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Honey mushrooms among other types of mushrooms are considered the most popular for collection. Indeed, on one rotten stump or a fallen tree, you can collect several buckets or baskets at once. The main thing is to find this stump and start the monotonous but pleasant work of cutting them.

The most important thing for any mushroom picker is knowing the time of the mushroom picking season in the forests of Russia and a description of their appearance. Knowing all this information, as well as the timing of the growth of different types of mushrooms, you can safely go to the forest for a "quiet hunt". However, there are some nuances here: the growth of honey agarics depends on weather conditions.

The season for collecting forest and meadow mushrooms

It is worth saying that the season of forest mushrooms begins in May, when spring mushrooms appear. Next come summer mushrooms and meadow mushrooms, which grow from June to August. Although these mushrooms are considered edible, they are not as popular as fall mushrooms. But the season of autumn honey agarics begins from the end of August and lasts all September, October, almost until the first days of November. Mushroom pickers call the best time to harvest these fruit bodies in September and the first decade of October.

Honey mushrooms in all respects are the most practical and convenient mushrooms. They can be found on the territory of almost all of Russia, in all forests and forest plantations. In addition, it is not difficult to look for them, because they grow in large colonies in forest clearings, settling on rotten stumps or fallen tree trunks. That is why it is pleasant to collect them for all mushroom pickers.

The main factor when the honey agaric season begins is summer and autumn rains. If, after long rains, warm and sunny weather sets in, then literally in 7 days go to the forest for mushrooms. We assure you that you will never return from the "quiet hunt" empty-handed. Honey mushrooms are especially appreciated in Russian cuisine: you can cook any dish from them. These fruiting bodies are so versatile that they undergo all processing and preparation processes. Even when cooked, these mushrooms do not lose their nutritional properties.

Experienced mushroom pickers, often visiting deciduous or coniferous forests, know where to look for mushrooms. Often these mushrooms settle not only on fallen trees, forest clearings and on large fallen branches. They are sometimes found on healthy trees or at the base of the roots. Once you find a family of honey agarics on a stump, you can return there several times in a row, since these mushrooms do not like to "jump" from place to place.

Already in the second half of October, the average daily air temperature drops by several degrees, small night frosts begin, and the mushroom season is waning.

For novice mushroom pickers, I would like to note that edible mushrooms are different from false ones. Every good mushroom has a film on the stem that looks like a "skirt". This veil was the protection of the honey fungus at a young age and remains on the stalk even on mature mushrooms. In addition, the smell of inedible mushrooms is very unpleasant, with hints of rot.

Mushroom pickers, knowing when the mushroom season begins in the forest, also notice that having collected one harvest of these fruit bodies, a new one can be harvested in 4-6 days. For their growth rate, large colonies, and also for their versatility, mushroom pickers love to collect these fruiting bodies.

Honey mushrooms are considered parasitic fungi that infect a large number of different types of trees. These mushrooms have their own specific strategy: first, the dying tree is covered with a white coating. Experienced mushroom pickers, having discovered such a tree, will definitely take note of it, since in a year a large family of honey agarics will appear here. Even passing by the stump, do not be lazy, tear off the bark and find mycelium mushrooms, return to this place after a while and collect a whole basket.

Favorite trees of honey agarics are birch, oak, acacia and hazel. Sometimes in hard-to-reach places of the forest, especially where trees were felled, you can find plantations of stumps dotted with honey agarics. At one time in such a territory, mushroom pickers collect several buckets or large baskets of these fruit bodies.

When does the season for collecting winter mushrooms in the forest begin and when

However, at the end of October, autumn mushrooms end and the season of winter mushrooms begins. Is it really possible to pick mushrooms in the winter? Winter honey fungus is the latest type of mushrooms that are collected in the winter forest. These mushrooms are very bright, with an orange or red cap. The season for collecting honey agarics begins at the end of November and lasts until March inclusive. This species of honey agaric does not deteriorate even in the most severe frosts, but simply slows down its growth. As soon as the thaws begin, the mushrooms begin to grow again. But, it is worth noting that winter mushrooms grow on trees high above the ground. You will need a long stick with a hook to reach these fruiting bodies. It should be said that winter mushrooms never lose their vitamins and nutrients, even in severe frosts.

Lovers of "quiet hunting" in severe frosts should not go to the forest. The permissible norm for picking mushrooms in winter is considered to be a temperature of -5 to -10 ° C. When does the season of this species end in Russia? It depends on the weather conditions, but many people call the last month of winter - February.

Experienced mushroom pickers know that picking mushrooms near industrial plants is strictly prohibited. All fruit bodies have the ability to accumulate chemical elements and salts of heavy metals that are harmful and dangerous to the human body. Therefore, eating such mushrooms and endangering your health and life is an ill-considered risk.