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Mass mushroom picking begins in September. In addition to such common and beloved ones as boletus, mushrooms, aspen and boletus, in the first autumn month in the forests you can also find quite rare species. These include collibia, lepista, varnish, melanoleuca, tremelodon and many others. Be careful: at this time in the Moscow region and other regions there are a lot of inedible varieties, so if in doubt, it is better not to put unfamiliar mushrooms in your basket.

In September, many people with the whole family and individually during this period go on a mushroom hunt. Such trips to the forest warm the soul and cause a wonderful mood. Amazing colorful autumn landscapes of Russian nature are very generously described and sung by our poets and writers.

Edible mushrooms that grow in September

Spruce peel (Gomphidius glutinosus).

One of the first to grow in the fall is moss. They may appear earlier, but it is in September that the peak of their growth is observed. To collect them, you need a basket or a separate compartment in the basket, as they stain all other mushrooms. Interestingly, these mushrooms grow in the forest in September in almost the same places as porcini mushrooms, but later by half a month or a month.

Habitat: on soil and forest floor in coniferous, especially spruce forests, they grow in groups or singly.

Season: June - October.

The hat has a diameter of 4-10 cm, sometimes it reaches 14 cm, fleshy, at first convex-conical with bent edges, later spread out. A distinctive feature of the species is a mucous gray-lilac or gray-brown cap covered with a mucous membrane of thin filamentous fibers, as well as the conical nature of the plates running down the stem and the presence of yellow spots at the base of the stem. The skin is easily removed completely.

The leg is 4-10 cm high, 8 to 20 mm thick, sticky, whitish, with characteristic yellowish spots, especially pronounced near the base. As the fungus grows, this film breaks and forms a brownish mucous ring on the stem.

Pulp: whitish, soft and fragile, odorless and slightly sour in taste.

The plates are adherent, rare, highly branched, descend along the stem along a conical surface. The color of the plates in young mushrooms is whitish, later gray and then blackish.

Variability. The color of the cap can vary from gray-lilac, brownish-purple to brownish. In mature mushrooms, black spots appear on the cap.

Similar species. The description of the spruce bark is similar to the pink bough (Gomphidius roseus), which is distinguished by the coral-reddish color of the cap.

Edibility: good edible mushrooms, but it is necessary to remove the sticky skin from them, they can be boiled, fried, preserved.

Edible, 3rd category.

Collybia is wood-loving, light form (Collybia dryophilla, f. Albidum).

Habitat: mixed and coniferous forests, on forest floor, in moss, on rotting wood, stumps and roots, grow in groups, often in witch circles.

Season: these mushrooms grow in the Moscow region from May to September.

The hat has a diameter of 2-6 cm, sometimes up to 7 cm, at first it is convex with a lowered edge, later spread out, flat, often with a wavy edge. A distinctive feature of the species is the light color of the cap: whitish, or white-cream, or white-pink. The center area may be slightly brighter.

Leg 3-7 cm high, 3-6 mm thick, cylindrical, widened near the base, hollow inside, pinkish or yellow-cream on top, darker at the base - reddish or brownish, pubescent.

The pulp is thin, whitish, with a weak mushroom odor and a pleasant taste.

The plates are creamy or yellowish, adherent. Short free plates are located between the adherent plates.

Variability: the color of the cap is variable depending on the maturity of the mushroom, the month and the humidity of the season - from white-cream to pinkish-cream.

Similar species. Collibia les-loving is similar in shape and basic color to inedible Collybia distorta, which can be distinguished by a uniformly colored yellow-orange cap.

Cooking methods: cooking, frying, canning.

Edible, 4th category.

White corkscrew (Pluteus pellitus).

Habitat: on decaying deciduous wood, on decaying sawdust, they grow in groups or singly.

Season: these mushrooms grow from June to September.

The hat has a diameter of 3-7 cm, at first bell-shaped, then convex and then outstretched, almost flat. A distinctive feature of the species is a whitish cap with a small tubercle with a brownish tint, as well as a whitish cylindrical stem. The cap is radially fibrous, the edges are slightly lighter.

The leg has a height of 4-8 cm, a thickness of 4 to 10 mm, cylindrical, longitudinally fibrous, hard, solid, at first white, later grayish, or ash-cream, sometimes yellowish, slightly thickened at the base.

