Valui mushroom: photo and description, when to collect valuei mushrooms
Mushroom value (Russula foetens) belongs to the category of conditionally edible, since its use in food is possible only after prolonged processing: removing the bitter skin and prolonged soaking. However, this mushroom finds its way into many cuisines.
Below you can find out what a Valui mushroom looks like in the photo, where and when to pick Valui mushrooms and how to cook them.
What does Valui look like: a photo of a mushroom with a description
Category: conditionally edible.
Hat (height 2-5 cm, diameter 7-14 cm): mostly light brown with a depression in the center. It has the shape of a hemisphere, becomes flatter over time. Slippery to the touch.
Leg height 5-13 cm, diameter up to 3.5 cm.
Pay attention to the photo of the value: the stem of the mushroom is in the shape of a cylinder or barrel, sometimes hollow, but usually dense. In old mushrooms, it is loose. The base may be covered with dark spots.
Plates: very frequent and long, mostly cream or off-white. A yellowish liquid is released, which leaves stains on the stem.
Pulp: it is white on the cut and gives off a smell of rancid oil; it darkens noticeably over time.
According to the photo and description, the valuei mushrooms look like russula almond (Russula laurocerasii)... Russula differ from Valuev by the smell reminiscent of almond.
Where and when to pick valuei mushrooms
Valui grows from mid-July to early October in the forests of the Eurasian continent and North America. In Russia, it is found in the North Caucasus, in the Far Eastern District and Western Siberia.
It is best to pick valuei mushrooms in darkened forests with high humidity, often in the vicinity of birches.
Eating: after removing the bitter skin and soaking for a long time. Europeans consider this mushroom tasteless, and in Russia it is traditionally salted and pickled, in Belarus and Ukraine they prepare mushroom caviar.
Application in traditional medicine: does not apply.
Other names: smelly russula, goby, weeping mushroom, squirrel, pig, snotty (remember the description of Valuy - the mushroom is slippery to the touch). Valui is also often called a fist or kulbik.
