If picking mushrooms is your favorite pastime, then learning more about them will be interesting and useful. The topic of this article is the chanterelle mushroom: where it grows, what is useful, and when to look for it in the forests.
Chanterelle ordinary - a mushroom that belongs to the family of the same name and is the purest of lamellar ones. It does not take much time to process it, and it will retain its shape during transportation. The name comes from an optimistic bright yellow-red color and graceful shape, which resembles the color of the coat and the posture of the graceful fox. A lover of collecting these gifts of nature should know what the foxes look like in order to collect edible mushrooms.
Edible Chanterelles. Appearance
Mushrooms are a hat merged with a leg into a single whole without borders and tapering below. They can have shades from light yellow to orange yellow. The diameter of the elastic cap can reach from 2 to 12 cm. Its surface does not have a regular shape. In the center of the mushroom cap there is a recess, from which uneven sections extend, and its edges are bent inwards. Chanterelle differs in that when pressed, the dense flesh turns a little red. The leg can be the same color as the hat, or lighter than it. Its thickness is 1-3 cm, and the height is 4-7 cm.
Mushroom chanterelle. Where is it growing?
These βfieryβ fruits are found in mixed and coniferous forests. They can be found alone or in families. Experienced mushroom pickers advise when finding at least one chanterelle to inspect the area within a radius of 5-6 meters, because one more mushroom can be found. Considered gifts of the forest like warm weather and diffuse lighting. Within five days, they grow to 4 cm in height, and reach full growth after 10 days.
Gray mushroom chanterelle. Where does this species grow?
The exact opposite of red foxes is gray. Their hat is very elongated. This gloomy fruit is called the "pipe of the dead", which came from Germany. It is not well known to us, so mushroom pickers are wary of it because of its appearance and unpleasant odor.
Gray chanterelles grow in large groups and are found in deciduous and mixed forests in the vast Ukraine, Western Europe, America and in those places of Russia that are close to Europe.
Useful properties of edible chanterelles
Yellow chanterelles contain a lot of vitamins (A, B1, C, PP) and noble elements. Foreign media say that substances are extracted from them, with the help of which they create drugs for radionuclides. They also say that this type of fruit is not exposed to radiation at all.
Are you curious to see what chanterelle mushrooms are like? The photo posted above demonstrates three types. Red foxes are depicted on the left, gray - in the middle. Be careful: among good mushrooms, false chanterelles are often found (photo on the right). They can be distinguished by a too bright red-orange hat and large plates. It is located on a leg that is empty inside. This species of chanterelles is not poisonous, but they are completely tasteless.
Now you know what the chanterelle mushroom is, where it grows, what species it is divided into, and which contains beneficial substances. After collecting the fruits, they can be salted, dried or fried (after boiling). Red chanterelles will make an amazing soup, and if you add boletus, russula or other mushrooms to them, it will turn out even tastier!