Pulp: white, soft, thin, odorless.

The plates are frequent, wide, notched or loose, white, later pinkish or creamy.

Variability. The color of the cap varies from whitish to gray-white, and the tubercle varies from yellowish to brownish.

Similar species. The white pike is similar in description to the golden yellow ply (Pluteus luteovirens), which is distinguished by a change in the color of the cap in adult specimens to golden yellow and has a darker brown center.

Edibility: only the caps are edible, they are boiled, fried, pickled, dried.

These September mushrooms are edible and belong to the 4th category.

Tremelodon.

The appearance of tremellodons, tremors, merulius testifies to the imminent approach of a real cool autumn season. These mushrooms are translucent, in composition they resemble a semi-solid, translucent jellied meat. They grow on stumps or branches.

Tremellodon gelatinous (Exidia Tremellodon gelatinosum).

Habitat: on decaying wood and coniferous stumps covered with moss, less often on deciduous species. A rare species listed in some regional Red Data Books.

Season: July - September.

The fruiting body has an eccentric lateral peduncle. The size of the cap is from 2 to 7 cm. A distinctive feature of the species is a jellylike wavy petal-type fruit body of lilac or yellowish-violet color with white spines on the back of the cap. The edges of the cap are pubescent, spruce.

The leg is lateral, oval in section, 0.5-3 cm high, 2-5 mm thick, whitish, gelatinous.

Pulp: gelatinous, yellowish-gray, with a peppery taste.

Variability. The color of the fruiting body can vary mainly from the humidity and rainy season from lilac to lilac-brown.

Similar species. Tremelodon gelatinous is so characteristic due to its unusual wavy shape and translucent purple consistency of the fruiting body that it is easily identifiable. Cooking methods: These mushrooms are used to make hot spices. In China and Korea, they are bred and eaten raw or made with hot sauces.

Edible, 4th category.

Lepista dirty, or titmouse (Lepista sordida).

Habitat: deciduous and coniferous forests, in parks, vegetable gardens, orchards, usually grow singly. A rare species listed in the Red Book in some regions of Russia, the status is 3R.

Season: June - September.

The cap is thin, has a diameter of 3-5 cm, sometimes up to 7 cm, at first it is convex-rounded, later flat-spread, broadly bell-shaped. A distinctive feature of the species is the gray-pink-violet color of the cap, the presence of a flat tubercle in the center and a brownish tint in its central area, as well as in young specimens, edges curled downward, and later simply slightly downward.

Leg 3-7 cm high, 4-9 mm thick, cylindrical, solid, dirty brownish-purple.

The flesh of the September mushroom is soft, gray-lilac or grayish-purple, with a mild taste and almost odorless.

Plates are frequent, at first accrete, later notched-accrete. Short free plates are located between the main attached plates.

Variability: the color of the cap varies from lilac to lilac and purple. In most specimens, the caps are uniformly colored with a slight increase in the violet tint near the tubercle. However, there are specimens in which the central zone is lighter than the rest, purple-lilac or lilac.

Similar species. Lepista dirty, or titmouse, is similar to purple rows (Lepista nuda), which are also edible, but differ in a thick, rather than thin, fleshy cap, large size and the presence of a pungent odor in the pulp.

Cooking methods: boiled, fried.

Edible, 4th category.

Melanoleuca.

Melanoleuca is similar to russula, but differs in pulp color and smell.

Melanoleuca short-legged (Melanoleuca brevipes).

Habitat: deciduous and mixed forests, as well as in clearings, grow in groups.

Season: September - November.

The cap has a diameter of 4-12 cm, at first convex, later convex-outstretched with a blunt tubercle, later almost flat. A distinctive feature of the species is a dirty yellow or nutty cap with a darker center.

Stem short, 3-6 cm high, 7-20 mm thick, cylindrical, slightly widened near the base, at first gray, later brown.

The pulp is brownish, later brownish, with a powdery odor.

The plates are frequent, adherent, at first creamy, later yellowish.

Variability: the color of the cap varies from gray-yellowish to gray-brown, often with an olive tint.

