With the beginning of the mushroom season, both amateurs and experienced mushroom pickers go to the forest to harvest. However, mushrooms grow differently depending on the species and habitat. To understand how many days mushrooms appear after rain, you need to take into account many conditions that affect their growth.
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Growth features
Mushrooms are living organisms, the growth of which, in addition to rain, depends on other factors. These include:
- Air temperature. Optimum temperature indicators are from +10 to + 20 ° С. When the temperature is significantly lower or higher than the indicated numbers, then the growth of organisms stops. Sharp temperature jumps also negatively affect the development of fungi.
- Humidity of air and soil. This factor is individual for each species, but if we take average values, then 70% moisture level is most suitable for ripening. With insufficient moisture, fungal growth will slow down, and with excessive watering, spore organisms will begin to rot. The balance is achieved when the air humidity matches the soil moisture.
- Lighting. With insufficient sunlight, the development of the mycelium will slow down, and the mushroom itself will begin to deform.
- The presence of harmful organisms on the mycelium. When the mycelium is affected by the larvae, the process of its maturation is disrupted. This leads to the fact that the leg and cap of the spore organism begin to quickly deteriorate and rot.
- The presence of nutrients of natural origin. Needles, fallen leaves and other substrates have a positive effect on mycelium formation.
Development stages of fungi
The growth of mushrooms does not depend on the time of day. When water enters the soil, it promotes the active growth of mycelium. This process can last for several hours or days, after which the stem and cap begin to grow. For full maturation, it takes about 10 days (after this time, the top of the cap can be observed on the surface). But not every rain promotes the rapid growth of fungal organisms. Short-term precipitation cannot sufficiently moisten the soil. When the soil is very dry due to a long absence of rain, it is not able to actively absorb moisture. For active growth, water must flow gradually, covering all layers of the soil.
The duration of the ripening period
The maturation rate of organisms is largely dependent on their type:
- Fast-growing, capable of growing by 1-2 cm per day. These organisms appear on the surface 2-3 days after a warm rain. Such an intensive growth is explained by the fact that their mycelium does not fall below 10-15 cm of the earth's surface, due to which the filaments of the mycelium are quickly heated and moistened. Representatives of fast-growing species include boletus, boletus, russula, mushrooms and boletus.
- With a slow growth rate (0.2-0.3 cm per day). It takes about a week for them to fully ripen. These include boletus, chanterelles, mushrooms, milk mushrooms.
When and where to look for mushrooms
Mushroom hunting starts in May and ends in October. Mushroom pickers distinguish 3 seasons when you can reap the greatest harvest:
- from late May to June;
- from late July to August;
- from October until the first frost.
But it is important to understand that sometimes you can reap a good harvest even in December. When collecting, you can build on the calendar, which indicates the species and months when spore organisms grow most actively. Knowing the tabular data will reduce the likelihood that poisonous mushrooms will be in the mushroom picker's basket.
When it comes to habitat, each species has its own favorite places. For example, porcini mushrooms grow in deciduous and coniferous forests, and boletus - only in conifers. Ryzhiks prefer plantings of a mixed type, and boletus and boletus - deciduous.
Mushroom picking rules
Compliance with simple rules will help protect the mushroom picker from undesirable consequences:
- It is forbidden to collect little-known species of spore organisms.
- You cannot harvest near highways and railways.
- In order not to damage the mycelium, the mushroom must be cut with a knife.
- One must learn to distinguish an edible species from its poisonous counterpart.
You can go to the forest within a week after the rain, and knowledge of the growing places of specific species will help the mushroom picker quickly collect a rich harvest.
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