From the middle of the summer months until about the end of September, you can find a huge number of delicious mushrooms in our forests. Especially good butter, which does not disdain any mushroom picker. Unfortunately, an inexperienced collector can face one danger. The fact is that there are false oils, poisoning by which does not lead to anything good. But there are several reliable ways to distinguish these werewolves from edible mushrooms. Our article will tell you about them.
Appearance
Ordinary butterflies are immediately evident, as their shiny yellowish hats are hard to miss in the forest moss. Their peculiarity is that they grow as whole families. Found one oiler? Most likely, a dozen more lurked nearby!
But every mushroom you find needs to be carefully studied. Particularly carefully you need to examine the color of the hat. All false butterflies differ from their edible “colleagues” in that their hats have a certain purple hue.
You can discover a lot of amazing things by simply turning the found mushroom upside down. If it is edible, then on the inside there will be a whitish film, under which lies that porous structure, which is so characteristic of good oils. But their dangerous relatives do not have this. All false oils have a lamellar structure on the back of the hat, which makes them easy to distinguish!
In addition, the plates have a grayish color, which also gives them the look of an experienced mushroom picker. In real oils, the hat at a young age has a pleasant yellowish color, and its reverse surface (once again recall that it must have a porous structure) is painted in the same way.
Do not confuse their “fake” relative with the “spruce wet” mushroom. It can often be found in coniferous forests, and in appearance it somewhat resembles a false oil. This little-known mushroom has a grayish hat with a mucous coating, as well as the flip side, which differs in lamellar structure. Surprisingly, it belongs to edible mushrooms, albeit not too common. But if you do not know exactly what is in front of you, do not take it!
