Mushrooms are an extremely valuable, nutritious product. From time immemorial, our ancestors engaged in their gathering. In the presented material, I would like to consider where to look for mushrooms in the Orenburg region? Which ones are worth paying attention to?
Mushroom places of the Orenburg region
Where to look for mushrooms in the region? At the height of the season, it is recommended to go fishing in the following places:
- The area near the villages of Tugustimir and Almala in the Tulgan region: porcini mushrooms, mushrooms, honey mushrooms, saffron mushrooms, aspen mushrooms, boletus.
- Nearby are the villages of Tender Ozernoye and Krasnokholm in the Ilek region: honey mushrooms, oyster mushrooms.
- The village of Lower Pavlovka in the Orenburg region: an abundance of champignons.
- The village of Battle Mountain (Sol-Iletsky district): oily, honey mushrooms and oyster mushrooms.
- The villages Kryuchkovka and Rozhdestvenka in the Belyaevsky district: mushrooms, porcini mushrooms.
- In the Alekseevsky district, near the village of Zaglyadino: a large number of honey mushrooms.
- Syrt station (Perevolotsky district): russula, champignons.
White mushrooms
What mushrooms are harvested in the fall in the Orenburg region? Most lovers of fishing with the onset of the season go to local forests for porcini mushrooms. The latter are considered the most valuable in terms of taste and calorie content. Such mushrooms can be recognized by a characteristic brownish or brownish hat, which has the correct rounded shape, as well as a light leg. Their pulp is snow-white. Its shade changes to darker with a slight pressure.
Boletus
Boletus mushrooms are widely distributed in the Orenburg region . They have a fleshy hat of a brownish hue, which has a somewhat tubular structure at the bottom. The legs of such mushrooms are covered with small grayish scales. You can find them mainly in the vicinity of deciduous trees.
Mushroom hunting for boletus is recommended to begin at the end of summer. Their abundant amount grows in local forests until the end of October. Going into the forest for boletus is better in dry weather. After all, with prolonged rains, such mushrooms are likely to be worms.
Gruzdy
What other mushrooms are harvested in the fall in the region? Extremely nutritious are yellow and black breasts. The first of these varieties can be recognized by the yellowish hat. For a black breast, it has an olive-brown tint. Young mushrooms have a spherical hat, and old ones are somewhat concave inward. The flesh of the breasts is saturated with bitter milky juice. However, after heat treatment, such a liquid disappears. In the Orenburg region, mushroom mushrooms can be found both in deciduous and coniferous forests.
Ginger
Ginger - extremely common edible mushrooms of the Orenburg region. They have excellent taste. The local population prefers to use them boiled and fried. Mushrooms are ideal for pickling, pickles in the form of pickles.
Mushroom hunting is better to start towards the end of summer. The abundance of saffron milk mushrooms is usually observed in clearings and forest clearings open to sunlight. You can recognize such mushrooms by reddish hats, which on the inside have a lamellar structure, and on the outside are somewhat curved and have tucked edges. The shape of the hats is wavy. When cut from the pulp, light juice is secreted. Upon contact with oxygen, it darkens a little. The legs of saffron mushrooms are curved and straight. The latter crumble easily with light pressure. These mushrooms have a not very pleasant, rather sharp aroma. Therefore, sometimes they are mistaken for grebes.
Butterflies
You can find in the Orenburg region butter mushrooms. Many fishing enthusiasts prefer to collect them, as they grow in large colonies. You can find oil in low-growing plantations of conifers, as well as in the middle of dense high thickets of weeds. These mushrooms have a brown hat with a reddish tint, a short leg and yellowish flesh. Oil can be recognized by the characteristic mucous layer that covers the hats.
Mushrooms
Forests of the Orenburg region are rich in mushrooms. Such mushrooms contain an abundance of useful substances. They begin to collect at the end of August. Mass spread of honey agarics in the forest area is observed in September. Such mushrooms grow in colonies, concentrating on the trunks of fallen trees and on old stumps.
Honey mushrooms can be recognized by small round hats of a brownish-bronze hue, which contain numerous grayish scales. The legs of the mushroom are long, curved.
You can confuse honey mushrooms with a false variety. The "fake", poisonous mushrooms on the hats do not contain scales or there are very few of them. If a decision is made to go to the forest specifically for honey mushrooms, it is recommended that you first familiarize yourself with their differences from inedible ones, drawing on the relevant information from the directory. Otherwise, there is a chance of poisoning.
Chanterelles
You can also find chanterelles in the forests of the Orenburg region. Mushrooms grow mainly among conifers. The appearance of chanterelles is well known to everyone, even an inexperienced lover of fishing. They are inherent in a bright yellow tint. The shape of the hat resembles a funnel. On the inside there are numerous plates that smoothly pass into the leg. The edges of the chanterelle caps are uneven, bent inward.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are considered relatives of ceps. With the advent of autumn, their abundance is observed in the coniferous forests of the Orenburg region. If there is a hot and rainy summer, such mushrooms begin to grow already in late July. Outwardly, they practically do not differ from whites, but they have a characteristic acidic aroma. During cooking, the repellent odor quickly leaves.
Champignon
Champignons traditionally grow in forest glades. You can find them in low grass. Appearance is well known even to citizens who have never gone fishing in the forest. The mushroom caps have a spherical shape, dense structure. The pulp is extremely malleable to the touch, pinkish or white inside. Beige and brownish champignons are found in shade. The mushroom leg is short and even.
Oyster mushrooms
Often you can see oyster mushrooms on the shelves of supermarkets, since they are cultivated at home. However, in the Orenburg region they are quite common in the forests. Most often grow in longline colonies on dying or old trees, found on stumps. In appearance, oyster mushrooms are extremely similar to foxes, but have a light or brownish tint. It is recommended to go after them to the forests of the Orenburg region from September to October.