murmur, snow thaws, the sun begins to burn pleasantly. All live hurries to show the activity, there came April! In April there are first snowdrops, and together with them and the first tasty edible fungi.
Morels are considered as the most important April mushrooms. These are true pioneers of a new season of mushrooms. In the middle of April on fertile sites of humous soil in various types of the forest these tasty edible fungi appear. They are subdivided into two views: real or ordinary and conic. Morels quite often grow on edges, places old gary, in landings, on cuttings, along roads. It is usually possible to meet only one fruit body of a morel on one place.
This month there are also lines ordinary. But, as we already wrote earlier, in Europe this mushroom is considered poisonous, and at us conditionally edible (because of our rather cool climate). Therefore, maybe, it is better not to tempt destiny and to look for something more edible in the forest?
During this time the real decoration of the wood edible fungi – a sarkotsifa cinnabaric red is considered. It impresses with the bright coloring, but, nevertheless, it can be eaten!
And now is more detailed about each April fungus.
- Morel
As we already wrote earlier, morels happen two types: real and conic. They prefer the broad-leaved and mixed woods and also like to grow on the open, warmed-up by the sun places: on glades, on edges, on coast of the rivers. The most interesting that morels take constant place residence. So if you found a small clearing with morels, then and next year can mushroom safely there. At the same time they grow not on one, and small groups that doubly pleases mushroom pickers. Morels can be recognized by their unusual hat at once: roundish, with cells of irregular shape, color most often ocherous, brownish, but maybe brownish. The mushroom has pleasant taste.
- Strochok
Lines love pine forests, lodge on sandy soils and cuttings. These mushrooms happen two types: ordinary and huge. A hat at a line with twisting folds, wrinkled, usually brownish color, but are also light brown. We do not forget that the strochok is considered conditionally edible fungi as it contains toxin. Therefore if you after all decided to gather strochok, then process them correctly. To reduce toxin level. Begin to cook mushrooms in a large amount of water, in 15 minutes merge broth and wash out mushrooms in flowing water.
- Bright red Sarkostsifa
Having met such mushroom in the forest, not everyone will take it for edible, but everyone will admire beauty of this mushroom. Sarkotsifa possesses in bright red color (and red is associated at us with danger), reminds small and graceful glasses. The mushroom appears in April and fructifies to the middle of May. Grows on the decaying wood, on the fallen-down branches. Sarkostsifa is edible, but has no mushroom taste. Therefore whether just it is better to admire her in the forest?