the only ones who appreciate mushrooms. Every forest creature loves them, both running, flying and crawling. And living in the mushroom itself. Today we’ll talk about them, who take away our spoils. Insects, by the way, benefit mushrooms more than people - worms eat the mushroom and carry the spores into the ground, thereby helping the mycelium spread.

But what to do with wormy mushrooms? Throwing it away is a pity, leaving it is scary, in case we get poisoned... Let's figure it out.
Where do worms come from in mushrooms?

Worms, that is, insect larvae, hatch from eggs laid different types flies and fungus gnats. Some people live in apples, others in raspberries, and some people prefer mushrooms. Thicker and tougher worms are found in mushrooms - wireworms (larvae of click beetles). Insects prefer to fly when it is dry and sunny, so the likelihood of encountering a wormy mushroom is higher in good weather.
Is it possible to get poisoned by wormy mushrooms?

Yes, if this mushroom is poisonous. There is a myth that worms do not grow in poisonous mushrooms. This is a dangerous misconception. Very tasty and completely safe chanterelles and hedgehogs are not wormy. On the other hand, pigs easily worm, which cannot be eaten without boiling.

The worms themselves do not make the mushroom poisonous. Speculation that one can be poisoned by “worm waste products” has no basis. Do you know what propolis is? - That's right, also a product of the vital activity of an insect (bee).
What to do with wormy mushrooms

Three options for your choice:

Leave the mushroom for the worms to finish eating. At least let them be happy. This is what I do with heavily wormy, already rotten mushrooms. You can throw their caps under the trees at the dacha, maybe a mycelium will start.
Pretend we didn't notice them.
Drive out of the mushroom. There are two ways to expel it: soak the coarsely chopped mushroom for 1-2 hours in salt water. Or dry the mushroom. As soon as the mushroom begins to wilt, the worms will fall out of it. Don’t forget to sweep the floor in time, otherwise you won’t scare someone...

What not to do with wormy mushrooms

Under no circumstances should you talk at the table about what you saw inside the mushroom. Suddenly, there are vegetarians next to you... Seriously, in fried mushrooms worms are invisible by sight, and even less so by taste. Problems are possible with mushroom noodles or soup. A worm can emerge from the broth at the most inopportune moment - on the plate of a respected guest, for example. To avoid unpleasant surprises, it is better to filter the broth.

And for dessert, I offer you an excerpt from Vladimir Soloukhin’s wonderful book “The Third Hunt,” which I read a lot as a child.

You admire your find, but your soul is restless. He is beautiful, but he can be eaten by a worm. You cut it, and inside there is rot, or if not rot, then everything is filled with countless holes and tiny white worms. You'll be in last hope cut off the white wheels from the root: maybe there are no worms closer to the cap. This is the last cut, close to the cap, but even here there are wormhole holes. All that remains is to cut the cap itself. You cut it and throw it on the ground. The prey, it turns out, is not yours. Even earlier, nasty forest flies found that mushroom and made it their prey, laying eggs, from which even more nasty forest worms now hatched.

But when you cut the mushroom close to the ground and see that the root meat is as white and pure as sour cream or lard, then your heart will skip a beat for the second time. And it turns out that you found one mushroom, as it were, twice, and experienced double the joy of hunting from it.

There is probably no person who has never been to the forest. Some people go there just to relax, take a walk or breathe fresh air. And someone goes and “hunt”, in this case we mean “ silent hunt", i.e. picking mushrooms. And everything would be fine, but not everything is so smooth here. Sometimes, you start cutting a mushroom to put in a basket, and you see - it’s wormy! Is it worth taking such “prey” home? What’s the best enroll? And in general, is it possible to eat wormy mushrooms? You will now learn about this and much more.

Is it possible to eat wormy mushrooms?

Most are more inclined to believe that there is nothing dangerous in this. The worm is not a fool bad mushroom there won't be any food. To some extent this is true. After all, there are quite a few intact mushrooms in the forest, therefore, even with industrial harvesting, specimens that are less than half damaged by worms are considered quite suitable for consumption. Of course, before sending them to store shelves, they subject the mushrooms to special processing. Therefore, if you decide to collect mushrooms for yourself, then you should not take wormy ones. Follow the rule - less is more. Otherwise, you may have a problem with how to protect uninfected mushrooms from worms. After all, the larvae are so voracious that they can quickly destroy all your “prey” collected in the forest.