Similar species. Melanoleuca short-footed by description is similar to inedible melanoleuca melaleucawhich has a long smooth stem.

Cooking methods: boiled, fried.

Edible, 4th category.

Large lacquer (Laccaria proxima).

Habitat: mixed and deciduous forests, grow in groups or singly.

Season: September - November.

The cap has a diameter of 2-8 cm, at first it is semi-spherical, later convex and convex-outstretched with a slightly depressed center. A distinctive feature of the species is the reddish-brown or lilac-brown color of the cap with a small depression in the center.

Stem 2-8 cm high, 3-9 mm thick, cylindrical, creamy at first, later creamy pink and brown. The upper part of the leg is more intensely colored. The surface of the pedicle is fibrous and pubescent near the base.

The pulp is light brown, without a specific taste and smell.

The plates are of medium frequency, adherent, at first cream-colored, creamy-lilac.

Variability: the cap color of these September mushrooms ranges from light orange to reddish brown.

Similar species. Large in appearance and color, varnish can be confused with the sharpest inedible lactarius (Lactarius acerrimus). You can distinguish the milkman by its characteristic fruity smell and by the presence of milky juice.

Cooking methods: cooking, frying, canning.

Edible, 4th category.

Below you will find out what other mushrooms are collected in September in the Moscow region and other Russian regions.

Other edible mushrooms growing in September

Also in September, the following mushrooms are harvested:

• Autumn mushrooms
• Rows
• Hericiums
• Raincoats
• Cobwebs
• Milk mushrooms
• Millers
• Chanterelles
• Russula
• White mushrooms
• Aspen boletus
• Boletus.

Next, you will find out what inedible mushrooms grow in the forest in September.

Inedible September mushrooms

Otydea.

Otydea are more resistant to frost than other fungi due to their structure. These mushrooms consist of fruiting bodies in the form of thick yellowish films.

Otidea donkey (Otidea onotica).

Habitat: on forest floor in mixed forests, growing in groups.

Season: September - November.

The fruit body has a size of 2 to 8 cm, a height of 3 to 10 cm.A distinctive feature of the species is a yellow-straw, yellow-orange fruit body with upwardly elongated parts, similar to donkey ears. The outer surface has a granular or powdery coating. The inside is yellow-brown. Rust stains appear on the outer surface over time.

Base of the fruiting body: leg-shaped.

Pulp: brittle, thin, light yellow. Variability. The color of the fruiting body can vary from light brown to yellow-orange.

Similar species. Otidea donkey is similar in color to the graceful otidea (Otidea concinna), which is distinguished by a bowl-shaped shape.

These September mushrooms are inedible.

Mycena.

There are especially many mitzenes in September. They cover ever larger surfaces of stumps and rotting trees. Moreover, they differ in a variety of colors - from bright burgundy to pale cream.

Mycena Abramsii.

Habitat: on stumps and dead wood, mainly of deciduous species, they grow in groups.

Season: July - September.

The hat has a diameter of 1-4 cm, first bell-shaped, then convex. A distinctive feature of the species is a yellowish-pink or pinkish-cream-colored cap with a furrowed and lighter white-cream edge, strongly lumpy in the center.

Stem 4-7 cm high, 2-5 mm thick, cylindrical, smooth, at first creamy or light brown, later grayish-brownish, darker at the base. The peduncle often has white hairs at the base.

The pulp is thin, light creamy.

The plates are of medium frequency, notched-grown, wide, whitish with a flesh tint, sometimes creamy pinkish.

Variability: the color of the cap varies from yellowish-pink to yellowish-reddish and ocher-pinkish. The furrowed edge is lighter in color and bends over time.

Similar species. Mycena of Abrams is also similar to the inedible sticky mycena (Mycena epipterygia), which is distinguished by a long tricolor stem: whitish on top, yellowish in the middle, brown at the base.

Edibility: unpleasant odor is hardly mitigated by decoction in 2-3 waters, for this reason they are not eaten.

Inedible.

Mycena red-marginal (Mycena rubromarginata).

Habitat: pastures, meadows, moss peat, on rotten wood.

Season: August - November.

