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A naturalist with many years of experience says he notices that mushrooms often lack a sense of restraint. They take pride in picking up a basket full of goodies and eventually throwing out half of them.
“People love to be proud of collecting big baskets of mushrooms. Eventually sorting those mushrooms takes midnight and people see that many mushrooms have worms. The best thing would be to clean the mushrooms in the forest and bring only the good and classified ones.
Most importantly, be moderate and bring as many mushrooms as you are going to eat or keep. There is no need to cut down the entire forest, after all, mushrooming is not a sport. If we collect all the mushrooms, the time will come when we will have to introduce restrictions on their collection: some European countries regulate how much a mushroom can bring per day, and those who collect mushrooms for sale must have completed special courses ”, warns A. Kulbis.
Mushrooms “three mushrooms”
The naturalist is not surprised that the mushrooms manage to collect baskets full of forest goods. According to him, this autumn the weather conditions are very favorable for the proliferation of fungi.
“The weather is really good. Throughout the summer, the residents of Dzūkija complained that there was a lack of moisture and the mushrooms were not germinating. But now in Dzūkija there are also mushrooms. Almost all of Lithuania is already full of boletus, squirrels and there is no shortage of other fungi ”, says A. Kulbis.
He jokes that the saying “three mushrooms” is valid in Lithuania. The naturalist explains that this is due to the fact that Lithuanians often collect only popular mushrooms, such as boletus and squirrels.
“On the one hand, this is good, because people only collect well-known mushrooms and do not risk being poisoned,” emphasizes the naturalist.
However, A. Kulbis urges not to forget other mushrooms, not very popular, but no less valuable.
“In total, there are several hundred species of edible mushrooms in Lithuania, sometimes very popular in other countries. An example is a hairy manure. Although the name does not sound very attractive, but these are very tasty mushrooms, you can pick a lot of them without even traveling to the forest, because it grows close to home. Many of these mushrooms can be found in meadows, but they must be collected very young.
Also a valuable mushroom is the blackbird, the late fall or even mild winter mushroom. It grows in trees, it glows from afar in its orange color, it is easy to recognize. They can be collected at the end of the mushroom season, ”he says.
Vone bite can be fatal
A. Kulbis cautions that when going to mushrooms, it is very important to be able to recognize poisonous mushrooms. If you try a little, the doctor will not help you.
“The most dangerous mushrooms are the greenish and spiky mushrooms. It is very important that their symptoms are noticed even by young children. These mushrooms are insidious because the poisoned person feels an improvement after a while, they think they have recovered. Even a small one quantity of these fungi is deadly for human health ”, emphasizes the naturalist.
A. Kulbis says that inexperienced mushrooms often mix green myrtle with herbaceous green mussels, sometimes even daisies. However, the naturalist says that it is not difficult to separate it at all.
“The green myrtle has a skirt, a thickening at the bottom. It also differs from our usual red myrtle because it has no points. Common muskrats are also poisonous, but they rarely die,” he says.
The naturalist warns that there are also more dangerous fungi that can cause serious poisoning or even death.
“It is a fir cone bud, it can be confused with stumps. Patujar fiber bud should also be avoided, as it looks a bit like the spring and early spring lilies that grow on people in early summer It is also a poisonous sediment and some other fungi ”, emphasizes A. Kulbis.
PHOTO GALLERY. Poisonous fungi
Believe only on verified information
According to the naturalist, it is important not to touch or eat completely unfamiliar mushrooms. They are not necessarily poisonous, but they can be rare and protected. It also calls for a responsible assessment of information about mushrooms on the Internet and on social media.
“If we already put the mushroom in a pot or pan, we must make sure that it is not a poisonous mushroom. Sometimes people upload photos of mushrooms to social media, asking other mushrooms for advice. Photos are often taken in different lights and the fungi don’t look like they really are – different shades, no diagnostic signs.
There are people who try to give advice in good faith, but you should trust only professionals, mycologists (mushroom scientists – aut. past). Or participate in seminars, trainings led by mycologists. Only fungi or naturalists with many years of experience can know exactly that the fungus discovered is good ”, emphasizes A. Kulbis.
Where you collect and place the mushrooms is important.
According to the naturalist, it is important to know which places should be avoided during proliferation.
“You cannot collect mushrooms when they grow near roads, railways, large industrial companies. Mushrooms collected near such places will not be the most valuable. They also store everything that cars throw away. Fungi have the property of accumulating toxic substances. The mushrooms must be collected at least 200 meters from these places ”, says A. Kulbis.
The naturalist advises to collect the mushrooms in baskets in hermetic baskets. But the most important thing is to fix the collected mushrooms as soon as possible.
“The best thing is to collect the mushrooms in wicker baskets, it is not recommended to put them in plastic buckets, and the worst option is storage bags. The mushrooms stored in them can go bad in a few hours. Also, if we don’t separate the mushrooms for a long time and leave them in the baskets for a day or two, they will also spoil.
It is said that some mushrooms can be eaten freshly picked. However, I would recommend heat treatment of all mushrooms. Sometimes it is thought that if we are cooked, then the mushrooms can rest as long as they want. It is best to eat them in two days, ”says A. Kulbis.
“Also, when the frosts start, the proteins in the fungi break down and become unfit to eat, even if they look beautiful,” he adds.
He wants to taste the “forbidden fruit”
A. Kulbis emphasizes that last year several species of fungi were removed from the list of protected species. Since then, these products have become a forbidden fruit for Lithuanians, which all hardened mushrooms wanted to try.
“Cabbage head wrinkles have been removed from the protected species book. Enough new sites have been discovered and the fungus is not threatened with extinction. Another such mushroom is the bustard, formerly known as the great langermania. It grows in places where it is difficult to store it. For example, in gardens, urban lawns.
You can see how people share online that they collect and eat these mushrooms in droves. It also emphasizes that they are no longer protected and can be eaten. An aspect of value arises because, however, such mushrooms are not so common in Lithuania and the fact that some people perceive them as a forbidden fruit, a delicacy, is not a very fair approach.
If you are curious to find more of these mushrooms, you can try and admire them. They are very easily recognizable, there are no poisonous mushrooms like them. However, it would not be appropriate to collect in bags or to try to commercialize them, because very soon these fungi can appear again in the list of protected species ”, says A. Kulbis.
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