What to do with wormy mushrooms?

If you still decide to collect them, then cut off all the areas damaged by the larvae. This way you will have at least some guarantee that other good mushrooms will not be harmed. When you get home, if possible, process them immediately. To do this, cut each wormy mushroom into pieces and place it in highly salted water for several hours. This way all the larvae will come out.

If you decide not to take a wormy mushroom, then under no circumstances throw it on the ground. It’s better to put it on a branch or pin it on a stick with the spores facing down. In this position, it will not rot, but will dry out - the spores will begin to gather dust, and soon new foci of mycelium will appear nearby. There is another plus to this. Dried mushroom in the cold winter time will serve as excellent food for animals. The forest inhabitants will only thank you.

The white mushroom is wormy. What to do?

It is considered the most desirable prey not only for humans, but also for worms. It usually grows in groups. Therefore, when you find one mushroom, be sure to look around; most likely, you will find several more. Harvesting an undamaged crop is great luck! But most often, such mushrooms have already been tasted by worms or other forest inhabitants.

But don’t be upset, this doesn’t mean that they aren’t worth collecting. You just need to remember a few rules. Worms damage White mushroom, usually from a tubular layer. Therefore, before putting it in the basket, lightly cut the center of the cap. If there are no worms there, then you can safely take it. If you still find passages and larvae in the cut, then to be sure, check the stem of the mushroom. Perhaps it will still be untouched.

So let's conclude: is it possible to eat wormy mushrooms? As has already become clear, there is no clear answer to this question. If the mushrooms are not severely damaged by worms, then they can be eaten. Just before processing, you definitely need to soak them in But if the mushroom is not only wormy, but also old, it is advisable to leave such a specimen in the forest. Otherwise, they can get poisoned. Therefore, it is up to you to decide whether you can eat wormy mushrooms or whether it would be better to refuse them.

The white ones have been in the refrigerator since Sunday, unprocessed)) I took them out now, and there were white worms in them.. brrr..

Lots and lots and lots of meat in mushroom sauce. To rid mushrooms of worms, you need to soak them (mushrooms) in salt water. The worms will come out and float to the surface. They will leave the mushrooms.
There will be mushrooms with meat.

No one has died yet.

nothing means edible
Place in salted water, but in general mushrooms are a delicate product. they need to be processed immediately.
You'll probably get poisoned. But it can also be like in fruits - wormy means good, tasty)))))
You should be afraid of worms, not which you eat, but which will eat you :)))))))))
Nothing will happen...)))

They sell no better in stores!

