An abundance of mushrooms is always observed in birch groves. These trees are great for symbiosis with them. Mushrooms growing on a birch can be not only edible, toadstools are often found on the trunks.
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Healing chaga
Chaga is a species of tinder fungus that parasitizes birch trees. The mushroom reaches a weight of up to 3 kg. Itself is little noticeable. He has a gray, shapeless body that has brown flesh inside. It is spread by spores, which, falling into cracks in the bark, form growths.
Chaga is used as a medicinal raw material. Mushrooms are picked on healthy birches. Chaga growing on dry or diseased stems is considered unsuitable for further consumption. The collected mushrooms are immediately washed, cut into pieces and dried. Then they are put in a glass container for storage.
Polypores growing on a birch are not used for food, but they treat malignant formations, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, ulcers on the skin and strengthen the body's defenses. Most often, decoctions and infusions are prepared from chaga. Care should be taken to take the formulations to people undergoing treatment with penicillin antibiotics, pregnant women and children who have not reached the age of 13 years.
Edible mushrooms
In addition to the medicinal mushroom, a number of edible mushrooms grow on the birch trunk. The most common are oyster mushrooms and mushrooms. If among the first mushrooms there are no poisonous ones, then the description of the second should be taken seriously and carefully studied. Honey mushrooms growing on birch can be easily confused with poisonous mushrooms.
Oyster mushrooms got their name from the hanging of fruit bodies from tree trunks. Several varieties of these mushrooms are found on birch: common, orange, pulmonary and carob. They are widely used in cooking in the preparation of first and second courses. They make excellent pickled snacks.
Common oyster mushrooms growing on birch trees can reach 25-30 cm. They are grayish in color. The cap has a shell shape. The pulp is always light and soft.
The carob mushroom is almost the same as the ordinary one, but it is always smaller, and its cap takes on the shape of a deep funnel over time.
The pulmonary variety has a graceful thin cap of a light milky shade. Cracked edges. The leg is short, almost invisible.
Orange oyster mushrooms get their name from the color palette of the hat. It is rounded, covered with light down. Differs in a specific smell that gives off rot. Refers to conditionally edible specimens.
Birch mushrooms are found in summer, autumn and winter. Their varieties depend on the season of appearance and collection. Summer ones are distinguished by a thin yellowish cap, the edges of which are wrapped around the leg. Subsequently, she straightens up. The cap does not exceed 6-7 cm in diameter. Water rings may appear on summer varieties. They disappear as they grow.
In autumn honey agarics, the hat is flatter, with small waves along the edges. Her shade is darker - brown-brown. At the same time, the pulp is white, juicy and dense. Small scales are located at the base of the leg.
Winter mushrooms grow on birch with the onset of cold weather and can appear until spring. It is difficult to confuse them with others. They have a convex red cap with glitter. The pulp is white, tough.
Do you know what mushrooms grow on a birch?
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