Mushroom pickers are a special people. They prefer the silence and loneliness of the forest paths over the fun and fun fishing or hunting. Although the degree of ability to concentrate, concentrate and wait for these hobbies is quite equivalent, it is not in vain that picking mushrooms is called "silent hunting."
And in terms of patience, when ignorant people ask questions about this hobby, mushroom pickers are also masters. But what are they most often asked about? It turns out that the leader among the questions about the “silent hunt” is the following: “If the mushrooms turn blue on the cut, then are they poisonous?”
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Let's find out the detailed answer to this question. As it turned out, the blue flesh is a sign of a wide variety of mushrooms. From ordinary boletus to the deadly satanic mushroom. And this phenomenon is not at all evidence of the presence of toxins in the pulp. Why do the mushrooms turn blue in this case? This is due to air entering the pulp at the time of breaking. The substances contained in its tissues are oxidized and, as a result of reaction with oxygen, acquire a blue tint. And, as it turned out, many representatives of the mushroom kingdom are subject to such a color change. Even very tasty and healthy.
What mushrooms on the cut turn blue?
Yes, very different! The leader in azure flesh is a mushroom with the talking name bruise. In appearance, it is quite inconspicuous, has a grayish-brown hat with a diameter of about 15 centimeters. But if you press it onto the surface, it will quickly turn blue. The bruise is edible in dried and pickled form, although it can be found infrequently - it is listed in the Red Book.
Another rare type of blue mushroom is chestnut. Outwardly, it very much resembles a mushroom in the shape and size of a hat. Therefore, if the porcini mushroom you found turns blue on the cut, you are mistaken, and this is a chestnut or maybe Polish mushroom. There are differences between them - if the first turns blue when pressing on the leg or when the pulp is damaged slightly enough, then the Polish is painted with a bright blue pigment. In addition to them, two types of boletus are also staining their legs with azure: reddish and boletus Frost.
Dangerous satanic mushrooms are often confused with white. By the way, they also fit into the category that we are listing. Satanic mushrooms on the cut turn blue, but only slightly. And before that, when cracking, they have the property to first turn pink, like many other poisonous representatives of the Berendey kingdom.
But other, well-known to most, names of mushrooms belong to quite edible and very tasty species. For example, bluebirds and aspen trees turn blue on a cut. Some types of oak trees and moss flys also have azure flesh.