Pavel Sokolovsky: notes for mushroom pickers, part 3

How to take mushrooms correctly: cut or twist?
This is a sore point. There are mushroom pickers here, so many opinions. Here's what the doctor writes about this: biological sciences L.V. Garibova: “Mushroom pickers are often concerned with the question: how to properly collect mushrooms - cut or twist? The answer is simple: mushrooms should be collected, whichever is more convenient. Tubular mushrooms are easier to twist, they have a dense stem, and lamellar mushrooms should be cut off, since their stem is hollow is very fragile and will crumble if you try to unscrew it. The main thing is not to dig up the forest floor, so as not to damage the delicate thin mycelium located in it. The hole formed after the mushroom has been removed must be covered with earth or litter. With such precautions, the mycelium on this the place will bear fruit many times again."
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What to do if the mushroom turns out to be wormy?
If, after cutting a mushroom, you see that it is wormy, you can proceed in three ways.
Firstly, you don’t have to take it at all. In this case, leaving the mushroom on the ground, and even turning the cap upside down, as is sometimes done, is not worth it. Experienced mushroom pickers advise placing the cap of a wormy mushroom on spruce branch, or prick it dry, “spores down.” At the same time, the cap does not rot, but dries, ripens and spreads dust over a large area (you'll see that several new foci of mycelium will appear). In addition, the mushroom dries and in winter, at the most hungry time, it may please some hare, squirrel or bird. Your work is 5 seconds, but the benefits are great. If each mushroom picker gets at least 20-30 “pricks” per trip, then there will be more and more mushrooms.
Secondly, you can cut it into two halves along the entire length from the top of the cap to the end of the stem and see if the entire mushroom has become wormy. If it turns out that the cap is clean, you can cut off the stem and take only two halves of the cap.
Thirdly, you can take the whole wormy mushroom if it is not completely flabby and old. At home, you need to cut it and put it in highly salted water for several hours (1-2 tablespoons of salt per medium-sized pan). After such a “bath”, all the larvae will crawl out of the mushroom. Then the salt water should be drained and the mushrooms should be washed thoroughly. The disadvantage of this method is that although the larvae crawl out, their waste products may remain in the mushroom.
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How to “reliably” distinguish a non-poisonous mushroom from a poisonous one?
There is only one correct way - to examine the mushroom and determine its type by characteristic features. There are no other reliable methods. However, to reduce risks, it is advisable to remember the following tips:
1. Never collect or eat those mushrooms that have a tuberous thickening at the base of the stem, surrounded by a shell (pale toadstool, fly agaric). Attention: collect mushrooms only with a whole stem, so as not to lose sight of this important sign!
2. Never taste mushrooms or lick them. So you still won’t be able to determine anything, and poison (even in microscopic doses) can cause significant harm to the body.
3. If you have even the slightest doubt about the “edibility” of a mushroom, it is better to throw it away.
4. Try not to pick mushrooms after a long period and hot weather - during drought they lose water, their metabolism changes, which leads to the formation of unpleasant toxins even in noble mushrooms.
5. Do not collect old, spoiled, rotten, soft, overripe mushrooms. The balance of substances in them is disturbed.
6. Don’t trust drawn pictures of mushrooms in books - as a rule, they are far from reality.
(See also the question about external toxins and radiation below.)
There are very dangerous, but, unfortunately, deeply rooted misconceptions about supposedly “reliable” methods of identifying poisonous mushrooms. You need to know them, never use them, and warn your friends and neighbors about the danger.
Attention: the methods below are dangerous to life! They must not be used under any circumstances!
Misconception 1. “Poisonous mushrooms can be identified using a silver spoon or onion.”
Mountain experts say that if you put a silver spoon in a saucepan with soaked mushrooms, then, if there are poisonous mushrooms, the spoon will turn black, and if you put an onion, it will turn brown. This is wrong. This testing method is similar to checking a gas leak with a burning match - it works until the first (and last) explosion.
Misconception 2. “Insects do not eat poisonous mushrooms”
Allegedly, if a mushroom is thoroughly gnawed by a snail, this indicates its suitability for food. This is wrong. The human body is very different from the insect body, and what is suitable for snail food can be deadly for humans.
Misconception 3. “Poisonous mushrooms become edible after salting or pickling.”
This is completely untrue. Death cap can send you to the next world both in salted and pickled form.
Misconception 4. “The poison from mushrooms can be removed by boiling them for several hours.”
This is a dangerous mistake. The poisons of most mushrooms are heat-resistant and it is impossible to turn a toadstool into a honey fungus by boiling.
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Wormy white mushroom

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It also happens: you see a beautiful porcini mushroom, you take it out of the earth, and its beauty and taste qualities our competitors have already appreciated the worms. It's a shame, the mushroom is young and strong and has already been completely eaten away. In such cases, I unscrew the stem and (if the cap is not very touched by worms) I take the mushroom. For drying, it’s even okay. The photo shows the side of the mushroom stalk eaten away by worms.

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Ducky

")">1- 08.06.2012 - 11:05

It all depends on how wormy the mushroom is. If the old one is wormy, then definitely throw it away. And if they are strong, then it’s not worth it. I cut them up and let them dry, the worms fall out on their own and I get beautiful dried mushrooms. In warm weather, mushrooms are often worm-eaten. So there may not be any protein at all.)

")">2- 08.06.2012 - 11:40

1-Ducky >and so do we. Only for drying it is better to lay them out on some kind of hole-lattice surface. Most of the worms (uncut) will fall out. You can probably try the method - on the way back from Mezmay we collected some and put them in bags. It was hot in the car, and when I looked into the bag of mushrooms, all the worms had come out and were sticking out from the bottom of the cap, like cloves that were steamed in the bag. It would be very easy to remove them at this point. Aquarium fish love them very much. If they are mushrooms, it is very unpleasant when missed worms swim along with the mushrooms. Most can be removed by rinsing in a colander with large holes. So don't throw it away next time

Dr_Nick_Riviera

")">3- 08.06.2012 - 12:17

Thanks for answers.