The hat has a diameter of 1-3 cm, at first it is pointed, and later it is bell-shaped. A distinctive feature of the species is the bell-shaped cap with a tubercle, which often has a small light pinkish ring, around which the central pinkish-reddish zone of the cap is located; edges are reddish or creamy pink, but always lighter than in the middle. The surface of the head has radial strokes that coincide with the location of the bottom of the head of the plates.

The stem is long and thin, 2-8 cm high, 1-3 mm thick, hollow, brittle, cylindrical. The color of the leg coincides with the cap, but it is lighter. The stem has white fibrous flakes at the base.

The flesh is thin, whitish, with a radish smell, the flesh of the leg is pinkish, smells of radish.

The plates are adherent, wide, sparse, whitish-gray with a flesh tint, sometimes pinkish.

Variability: the color of the middle of the cap varies from pinkish to purple. The furrowed edge is lighter and curls up over time.

Similar species. Red-marginal mycenae are confused with blood-legged mycenae (Mycena epipterygia) because of the similar red color of the cap. However, mycenae can be quickly distinguished by their pointed cap shape and lack of odor, while the red-edged mycenae smells like radishes.

These September mushrooms are inedible due to their unpleasant smell and taste.

Mycena epipterygia

Habitat: mixed and deciduous forests, on decaying wood, usually grow in groups.

Season: July - November.

The hat has a diameter of 1-3 cm, first pointed, then bell-shaped.A characteristic feature of the species is the ovate-bell-shaped cap of gray or gray-brown color with a clearly visible radial shading, reflecting the position of the plates. The color of the cap is slightly more intense at the crown than at the edges.

The leg is thin, 2-6 cm high, 1-3 mm thick, dense, sticky. The second distinctive feature of the species is the color of the leg, it changes from top to bottom, at the cap it is creamy gray, yellowish in the middle, yellowish brownish below, brownish or brownish at the base, sometimes with a tinge of rust.

The pulp is thin, watery.

The plates are sparse, widely accrete, whitish in color.

Variability: the color of the cap varies from gray to ocher to gray-brown.

Similar species. Mycenae are sticky in color, their caps and legs are similar to mycena leptocephala, which are easily distinguished by the smell of chlorinated water.

Inedible, as they are tasteless.

Mycena is clean, white form (Mycena pura, f. Alba).

Habitat: deciduous forests, among the moss and on the forest floor, grow in groups.

Season: June - September.

The hat has a diameter of 2-6 cm, at first it is cone-shaped or bell-shaped, later flat. A distinctive feature of the species is the almost flat shape of a gray-nut or gray-cream color, with a light brown tubercle and a radial scaly shading on the surface.

The leg is 4-8 cm high, 3-6 mm thick, cylindrical, dense, of the same color as the cap, covered with many longitudinal fibers.

The flesh at the cap is white, with a strong radish smell.

The plates are of medium frequency, wide, adherent, between which there are shorter free plates.

Variability: the color of the cap varies from gray-cream to whitish.

Similar species. This mycena is similar to mycena galopus, which has a brown stem.

These September mushrooms are inedible.

Collybia butyracea, f. Asema.

Habitat: mixed and coniferous forests, growing in groups.

Season: May - September.

The hat has a diameter of 2-5 cm, at first it is convex with a lowered edge, and later it is convexly outstretched. A distinctive feature of the species is the cap with three zones: the central one, the darkest one is brownish, the second concentric one is creamy or creamy pink, the third concentric zone at the edges is brownish.

Stem 3-7 cm high, 3-8 mm thick, cylindrical, at first white, later light cream and gray cream. Over time, separate zones of a reddish-brown color appear near the base of the leg.

The pulp is dense, fibrous, whitish, without a special smell, light creamy spore powder.

The plates are of medium frequency, at first white, later cream, notched-attached.

Variability: the color of the central zone of the cap varies from brownish to brown, and the concentric zones vary from cream to yellowish brown.

Similar species. This species is similar to the wood-loving collybia (Collybia dryophila), which also has concentric zones of cap color, but they have a reddish-brown central zone, and the next one is yellowish-cream.

Inedible.

Youthful rogue (Pluteus ephebeus).

Habitat: on rotting wood and stumps, on sawdust of coniferous and deciduous trees, they grow in groups or singly.

Season: June - September.

