Probably every person knows or heard about a mushroom like champignon. Many love and appreciate him for a pleasant smell and excellent taste. Thanks to the industrial cultivation of these mushrooms, we can enjoy them almost all year round without fear for our health, because now you can buy them in any supermarket.
But there are people who, in spite of everything, prefer the “silent hunt” to shopping in the store. In this case, they should be careful and careful not to confuse the false champignon with the real one.
Types of Champignon
To be calm, going to a "silent hunt", you should know what mushrooms are, where and at what time they grow. Also, knowledge of how the false champignon looks to distinguish it from the present will be useful. In general, more than a dozen species of these fungi are found in nature. So, for example, champignon large-spore and common (or meadow) are most often found in the steppe or in meadows. In the vegetable garden and in the garden, double-species and double-ring species usually grow.
And near the trees you can find field champignon. These species grow from May to October. There are also forest species of these mushrooms. They are found from July to mid-October, can grow in both deciduous and
mixed forests. These include champignons dark red, coppice, August. And in
coniferous forests , as a rule, there is a forest species that grows near fir trees.
False champignons: how to distinguish from real ones?
Fans of the “silent hunt” may be in danger, because among the edible mushrooms, false champignon , such as ploskoshlyapkovy, red and yellow-skinned, can be found. They usually appear from mid-summer. Most often they can be found in deciduous and mixed forests.
But such "doubles" can grow in fields, in meadows, as well as in parks and near houses. Outwardly, they practically do not differ from their edible counterparts, but they have features that make it possible to recognize false champignon among real ones. If you press on the flesh of such a mushroom, it will turn yellow, and at the cut at the base of the leg - bright yellow. After a while, the color will turn orange or even brown. For comparison: in
edible mushrooms , when the pulp is pressed, it turns red or pink. In addition, inedible specimens can be recognized by a specific smell. It looks like the smell of drugs, iodine or carbolic acid. If you drop the
false mushroom in boiling water, then the water will turn yellow immediately, and the unpleasant odor will intensify.
What do false champignons look like?
More serious dangers may lie in wait for mushroom pickers, because young champignons are very similar to pale grebe and light fly agaric, which are very poisonous. These doubles have a light color and outwardly differ little from edible mushrooms. But in true representatives, the plates darken with age, but in fly agaric and pale grebe they always remain white. In addition, if you click on the flesh of these mushrooms, it will not change its color, and their legs are always in the root "pots" - Volvo. You need to be very careful to see them, because they are almost invisible. Poisonous counterparts are found, as a rule, in coniferous and mixed forests, therefore they are most often confused with coppice champignon.
If, when collecting mushrooms, you are not sure of their edibility, then it is better not to take risks and not to take such specimens. The ability to recognize false champignon among the true ones requires a lot of attention and experience, so you should think about whether you need to risk your health when you can buy perfectly normal mushrooms in the store without worrying about your safety.