Collecting mushrooms and lichen is a permanent occupation for people in many corners of the world. Mushrooms are very tasty food, rich in protein and minerals. No wonder then, that they are the main component of many national dishes in various countries around the world. Zbierając i jedząc grzyby należy jednak zachowywać wielką ostrożność. Some of them may be deadly poisonous, Although they look confusingly resembled edible varieties. Even experienced mushroom pickers have fatal mistakes. Sometimes what is suitable for eating in one country is almost no different from the poisonous species found in another.
Edible mushrooms
There is no general rule to distinguish edible and poisonous mushrooms. The only way is to go to mushrooms with an experienced mushroom picker and learn to recognize one or two species each time, with particular emphasis on their places of occurrence. It is also worth getting to know poisonous mushrooms, Especially the most dangerous ones. Only healthy specimens should be collected from edible mushrooms. Here are some edible mushrooms.
Edible lubricant (Morchella esculenta) White mushroom; It grows in spring on sandy and clay soils under the cover of trees or in an open area.
Branch (Sparassis curly)
Autumn mushroom; Occurs in coniferous forests. It grows at the base of the tree trunks and on their roots. Releases an aniseful smell, and the taste resembles a village nut.
Purchawka (Lycoperdon has been perlatum)
It can be found in the summer and autumn in the fields and meadows. Young mushrooms taste best, About white pedestrian.
Orange (Aleuria aurantia)
I need sun, Therefore, it can be found on sunny forest glades or meadows. It grows in autumn. Suitable for food, But it's actually tasteless.
Leaf sail (Frondosa tap)
Meeting from spring to autumn in deciduous forests. It has a typical smell for hat mushrooms and a sweet taste.
Liver fistulin
It grows most often on oak trunks. His red fruiting bodies eaten raw have a bitter taste. The tastiest stewed, after soaking.
Other edible mushrooms
Mushrooms of the genus Boletus have the shape and pillow typical for hat mushrooms instead of a hat. Most species of this type are edible, has an excellent taste. Few varieties of this kind are inedible, But it's easy to get to know the tart taste, they have tried raw, and after an orange color of the shaft and pillows under the hat. You should collect varieties with yellow or cream pillows. Mushrooms, that is, mushrooms growing on tree trunks are usually suitable, Although they are often very hard and tasteless. All mushrooms collected in the forest or in the meadow should be cooked before eating, To neutralize small amounts of toxins, which often occur in them. You have to remember at the same time, that cooking poisonous mushrooms will not cause, that they will be suitable for food.
Mushroom species are growing in various regions, Therefore, you need to know those on your own area or where we go.
Edible lichen
These plants often grow on the rocks. They are resistant to sharp climatic conditions occurring, for example, in the Arctic or mountainous regions. There are actually no poisonous lichen, but before eating all you have to soak overnight and cook for a long time, to deprive them of harmful acids.
Reindeer scratch (Cladonia Rangiefina)
This extremely resistant to difficult climatic conditions is found in arctic areas. Resembles reindeer antlers, Hence its name. Before eating, the plant should be soaked for several hours, and then cook for a long time.
Rock tripes
This nutritious lichen occurs in the northern countries of the moderate zone and in Arctic areas. Before cooking, it must be soaked in water.
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