Grifola curly: description and medicinal properties

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:53

Grifola curly (otherwise ram-mushroom) is one of the largest types of tinder fungus - amazing objects of the mushroom kingdom, attached with lateral legs or fruit body to trees, old stumps, dead wood. The weight of such a bushy joint, listed in the Red Book, can reach 20 kg with a diameter of 1 meter. The advantages of curly vulture include a high growth rate: such a mushroom can reach a 10-kilogram weight in just 8-10 days. It is not eaten by worms and insects.

Description of vulture curly

There is a curly griffon (see photo below) quite rarely, not every year; most often on the stumps of lindens, maples, beeches, chestnuts, oaks from mid-August almost to the end of September, so the time for picking such a mushroom is limited.

You can recognize the ram mushroom by numerous fleshy, shapeless-wavy, small(about 3-6 cm in diameter) caps, wedge-shaped narrowed into a stem. The upper part of the legs and the underside of the caps are covered with a spore-bearing finely tubular layer; the color of the outer surface, depending on the degree of illumination, varies from gray-greenish to gray-pink tones. The central stump is thick and short. Secondary legs are flat, grayish or cream when dry. The pulp is brittle, white, with a pleasant, persistent, rich mushroom aroma and a specific nutty taste.

Mushroom-sheep on the dinner table

On the dining table curly griffin (mushroom-sheep) is an infrequent guest. Only young, not yet darkened mushrooms are suitable for consumption; in adult specimens - bitter and fibrous, a pleasant taste is not preserved. Mushroom ram is not recommended to be eaten raw - heat treatment (boiling or frying) is mandatory. Most often, curly griffola is used in cooking as an additional ingredient and is a component of soups and sauces, as well as an excellent filling for dumplings; such a mushroom is original as an independent dish. To prepare a seasoning used when sprinkling salads, in meat and fish dishes, the ram mushroom must be dried and ground to a powder. Frozen curly mushrooms are very close in quality to fresh mushrooms.

Collection Features

To collect vulture, it is recommended to use a large sharp knife, which is required to cut the fruiting body of the fungus from a tree or soil surface.

Only with careful handling, the griffol curly mushroom will grow in this place for several more years, until the tree has enough nutrients accumulated, and the surrounding conditions will favor growth. Growing in the forest, the mushroom often accumulates fallen leaves, twigs and other debris in the folds of hats, so when harvesting it is necessary to carefully rid it of foreign objects.

Gryfol curly mushroom: medicinal properties

Mushroom-ram contains in its composition a huge number of vitamins, minerals, trace elements and valuable amino acids useful for the body. Traditional medicine has long appreciated its bactericidal properties, which have been successfully used in the treatment of migraines, overwork, chronic fatigue, skin diseases and even tuberculosis.

Grifola curly was used to prepare ointments, tinctures, extracts and decoctions, which are an effective antiparasitic agent that helps strengthen the cardiovascular system, remove toxins from the body and increase immunity in general. Tree mushroom ointments have a beneficial effect on the skin, cleanse pores, improve blood circulation, make it smooth and elastic.

Mushroom-sheep against oncology

Modern medicine uses maitake mushroom (also known as griffola curly) in the treatment of cancer, as well as alleviating the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. By the way, the name "maitake" from Japanese means "dancing mushroom"; people find itconsidered good luck and therefore danced with happiness.

According to studies, curly griffola has anti-cancer activity, inhibits the growth of cancer cells and protects he althy cells from malignancy. The principle of action is to stimulate the growth of macrophages - cells capable of absorbing and digesting foreign particles, including malignant and harmful particles for the body: the remains of destroyed cells, bacteria, and others.

Often, macrophages in the body are in a sleepy state due to environmental conditions, stress, unhe althy lifestyle. Grifola curly is an excellent stimulant for their activation: macrophages wake up and immediately come to grips with the pathogens of various diseases and the diseases themselves. Maitake-based powder, used as a main food supplement, prevents metastasis by more than 80%.

Curly griffola has also been successfully used for hepatitis, diabetes, hay fever, high cholesterol, to relieve chronic fatigue, lower high blood pressure, as well as control and reduce body weight in excess.

Contraindications for use

Mushroom-sheep is practically harmless. When overeating, it can cause indigestion, as it contains a lot of chitin. Among many mushroom pickers it is considered inedible. You should not collect it near megacities, industrial enterprises, busy highways, as mushrooms tend to absorb andaccumulate harmful substances in the air. Pregnant women and nursing mothers are not recommended to use preparations based on griffola curly due to insufficient information about the safety of the fungus.