Category: Mushrooms

The coral mushroom belongs to the exotic representatives of the forest kingdom. It is listed in the Red Book of Russia. The organism grows in deciduous and mixed forests, creating mycorrhiza with beech, birch or pine, less commonly found on alder and linden. It is sometimes found on sick and weak plants. Features:...

Edible spring mushrooms appear in forests, fields and gardens. Some of them grow only during certain months, while others are available to mushroom pickers all year round. Edible spring mushrooms Mushroom picking time in spring From the moment the snow melts, conditions for the development of mycelium appear. Fruit...

There is a type of mushroom that feeds on dead remains, and there are those that consume the nutrients of living organisms. Saprophytic fungi settle and feed on the remains of animals or plants (scavengers), or excrement. Description of saprophytic fungi Saprophytes Saprophytes are also bacteria,...

Honey mushrooms are common throughout Russia. They have a clearly visually separated cap and stem. The hat is small, saucer-shaped, elastic. The leg is thickened, fleshy, elongated cylindrical in shape. In this article you can get acquainted with the benefits and harms that honey agarics can bring....

When choosing mushrooms, more and more preference is given to champignons. There are many recipes for their preparation. Also, many are interested in whether raw mushrooms can be eaten and how safe it is. Introduction to the diet of raw champignons Features of the species This is the most common edible mushroom...

For self-cultivation of mushrooms from mycelium, you will need to acquire special equipment. When choosing suitable machines and installations, it is necessary to proceed from the capacity of the enterprise, which is determined by the volume of the substrate, the area of ​​cultivation and adjacent premises, the amount of finished products...

Amanita muscaria is also called leopard, and all thanks to its appearance. This mushroom is poisonous and has hallucinogenic properties, forms mycorrhiza with different species of coniferous and deciduous trees, but prefers oak and pine. Fruit bodies appear from July to October. Description of Amanita...

Not a single living organism on Earth possesses such properties as mushrooms. They are so complex that their kingdom has not yet been fully explored. Their classification, in contrast to that for plants or animals, is very interesting, if only because it takes into account the conventional division into "lower" and "higher" mushrooms...

Mushrooms in the forests of Russia amaze with their diversity. They grow in all its regions. Fans of "quiet hunting" with great pleasure spend their time in the cool thickets, where the whole families of autumn mushrooms grow on stumps and fallen trees in one place. They are good because different ways work for them....

This type of fungus grows throughout Russia, it can be found everywhere, since it is the most common mushroom. But unfortunately it is not possible to eat it, and in some publications it can be read that it is even poisonous. True, there are species that are allowed for use, but it will be very difficult to distinguish them....