Griboedov and mushroom pickers around the world can count a huge number. It is so established that a good half of humanity has been eating mushrooms since ancient times! They are salted, dried, fried, boiled, eaten raw ... Many people like not only to cook and eat mushrooms, but also to collect them. What could be more interesting than “silent hunting” in a clean deciduous or pine forest in the fresh air! Therefore, beginners are interested in how many mushrooms grow, so as not to get into a mess and not come to empty places where the mushrooms have not yet managed to grow.
Influence of air temperature and lighting
In fact, the growth time of mushrooms directly depends on many reasons and factors. One of them is air temperature. The temperature of the surrounding area from 18 to 28 Celsius is optimal for most types of mushrooms. Many species (e.g. champignons) develop well in the dark. Meadow mushrooms, on the contrary, need the sun - only then can they grow well.
So all the same, how many mushrooms grow? Very fast! In a few days (from three to six) they reach the average size characteristic of this species, become large on about the tenth day, but can continue to grow afterwards. In the early days, the growth of the fungus is faster, then slows down. Hats grow longer than legs. Some insects are known to slow the growth of fungi. And warm, rainy weather, on the contrary, promotes rapid growth.
Boletus (white) and chanterelle
These mushroom pickers also know how long the white mushroom grows (from five to ten days). Armed with this knowledge, it is easier to “hunt” for whites in the mushroom season. Moreover, if the average weight of a mushroom is about two hundred grams, then mushrooms grown in warm rainy weather can weigh even more than a kilo! After the formation of spores, the giant ages quickly, but in the fall this process can slow down.
How much do chanterelle mushrooms grow ? Quite a long time - from one week to two.
When a mushroom picker knows how much mushrooms grow to a ripe state, he will never come from the forest with an empty basket.
Stories of the rapid growth of mushrooms
Probably no living creature grows to maturity so quickly. From here comes the famous expression: "grow like mushrooms." But rumors about how many mushrooms grow (the mycelium is located underground, and the fruit body above), that is, the growth rate of the fruit body, are often exaggerated. This happens because during the “silent hunt” some of the mushrooms go unnoticed, and when they visit the same place again in a day or two, mushroom pickers display “huge” fruits! After all, the so-called cap mushrooms increase in size very quickly. Within a day or two, an increase of two to three times is possible. Oil mushrooms, russula, brown boletus, and cap boletus are usually harvested within a day after appearing on the surface.
The fruiting bodies of the cap mushrooms first emerge underground, grow there and crawl out onto the surface already fully formed. Hence the stories of mushroom pickers about the instant growth of the fruiting bodies of mushrooms!