The hat has a diameter of 3-7 cm, first bell-shaped, then convex and outstretched. A distinctive feature of the species is a small-scaled gray-black cap and a straight leg with small blackish scales.

The leg is 3-10 cm high, 4 to 10 mm thick, cylindrical, slightly widening at the base. The stem is grayish in color, and the longitudinal fibers on it are either black or dark brownish. The leg becomes hollow over time.

Pulp: soft with pleasant taste and smell.

The plates are frequent, at first whitish, then creamy and pinkish with a dark brown edge.

Variability. The color of the cap ranges from gray-black to mouse-colored.

Similar species. The youthful plyutey is similar to the small plyuteus (Pluteus nanus), which is distinguished by a smooth gray-brown cap with a flat tubercle.

These September mushrooms are inedible.

Gymnopil.

If winter honey agarics do not have poisonous twins in winter, then in autumn they do. These include hymnnopils, or moths.

Gymnopil penetrating (Gymnopilus penetrans).

Habitat: on stumps and near dead wood in deciduous forests, grow in groups.

Season: September - November

The hat has a diameter of 2-7 cm, at first strongly convex, later extended. A distinctive feature of the species is the yellowish-orange color of the cap with a lighter shade at the edges, with a central or eccentric stem, as well as with plastics that darken not over the entire surface, but closer to the stem.

The leg is either central or eccentric, slightly lighter than the cap or the same color, uneven, with bends, 3-8 cm high, 4-9 mm thick.

The pulp is whitish at first, later yellowish.

The plates are adherent, running down the stem, in young specimens are light yellow, and over time, violet-brown, and the color does not immediately cover the entire back of the cap, but gradually, occupying the entire area.

Similar species. The hymnopil, penetrating by the color of the cap and the absence of the ring, is very similar to the winter mushroom, and there are many cases when they are confused. It should be noted that these mushrooms are not poisonous, they are inedible, as they are tasteless, like chewing grass. It is not difficult to distinguish them by the plates - in honey agarics they are free and bent inward, and in the hymnopil they are adherent and slightly descending. In addition, the discs of the hymnopil are much more frequent.

Edibility: inedible.

Hybrid hymnopil (Gymnopilus Hybridus).

Habitat: on stumps and near dead wood in deciduous and coniferous forests, next to spruce trees, they grow in groups.

Season: September - November.

The hat has a diameter of 2-9 cm, at first strongly convex, later spread out with edges slightly curved downwards. A distinctive feature of the species is the yellowish-orange color of the cap with a lighter shade at the edges, with a central or eccentric stem and with a tubercle in young specimens.

The stem is either central or eccentric, slightly lighter than the cap or the same color, uneven, with bends, 3-8 cm high, 4-9 mm thick. There is a trace from the ring on the leg. The leg is darker than the cap.

The pulp is whitish at first, later yellowish.

Plates are frequent, adherent, running down the stem, light yellow in young specimens, and with time rusty-brown.

Similar species. The hybrid hymnopil is similar in three ways to winter mushrooms: the color of the cap, the absence of rings and free plates. It should be noted that these mushrooms are not poisonous, they are inedible, as they are tasteless, like chewing grass. It is not difficult to distinguish them by their records: the hymnopil has very frequent records.

Edibility: inedible.

Gymnopil (moth) bright (Gymnopilus junonius).

Habitat: on stumps and near dead wood in deciduous and coniferous forests, they grow in groups.

Season: September - November.

The hat has a diameter of 2-5 cm, at first it is convex, almost hemispherical, later spread out with edges slightly curved downwards. A distinctive feature of the species is a dry yellowish-orange cap covered with fibers. The edges of the cap are lighter, with the remnants of the bedspread.

The leg has the same color as the cap; it has a thickening at the base. Leg height - 3-7 cm, thickness 4-7 mm. The second distinguishing feature is the presence of a dark ring at the top of the stem. The surface of the leg is covered with fibers.

The pulp is whitish at first, later yellowish.

Plates are frequent, adherent, running down the stem, light yellow in young specimens, and with time rusty-brown.