Yes, in principle, to hell with them and worms (I’m not squeamish).. can you get poisoned from such mushrooms (if you don’t dry them, or boil them)?

Ducky

")">4- 08.06.2012 - 12:59

2-opal >And I’m over the gas stove, drying, stringing. So they fall out on the stove, I then sweep them up and... throw them away, there are no fish.)

3-Dr_Nick_Riviera >Yes, there seem to be no consequences. People joke “mushrooms with protein, delicious”) But I don’t really like floating ones. When frying, you really can’t see them :) But the very fact that I know that they are there stops me :))) So, only if I’m very hungry then I forget and eat.)

Mitusov Evgeniy RZ6AVM

")">5- 08.06.2012 - 13:10

Not the worms that we eat, but the ones that eat us!!!

viktorovic

")">6- 08.06.2012 - 20:16

5-Mitusov Evgeniy RZ6AVM > Don’t be too creepy, otherwise the question will follow: “Won’t mushroom worms eat someone from the inside...?”

I think that everything depends on the degree of damage to the fungus by larvae, and on the method of processing. And depending on what kind of mushroom it is. I don’t need a wormy one at all, but if the white one is slightly touched by a wormhole, it will go for drying....

")">7- 09.06.2012 - 08:14

3-Dr_Nick_Riviera >if the mushroom is not old and not eaten away like a sieve, it smells nice, then it’s okay. For me too, you’ll pick mushrooms, and even before you bring them home (the worms eat them with incredible speed, it seems like when I cut them, there was nothing, until I brought them in - some kind of bad thing, and the smell was spoiled). out of 10, one or two remain. You can cook it, not necessarily just for drying

Panda

")">8- 09.06.2012 - 13:11

Dip the mushrooms into salt water, after a while the worms will appear at the bottom of the basin.

Mirror

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")">9- 10.06.2012 - 13:04

Summary: of course it’s better without worms because... You can also be seriously poisoned by a wormy mushroom - the waste products of the worm. BUT(!!!) I, like everyone else, sometimes take wormy ones. There are only two rules for collection and processing:

1 already said by Irisha Opal: smell. If a wormy mushroom smells good, it means it hasn’t gone bad yet. You can take it. At home you will still have to smell it to see if it has spoiled on the road.

2 already said by Panda. If the mushroom is not to be dried, it is filled with very salty water. All the worms run away :) Then you can fry, boil, preserve: there are no worms in such mushrooms anymore :)

Pekubo

")">10- 10.06.2012 - 21:46

8-Panda > Thanks for the advice, today I filled the entire catch with salt water, it really helped!)) The mushrooms are almost clean, but there were some larvae, they all settled in the basin.

")">11- 25.08.2012 - 15:38

I adopted salt water. But drying mushrooms without preliminary heat treatment is a risky thing. After the mushrooms have turned to dust several times without having time to dry, I preheat them until boiling bubbles appear in the oven.

")">12- 27.08.2012 - 12:56

11-Remake >they dried out for me literally within a day under a fan directed strictly at them (which I did not turn off)

Mirror

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")">13- 27.08.2012 - 16:32

If wormy mushrooms are dried, then they will still spoil, no matter how quickly and at what temperature they are dried: in winter, larvae come to life in them and midges hatch. I have lost so many dry preparations, now I don’t risk drying the wormy ones. It’s better to freeze such mushrooms.

")">14- 27.08.2012 - 22:13

Wormy mushrooms should not be consumed, because it does not contain protein worms, which the natives eat on both cheeks, but more toxins, their waste products (toilet, etc.), so you decide what to eat - a house for worms or mushrooms.

Ducky

")">15- 29.08.2012 - 09:53

Yesterday everything disappeared again.

It’s not worth eating heavily wormy ones, that’s one hundred percent.

But since there are few pure mushrooms in the summer, it is natural that slightly wormy mushrooms are taken by almost all mushroom pickers.

May the mushroom gurus forgive me, but when hot dried in mushrooms, the larvae will not be able to come to life, they will bake.

