Milk mushrooms were the most delicious pickled mushrooms in Russia. But we should not forget that inedible species of mushrooms also grow in the forest, and you need to know how they look.
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The yellow mushroom is suitable for food. The mushroom cap has a diameter of 8-15 cm, in young specimens the shape is slightly convex, velvety round at the edges, later it becomes concave, funnel-shaped, straw-yellow or golden-yellow in color. There are frequent yellowish plates under the cap.
The mushroom has a pale yellow leg with yellowish pockmarks, the leg length is about 3-8 cm, the thickness is 2-3 cm.
Pulp with a pungent flavor, but normal. Milk is white, turns yellow quickly on contact with air and has a pungent taste. The spore powder is colorless or whitish.
This type of mushroom grows in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forests, especially in spruce forests. The yellow mushroom is one of the few valuable varieties found in orchards. Most likely, he develops mycorrhiza with apple trees.
Fruiting lasts from July to October. The yellow milk mushroom has no poisonous counterparts.
Describing the yellow mushroom, it is worth pointing out that it is considered one of the best mushrooms for cold pickling. It does not need to be pre-soaked before salting. The taste of the salty yellow specimen is not inferior to the taste of the black mushroom.
Description of black mushrooms
Nigella (black lump)
There is no resemblance to the poisonous or inedible mushroom species.
Used for salting (after prolonged soaking) and canning.
When salted, they become purple-cherry.
Can be eaten. The size of the cap is no more than 5-15 cm, it has a fleshy dense structure, mucus is felt after rain. The shape is slightly convex, the edges are uneven and tucked up. Over time, it turns into a funnel-shaped form of almost black color with barely visible concentric zones. Young fruiting bodies have a fibrous cap with curled edges. The discs have a dirty yellowish color.
The mushroom pulp is dense, fragile, slightly greenish. There is a large amount of white milky juice with a pungent taste. Spore powder of cream color.
Fruiting in August-October. Growing places: mixed, coniferous and deciduous forests. They grow in sunny mossy places, clearings, along the edges of forest roads, in clearings.
There are no poisonous counterparts. When carrying out a chemical test for nigella using ammonia, all parts of the mushroom are painted in a purple hue.
It is used for cold salting without preliminary soaking. Clean washed caps should be tightly packed in a barrel, sprinkled with salt, add dill and leave in the basement to ferment.
Other types of milk mushrooms
Aspen mushroom is considered conditionally edible. The mushroom has a white concave cap with deeply bent edges measuring 10-30 cm. The plates have a pale pinkish tint. The leg is snow-white, its length is no more than 3-7 cm, and its thickness is about 2-4 cm. Powdery spores are white or colorless.
Growing places - aspen groves. They grow in small groups in the grass. They can also be found under poplars.
Fruiting begins in August and lasts until October. There are no poisonous counterparts.
White or fluffy lump with a thin fleshy, slightly concave cap with a diameter of no more than 2-7 cm. The edges are curled, hairy. In adult specimens, it becomes naked, sticky, becomes creamy, dark pink to the center. The plates are narrow, pinkish-creamy. The mushroom leg is white on top, the lower part is reddish. The inner flesh is snow-white, burning. Milky juice has a white color, a pungent taste, the color does not change on a cut.
Grows in birch groves, bears fruit in late summer to October. It is considered an inedible mushroom.
The tender mushroom is similar in appearance to the swamp mushroom. The cap is about 1-3.5 cm in size, in the central part there is a tubercle in the form of a cone. The color is reddish brown with ribbed edges. The color of the leg is the same. Milky sap is whitish; it becomes yellowish when interacting with air.
They grow in moss in swamps. Milk mushrooms appear in August-October. Nutritional characteristics have not yet been studied.
The papillary lump has a concave-open cap measuring 3-8 cm. The edges are folded at first, and then become open. The color is gray-brown or black-brownish. Age specimens of yellowish color. The plates are often located, over time they acquire a reddish-reddish color. The leg has a cylindrical shape of whitish color.
The flesh is white, darkish under the skin, and inside the leg it is red-red, compacted, with a sweetish taste, there is no smell. The whitish milky juice does not change color in the air, over time it acquires a pungent aftertaste.
Usually grows on sandy soil in group plantings. Refers to inedible mushrooms.
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