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Raincoats are a group of mushrooms that unites about 60 species. They form spores not on the plates and in the tubes, but inside the fruit bodies under the shell. Hence their second name is nutreviki. In a ripe mushroom, many spores are formed, which are sprayed when the shell is broken. If you step on a mature mushroom, it explodes with a small bomb and sprays a dark brown spore powder. For this, he is also called a dust collector.

The most common forms are a pear-shaped raincoat, an ordinary raincoat and a prickly raincoat. They grow both in coniferous and deciduous forests, in meadows, on forest floor, on rotten stumps.

The fungus grows on noticeable mycelium cords. Its shell is creamy or white with thorns. The pulp of young mushrooms is dense, white or grayish, with a strong odor; in mature mushrooms, it is dark. Spore powder of dark olive color.

The pulp of a young raincoat is so dense that it can be used as a plaster. Under the shell, it remains completely sterile.

The fruit body is pear-shaped, ovoid, round-shaped. The mushroom grows up to 10 cm long and 6 cm in diameter. There may not be a false leg.

This mushroom is edible only at a young age, when the spores have not yet formed, and the pulp is white. It can be used in various dishes without boiling.

Site selection and preparation

To grow mushrooms, you should choose an area with thin grass, slightly shaded by trees.

It must correspond to the natural habitat of the mushrooms.

At the selected site, they dig a trench 30 cm deep, 2 m long. Leaves of aspen, poplar, birch, willow are poured into it.

Then the branches of the same trees are laid. The branches should be laid with a thickness of no more than 2 cm. They are well tamped and filled with water. Then a layer of turf soil 5 cm thick is poured. Moreover, the land should be taken from the place where the raincoats grow.

Sowing mycelium

The spores of the fungus can simply be scattered onto moist prepared soil. Then water and cover with branches.

Growing and harvesting

The garden bed should be watered regularly, not allowing it to dry out. Waterlogging does not threaten the mycelium. It is better to water it with rain or well water. The mycelium is overgrown one month after sowing the spores. Thin white threads become visible in the soil. After the formation of the mycelium, the bed must be mulched with last year's foliage.

The first mushrooms appear the next year after planting. When collecting them, they should be carefully removed from the mycelium. Raincoat spores should be sown periodically so that they bear fruit constantly.