I only freeze mushrooms that are not wormy, I don’t like to eat with worms, and then salty water will not help. And the slightly wormy ones go to drying. The worms all fall out. BUT I dry it with hot air, over a gas stove and in an electric dryer. During the time I dried the mushrooms, they never rotted and there were no insects of any kind. Dried mushrooms I store it in glass jars, closed with a nylon lid. They are stored for two years. Once I had a 1.5 liter jar sitting there for three years and forgot about it. Everything is fine, no rotten parts and no insects.

Panda

")">16- 29.08.2012 - 18:20

15-Ducky. I agree, the larvae are unlikely to come to life, then the moth will start if it is not in a jar.

Wormy mushrooms. To eat or not to eat - that is the question...

We are not the only ones who appreciate mushrooms. Every creature loves them, both running, flying and crawling. And living in the mushroom itself. Today we’ll talk about them, who take away our spoils. Insects, by the way, benefit mushrooms more than people - worms eat the mushroom and carry the spores into the ground, thereby helping the mycelium spread.

But what to do with wormy mushrooms? Throwing it away is a pity, leaving it is scary, in case we get poisoned... Let's figure it out.

Where do worms come from in mushrooms?

Worms, that is, insect larvae, hatch from eggs laid by various types of flies and fungus gnats. Some live in an apple, some in a raspberry, and some mushrooms I like it better. Thicker and tougher worms are found in mushrooms - wireworms (larvae of click beetles). Insects prefer to fly when it is dry and sunny, so the likelihood of encountering a wormy mushroom is higher in good weather.

Is it possible to get poisoned by wormy mushrooms?

Yes, if this mushroom is poisonous. There is a myth that worms do not grow in poisonous mushrooms. This is a dangerous misconception. Very and completely safe chanterelles and hedgehogs are not wormy. On the other hand, pigs easily worm, which cannot be eaten without boiling.

Themselves worms do not make the mushroom poisonous. Speculation that one can be poisoned by “worm waste products” has no basis. Do you know what propolis is? — That’s right, also a product of the vital activity of an insect (bee).

What to do with wormy mushrooms

Three options for your choice:
1. Leave the mushroom for the worms to finish eating. At least let them be happy. This is what I do with heavily wormy, already rotten mushrooms. You can throw their caps under the trees at the dacha, maybe a mycelium will start.
2. Pretend we didn't notice them.
3. Drive out of the mushroom. There are two ways to expel it: soak the coarsely chopped mushroom for 1-2 hours in salt water. Or dry the mushroom. As soon as the mushroom begins to wilt, the worms will fall out of it. Don’t forget to sweep the floor in time, otherwise you won’t scare someone...
What not to do with wormy mushrooms

Do not under any circumstances talk about what you saw at the table. inside mushroom. Suddenly, there are vegetarians next to you... Seriously, worms in mushrooms are invisible in appearance, and even less so in taste. Problems are possible with mushroom noodles or soup. A worm can emerge from the broth at the most inopportune moment - on the plate of a respected guest, for example. To avoid unpleasant surprises, it is better to filter the broth.

And for dessert, I offer you an excerpt from Vladimir Soloukhin’s wonderful book “The Third Hunt,” which I read a lot as a child.

You admire your find, but your soul is restless. He is beautiful, but he can be eaten by a worm. You cut it, and inside there is rot, or if not rot, then everything is filled with countless holes and tiny white worms. You will be in your last hope to cut off the white wheels from the root: maybe there are no worms closer to the cap. This is the last cut, close to the cap, but even here there are wormhole holes. All that remains is to cut the cap itself. You cut it and throw it on the ground. The prey, it turns out, is not yours. Even earlier, nasty forest flies found that mushroom and made it their prey, laying eggs, from which even more nasty forest worms now hatched.
But when you cut the mushroom close to the ground and see that the root meat is as white and pure as sour cream or lard, then your heart will skip a beat for the second time. And it turns out that you found one mushroom, as it were, twice, and experienced double the joy of hunting from it.

