Edible mushrooms: false milk mushrooms

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:45

Brown mushrooms are one of the most beloved and widespread mushrooms among Russians, they are used in the preparation of many dishes or eaten as a separate dish in s alted form. The most interesting thing is that in many other states and countries milk mushrooms are equated with grebes and are not considered edible.

False milk mushrooms

Today, there are a considerable number of varieties of milk mushrooms. One of these varieties is a false breast. They are called false because in appearance they look like ordinary and familiar mushrooms, but during growth, substances uncharacteristic of a simple mushroom appear inside the pulp of the fungus itself. It is because of the presence of these substances among the people that these mushrooms are called "false milk mushrooms".

Differences

You can distinguish them from the usual white milk mushroom if you press a little on his hat. When pressed, it is much softer than its “real” counterpart, and if you press harder, then a few drops of milky liquid will seep out from under the hat. Also, false mushrooms can be recognized if they are broken: again, the same white liquid is in the crack.

Edibility

Despite the dubious name,false milk mushrooms are edible, although this fact remains in doubt. The fact is that they are distinguished from ordinary mushrooms only by a white liquid substance contained in the pulp. If you eat such a mushroom, then it will not lead to death or hallucinations, but it is possible that in the near future a person who has eaten this mushroom will have to spend in the restroom. This white matter can cause severe vomiting and diarrhea. That is why it is better to refuse such a delicacy, especially if a person has stomach problems.

Description

The hat of such a mushroom is not just brown, but with a purple or blue tint. If you press a little on this hat, it will turn out to be very soft and, perhaps, a light liquid with a faint coconut aroma will begin to ooze from the inside, as mentioned above. The size of the mushroom itself usually varies from four to eight centimeters. The shape of the cap is usually flat, but sometimes it can be slightly concave inward. As the fungus grows on the stalk, you can notice the pulp of a reddish hue, emitting a faint coconut flavor. When broken, the hat very quickly becomes dark or even black.

Where can I meet?

Before you go to the forest in search of mushrooms, be sure to study the visual photos of all the species that can be found in your local forests, this simple procedure will save you from many troubles. It is worthwhile to carefully study the white breast is false, since in appearance it is difficult to distinguish it from an ordinary one, but you can check its authenticity in the same way - press a littleon the hat, if it is soft, and white juice begins to ooze from it, then you have stumbled upon a false breast. Such mushrooms grow, as a rule, in large “flocks”, they are extremely rare singly. You can meet false milk mushrooms both in impenetrable forest thickets and in clearings. Such mushrooms are unpretentious to environmental conditions. You can only find such a mushroom in autumn.