Similar species. The hymnopil, or moth is bright, because of the color and the presence of the ring, it looks like a summer mushroom, and because of the color and shape of the cap in adult specimens, it looks like a winter mushroom. This mushroom should be clearly distinguished from honey agarics, since it is deadly poisonous.It differs from the summer mushroom in a one-color hat without the presence of a lighter zone in the middle of the hat, and from the winter mushroom in the presence of a ring and much more frequent plates.

Edibility:deadly poisonous!

Kalocera.

Now the time for the slingshot has come. They appear, it would seem, on the ground, but in fact, most often on the roots of plants and on old half-rotten trunks.

Calocera viscosa.

Habitat: forest floor or dead wood of deciduous and mixed forests, growing in groups.

Season: September - November.

The fruiting body is 1-5 cm high and consists of separate fruiting bodies in the form of branched horns. A distinctive feature of the species is the yellowish-lemon color of branched horns, several of them can grow from one base.

Leg. There is no separate, distinctly expressed pedicle, but there is a small base from which branched horns extend.

Pulp: elastic, yellow, dense, the same color as the fruiting body.

Plates. There are no records as such.

Variability. The color of the fruiting body can vary from yellowish to yellowish lemon and yellowish greenish.

Similar species. The gummy calocera is similar in description to the calocera cornea, which is characterized by the absence of branching of the fruit bodies.

Inedible.

Merulius tremellosus.

Habitat: on fallen deciduous trees, growing in rows.

Season: September - November.

The fruit body is 2-5 cm wide and 3-10 cm long. A distinctive feature of the species is a spread, semicircular, fan-shaped translucent fruit body of pinkish color with lighter white edges. The surface of the fruiting body is hairy-prickly, the edges are wavy.

Hymenophore: reticulate, cellular-sinuous, creamy pinkish, brighter at the base.

The pulp is thin, elastic, dense, without any special smell.

Variability. The color of the fruiting body varies from pink to cream.

Similar species. The quivering merulius is similar to the sulfur-yellow tinder fungus (Laetiporus sulphureus), which differs not by sharp, but by rounded edges and an opaque consistency of the fruit body.

Inedible.

Brown-yellow talker (Clitocybe gliva).

Season: July - September

Habitat: mixed and coniferous forests, growing singly or in groups.

The cap is 3-7 cm in diameter, sometimes up to 10 cm, at first convex with a small flat tubercle and an edge bent downward, later flat with a small depression and a thin wavy edge, matte. A distinctive feature of the species is a brownish-orange or reddish, yellow-orange, brownish-yellowish color of the cap with rusty or brown spots.

Stem 3-6 cm high, 5-12 mm thick, cylindrical, even or slightly curved, slightly narrowed towards the base, fibrous, with white pubescence near the base, the same color as the cap or lighter, often yellow-ocher.

The pulp is firm, creamy or yellowish, with a pungent odor and slightly bitter.

The plates are frequent, narrow, descending along the pedicle, attached, sometimes forked, at first light or yellowish, later brownish with rusty specks.

Variability: the color of the cap varies from light and yellowish-orange to brownish-orange.

Similar species. The talker is brown-yellow in shape, size and the main color of the cap resembles an edible bent talker (Clitocybe geotrapa), which is distinguished by the absence of rusty spots and has a strong fruity pulp smell.

Edibility: mushrooms are poisonous due to the muscarine content.

Poisonous.

Erect horned (Ramaria stricta).

Habitat: forest floor or dead wood of deciduous and mixed forests, growing in groups or rows.

Season: July - September.

The fruit body has a height of 4-10 cm, sometimes it consists of many separate branched branches. A distinctive feature of the species is the coral form of a white-cream or whitish-pinkish color from many branched bodies with pointed one- or bipartite tops.Separate "branches" of the fungus are pressed against each other, branching begins at a height of half to two-thirds of the total height of the fruiting body.

Leg. There is no separate, distinctly expressed leg, but there is a small base from which branched fruiting bodies extend, the width of the entire bush is from 3 to 8 cm in width.

Pulp: whitish or creamy, later becomes reddish

Plates. There are no records as such.

Variability. The color of the fruiting body can vary from cream-white to yellowish and ocher-brown.

Similar species. The straight horned is similar to crested hornbeam (Clavulina cristata), which is distinguished by "twigs" with scallops and fringes on the tops.

Inedible.