The second most important mushroom is nigella, or milk mushroom. This mushroom is not particularly suitable for frying, only as an additive, due to its pungent taste. But, soaked and salted, it is a rare delicacy with extraordinary deliciousness. This fungus is especially good with potatoes, and you can pour a glass with such a snack! Black milk mushrooms are collected in the fall - during this period the forest is especially magnificent - there is no summer stuffiness, the air is filled with the smell of flying leaves. behind black mushroom- pleasure. You just need to take a stick. The fruiting bodies of the mushrooms are hidden under fallen leaves, often near the very trunk of birch trees (nigella has a symbiosis with birch); they are dark, earthy in color. It can be quite difficult to notice them. Main -

take a closer look - and collect as much as you need for salting. And how pleasant this mushroom is to the touch - cool, with a rough cap, with reverse side covered with droplets of milky juice, tart smell.

The third most important mushroom is boletus. It is good because it can be found in the forest from the end of May to November. It happens that you go into the forest, and it’s dry there, there’s no smell of mushrooms - and suddenly you come across a clearing with boletus mushrooms. You'll get some for frying, good! Boletus mushrooms can be frozen and dried; they are nutritious and well digestible due to their relatively low fiber content. Boletuses are found not only under birch trees - they are also found under aspens and oaks. The downside of boletus is that it is very often wormy. In autumn, boletus mushrooms are denser than in summer.

Group of boletuses:

Large photo: http://floralworld.ru/gallery/albums/userpics/10003/Podberezovik1.jpg

You can often find beautiful huge slugs on boletus trees:

Large photo: http://floralworld.ru/gallery/albums/userpics/10003/Podberezovik3.jpg

About wormy mushrooms

Hello, we went mushroom picking, I picked up a whole bag of all sorts of boletus, baby goats, boletus, I’m not a serious mushroom picker, I took what I know for sure is not poisonous.
At home, my wife began to cut my mushrooms into pieces and threw out more than half, complaining that they were wormy, I almost killed her, honestly... are they really not wormy? and even if they are wormy, then why should the worms that fed on this mushroom be thrown away along with the mushroom?
Explain what's wrong with wormy mushrooms? Apart from personal dislike, does this make mushrooms taste different?
Thank you.

But what to do with wormy mushrooms? Throwing it away is a pity, leaving it is scary, in case we get poisoned... Let's figure it out.

Where do worms come from in mushrooms?

Worms, that is, insect larvae, hatch from eggs laid by various types of flies and fungus gnats. Some live in an apple, some in a raspberry, and some mushrooms I like it better. Thicker and tougher worms are found in mushrooms - wireworms (larvae of click beetles). Insects prefer to fly when it is dry and sunny, so the likelihood of encountering a wormy mushroom is higher in good weather.

Is it possible to get poisoned by wormy mushrooms?

Themselves worms do not make the mushroom poisonous. Speculation that one can be poisoned by “worm waste products” has no basis. Do you know what propolis is? — That’s right, also a product of the vital activity of an insect (bee).

What to do with wormy mushrooms

Three options for your choice:

Leave the mushroom for the worms to finish eating. At least let them be happy. This is what I do with heavily wormy, already rotten mushrooms. You can throw their caps under the trees at the dacha, maybe a mycelium will start.
Pretend we didn't notice them.
Drive out of the mushroom. There are two ways to expel it: soak the coarsely chopped mushroom for 1-2 hours in salt water. Or dry the mushroom. As soon as the mushroom begins to wilt, the worms will fall out of it. Don’t forget to sweep the floor in time, otherwise you won’t scare someone...

What not to do with wormy mushrooms

Do not under any circumstances talk about what you saw at the table. inside mushroom. Suddenly, there are vegetarians next to you... Seriously, in fried mushrooms the worms are invisible in appearance, and even more so in taste. Problems are possible with mushroom noodles or soup. A worm can emerge from the broth at the most inopportune moment - on the plate of a respected guest, for example. To avoid unpleasant surprises, it is better to filter the broth.

And for dessert, I offer you an excerpt from Vladimir Soloukhin’s wonderful book “The Third Hunt,” which I read a lot as a child.

You admire your find, but your soul is restless. He is beautiful, but he can be eaten by a worm. You cut it, and inside there is rot, or if not rot, then everything is filled with countless holes and tiny white worms. You will be in your last hope to cut off the white wheels from the root: maybe there are no worms closer to the cap. This is the last cut, close to the cap, but even here there are wormhole holes. All that remains is to cut the cap itself. You cut it and throw it on the ground. The prey, it turns out, is not yours. Even earlier, nasty forest flies found that mushroom and made it their prey, laying eggs, from which even more nasty forest worms now hatched.

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