With the onset of heat, many residents of stuffy cities go out to the forests for mushroom hunting. This not only helps them relax in nature, but also provides tasty and healthy natural food. In order not to get poisoned, you need to know which mushrooms you can pick. Some of them look like poisonous, others - conditionally
edible. But there are also mushrooms that are very loved by many people for their ease of preparation and pleasant taste. One of them is the bruise. This mushroom is called differently: blue root, cyanosis, and its scientific name is the order of the lilac-legged. Some mushroom pickers are afraid to take it because of the blue color - and in vain, it is edible and very tasty.
Where does the blue foot grow?
This fungus is common in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. They collect it in the European part of Russia, in Kazakhstan and the Black Sea region. True, in the south he gives two crops per year: appears in the spring, and then in the fall. But to the north only in August there is a blue foot. This mushroom withstands small frosts, so it is harvested until October - November.
From trees, rowing prefers ash or conifers, but chooses forest belts or woodlands. Very rarely, it grows alone, most often it is a "witch’s ring". And every year, under favorable conditions, the blue foot grows in the same place. Therefore, mushroom pickers know these places and in a good season they collect up to 200 kilograms.
What soil does this mushroom prefer
He loves woodlands, but the largest specimens grow where there is a lot of humus. After all, it doesn’t matter for the blue-legged trees whether there are trees, the earth is of greater importance to them. They love humus, sandy or semi-sandy soils. Bruises can often be found on abandoned farms, near heaps of garbage or manure, on rotted leaves and fallen needles. They love to grow near fences and even in gardens. It is believed that grafts are most often found in open places, especially in meadows and other areas of grazing.
Features that a blue foot mushroom has
A description of this saprophyte is rarely found in popular literature. Some authors attribute the row to conditionally edible mushrooms, but among mushroom pickers it is considered very tasty. A characteristic feature of it is a strong fruity smell, which not everyone likes, but lovers say that it looks like anise and is quite pleasant. Young rowers are most tasty, old ones become watery, loose and often lose their features. How do you know what is before
do you really have a blue foot mushroom?
The photo of these saprophytes shows that they all have a characteristic lilac-violet color, as if it was stained with ink. It is dense, rather thick and long - up to 10 centimeters. The structure of the stem is longitudinally fibrous; downward, it is slightly wider and darker than the rest of the surface. At the base of the cap there is a small flaky coating.
What does this mushroom look like
Young bruises are very attractive, they resemble round buns from above. After all, their hat is fleshy, dense and semicircular. It is convex, and the edge is slightly curled inward. Its color is most often matte cream or yellowish with purple stains. And in young mushrooms, the hat is bright purple. Its surface is always smooth and shiny, but in the absence of rain it becomes dry and fades. The size of the hat can reach 25 centimeters.
The bruises of the bruise are large, thin, and frequent; in young mushrooms, white c
purple hue, and with age become yellowish or lilac. A spore powder is pale pink. The pulp is dense and fleshy, at the turn it turns purple and gives off a pleasant fruity smell. Old mushrooms or those that survive the frost lose their lilac hue and become yellowish. It is better not to take such saprophytes, because, in addition to being easily confused with inedible ones, they become tasteless.
What kind of mushrooms does a blue foot look like?
The peculiarity of the blue foot is that it can be confused only with other edible mushrooms: for example, with a row of purple or May mushroom. It also looks like a weedy row, but it is much smaller, and the cobweb is purple, which has a blanket under the hat. If you mix it up, it’s not scary - all these mushrooms are edible.
The blue foot is a bit like some poisonous saprophytes. For example, goatwebs and white-violet cobwebs can be distinguished from it by the yellowish color of the pulp and an unpleasant odor, and mycene - by the rough edge of the cap and white spore powder. Something similar to a bruise, the rowing is fibrous, however, it
thinner and characteristic ash gray.
How to cook this mushroom
Although some experts attribute the row to conditionally edible mushrooms, it can be eaten in any form, except for raw. After all, one of the most delicious saprophytes is the bruise. This mushroom reminds the taste of champignons and even a little chicken meat. Most often it is pickled and salted, but you can fry it and even dry it. After all, the dense fibrous pulp allows you to store the bruise in the dried form for a long time.
The most important thing is that before cooking, this mushroom should be washed well under running water. Indeed, frequent plates and the love of the blue foot to sandy soils lead to the fact that small grains of sand become clogged under the hat. It is also recommended to remove the skin. Fans say that you can’t even boil these mushrooms beforehand, but experts still recommend boiling them and draining the water before cooking for 10-15 minutes. Then the bruises can be pickled, salted, fried or made from them stuffing for pies. Their peculiarity is a specific pleasant smell of anise, which intensifies during heat treatment.
Dish recipes
The most delicious and beloved food by many is fried potatoes with onions and mushrooms.
It is best to fry them in vegetable oil, but you can also in fat. It is advisable to boil the bruises a little and let the water drain. Cut potatoes into slices, onion rings, cut large mushrooms into two or four parts. They should be somewhere in half less than potatoes. 5 minutes before cooking, add spices and herbs to taste: dill, pepper and bay leaf.
The pickled blue leg is very tasty. This mushroom is marinated without legs. After you have cleaned and washed the hats, cook them for about 15 minutes, and drain the water. Hats pour marinade and cook for another 20 minutes. For the marinade, you need to take two tablespoons of salt and sugar, a few leaves of laurel, currant and cherry, 10 peas of black pepper and 5 cloves of garlic per liter of water. Five minutes before the end of cooking, add a spoonful of vinegar - and the delicious mushrooms are ready.
