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There are many places in the Samara region where you can go for honey mushrooms. Many mushroom pickers know only some of the territories where they should go for mushrooms in Samara. However, we offer readers new information and new mushroom locations where these fruiting bodies can be found.

To know where honey mushrooms grow in the Samara region, you need to familiarize yourself with the list of forests, as well as information on how to get there. The most popular territory is considered by many to be the Samarskaya Luka nature reserve, which is located between the two settlements of Podgora and Rozhdenno. In this forest, you can not only pick mushrooms, but also have a great rest for the whole family from the hustle and bustle of a big and noisy city.

Summer and autumn months are always an incentive for mushroom lovers. Then baskets, buckets, backpacks are taken into the hands, a light snack is going in the form of sandwiches, and the mushroom pickers go to the forest. Another place where you can get a lot of honey mushrooms in the Samara region is the oak grove near the village of Petra-Dubrava. In addition, just 80 km from the regional center near the village of Vesyaltsy, you can pick these mushrooms. Some gather honey mushrooms right within the city, namely in the Krasnoglinsky district.

Varieties of mushrooms honey agarics in the Samara region (with photo)

Almost all mushrooms in the Samara region are saprophytes, that is, they grow on dead trees or rotten stumps. Sometimes these mushrooms are found on fallen branches or near the roots of shrubs. Some mushroom pickers note that at night you can see the glow of the stumps on which honey agarics grow.

There are so many varieties of honey agarics in the Samara region that the inhabitants of the region can only be envied. There are spring, summer, autumn, winter and meadow mushrooms here. The shape and color of the mushroom will depend on the substrate it grows on. For example, if the honey mushroom prefers poplar, mulberry or acacia, then its color will be honey or yellow, if oak - light brown, and if elder or conifers - from dark gray to reddish shades.

It is worth saying that in Russia honey mushrooms are considered one of the best lamellar mushrooms, while in the West they are considered inedible. We offer you to see photos of honey agarics collected in the Samara region:

Where and when to collect autumn and winter mushrooms in the Samara region?

In the middle or at the end of August, depending on the weather, autumn mushrooms are harvested in the Samara region. These mushrooms are often found in mixed forest areas, and mainly grow in clearings, birch and oak fallen trees, or rotten stumps. Honey mushrooms are "family" mushrooms, so you can collect more than one basket in one place. Autumn mushrooms are harvested until the end of October, and if the weather is warm, the season of mushrooms collection will last for several days.

For many, the question is interesting, when to go to collect honey mushrooms in Samara and the region? For spring mushrooms, you can go to the forest in May. These mushrooms also grow in groups, but not as large as autumn ones. Meadow mushrooms begin their growth after the first thunderstorm in May. A few hours after the rain, you can safely go for these mushrooms in the nearest ravines and river floodplains.

When to collect honey mushrooms in the Samara region, if we are talking about the winter species? For this type of mushroom, the winter months are considered the most suitable time for growth. Starting in November, when the first snow has already fallen, and until March, when the temperature gradually rises. Even in January or December, when there is a thaw, winter mushrooms grow. For mushroom pickers, this type of honey agaric is the most desirable, since there are no poisonous ones among them.

You can safely go to the forest in winter and look for these mushrooms.Winter honey agarics in the Samara region can be found near the village of Malaya Malyshevka in the Spiridonovsky forest. You can get to this village by the Samara-Bogatoye bus, which enters Malaya Malyshevka.

Where do mushrooms grow in the Samara region?

Another unique place where honey mushrooms grow in the Samara region is considered by many to be a forest near the settlement of Shiryaevo. In large birch plantations, located on the road from Sukhodol in the direction of "Kinel-Cherkassy", you can collect a lot of honey agarics and butter.

100 m from the village of Borskoye, in the Borsky region, there is a beautiful pine forest where honey agarics and other mushrooms grow. On the border of Borsky district with Bogatovsky there is a huge forest area with an abundance of honey agarics. There are many clearings in the forest where autumn mushrooms and porcini mushrooms grow.

The working village of Kuzovaty, or rather, the forests around it, are famous for a variety of honey agarics. You can come here by suburban trains with a transfer from the city of Syzran. There are many mushroom spots in the Shigonsky District of the Samara Region, but it is difficult to get there by public transport. Therefore, it is better to go to such territories with friends by car.

In the Samara region everyone knows the Volzhsky Utes sanatorium. Next to it there is a huge forest, where there are a lot of honey agarics and butter mushrooms. However, having arrived to the sanatorium by car, then you will have to walk to the forest area, since travel there is prohibited.

There are places in the Samara region where you can collect mushrooms directly near the regional center. For example, just behind the village of Mekhzavod there is a forest in which mushroom pickers find many honey agarics and porcini mushrooms. There is a beautiful birch grove near the village of Administrative. On its outskirts, lovers of "quiet hunting" gather summer and autumn mushrooms. In the Coastal region, near the village of Kurumoch, there are forests, from which it is impossible to come empty-handed. This forest is especially popular among mushroom pickers to collect autumn mushrooms.

Where else can you get honey mushrooms in the Samara region?

Experienced mushroom pickers argue that before going into the forest for mushrooms, beginner "hunters" should be interested in special literature in order to know where mushrooms grow abundantly in Samara, and how not to confuse them with false doubles. After all, each type of mushroom, including honey agarics, grows at its proper time and in certain places.

For those who themselves want to find a mushroom spot in the Samara region, it is better to get up early in the morning: dress appropriately, take a knife, basket, sandwiches, water and go to the forest. Experts believe that picking mushrooms early in the morning only improves human health and even affects mushrooms: they do not heat up and do not deteriorate for a long time. Arriving in the forest first, you can harvest the best harvest - young mushrooms. And it is better not to cut off old and overripe mushrooms, but to leave them on the stem. Or you can cut off the cap and hang it on a branch of a tree or bush. Thus, gusts of wind will help dispel the mushroom spores, and after a year you can return to this place and collect even more honey agarics.

Syzran district - the village of Zaborovka, is another place in the Samara region where honey mushrooms grow. Many mushroom pickers praise these places not only for the abundance of honey mushrooms. The village of Alekseevsky, located in the Krasnoarmeysky district, is on the list of lovers of "quiet hunting" because of the abundance of honey agarics and boletus. In addition, there are many honey mushrooms of different species on the Zhiguli Hills.

Be sure to remember that you should only collect those fruiting bodies in which you are completely confident. Otherwise, experiments with unfamiliar mushrooms can lead to severe poisoning. Also, do not pick mushrooms (even edible ones) near highways and industrial plants. After all, all representatives of the mushroom kingdom well absorb harmful substances and salts of heavy metals from the air.