Every autumn, thousands of mushroom pickers go into the forests, surrendering to the passion of gathering with their whole soul. Someone "hunts" for some strictly defined types of mushrooms, but many people love to just wander along forest paths, collecting everything that comes in their way.
But honey agarics - this is the prey against which no one will object. Nourishing and extremely tasty, they will be the decoration of any table. But how to distinguish false mushrooms from real mushrooms?
It’s no secret that these “bastards” come across much more often than their edible relatives, so the distinguishing features of both species must be known very well.
First, let's talk about false mushrooms. It should be noted that not one, but several types of mushrooms are called so. However, we will not delve into the jungle of botany: they are all very similar, and they are found in the same places.
So how to distinguish false mushrooms from honey mushrooms if they grow on the same stumps and trunks of fallen trees?
To do this, you need to clearly imagine the appearance of a normal wad, as their similarity is very arbitrary.
The simplest and most important distinguishing feature is a little ring under a hat (a kind of life buoy). Young mushrooms under a hat have a protective membrane. When the honey agaric grows, the membrane breaks, and such a ring remains on the leg.
Remember: no mushrooms are false (how to distinguish which, we discuss in the article) do not have such a ring! Also be wary of those mushrooms in which this protective film is stretched almost along the entire length of the stalk: when you see this, you can be sure that you have encountered some grebes.
In addition, there are other differences. In normal mushrooms, the entire surface of the hat is covered with tiny plates, which are a little difficult to see on the dark surface of the hat.
Note that in old mushrooms such scales no longer exist. However, you should not take them anyway: the nutritional and taste qualities of the “old people” are far from perfect. Before you distinguish false mushrooms from honey mushrooms, carefully look at the color of the hat itself. At "fakes" the coloring is always somewhat brighter. Color ranges from yellow gray to reddish yellow. An experienced mushroom picker just needs to look at them to recognize a dangerous variety. In normal mushrooms, the hat always has a calm beige-brown color, which practically does not catch the eye against the background of old wood.
These same signs need to be guided by examining the plates under the hat. In false honey agarics, their color varies from yellow to olive yellow. In normal mushrooms, the plates are cream-beige or pale yellow. Another difference between honey mushrooms and false honey mushrooms is the smell.
Smell the controversial mushroom - edible will smell pleasantly and freshly. But their "fake" counterparts emit, as a rule, an unpleasant, moldy aroma.
In a word, we have listed many features by which it is possible to distinguish dangerous doubles with a high probability. But nevertheless, the main principle is a simple rule: if you are not completely sure about the breed of the mushroom you saw, then never, under any circumstances, take it!
We hope that you now know exactly how to distinguish false mushrooms from edible mushrooms! To be careful, there is nothing particularly complicated about this.
