Avid mushroom pickers are extremely sensitive to their favorite fruitful places. They prefer not to share their secrets with anyone and do not tell outsiders where to go for mushrooms. But amateur beginners sometimes go on a “silent hunt” to a completely inappropriate place for this. These include landings within city limits or areas near freeways.
In the framework of this article, we will try to tell you where you can go to pick mushrooms, and where you should not do this. We will not name specific places, but give general rules for choosing a place.
As the name implies, boletus grows among birches, in bright and sunny glades or in dense plantings. It is worth looking for mushrooms in pine, birch and oak forests. But when choosing a place to go for mushrooms, it is worth considering that this species prefers fairly mature forests, which are at least 50 years old. Aspen mushrooms can also be found in birch and oak groves, although,of course, you need to look for them mainly where aspens grow (it’s not for nothing that they got such a name). Ryzhik, boletus, chanterelles, russula, greenfinches are comfortably located in pine forests. If you prefer these views and are thinking about where to go for mushrooms, you should pay attention to these nuances. Of course, such a division is very arbitrary, because sometimes one or another mushroom can be found in a place that is not at all characteristic of it. But still, you can get a bigger "catch" if you purposefully go to the area, which is characterized by the presence of certain varieties.
If you go looking for mushrooms, you need to not only decide on the direction, but also avoid areas with unfavorable conditions. After all, mushrooms, like a sponge, absorb all the toxic substances that are in the environment. That is why it is impossible to collect them in a city where there are a lot of cars, the air is filled with exhaust gases and waste from hazardous industries. The same can be said about the areas adjacent to industrial enterprises.
In addition, some mushroom pickers neglect another rule: do not pick mushrooms near power lines. People believe that nothing terrible can happen, because, it would seem, they do not emit any chemicals. However, it is worth remembering the lessons of physics in order to understand that power lines form the strongest electromagnetic field, which inevitably affects any organism, including mushrooms.
Therefore, when deciding where to go for mushrooms, you should choose an environmentally friendly place. Of course, inIn the modern world, this is very difficult to find, but still possible. And in our time, you can find an area where the forest really looks like a forest, where birds sing, ants crawl and bees buzz.
And, of course, when deciding where to go for mushrooms, you should not go to the market or to private traders selling near the roads. They hardly complicate their lives by looking for ecologically clean places. Most likely, their goods were just collected in the nearest city landing or not far from the highway. Therefore, if you want potatoes with mushrooms or homemade julienne, you should go on a “silent hunt” on your own.
