White milk mushroom: botanical description and collection sites

Milk is considered to be a real Russian mushroom. In the southern, eastern and western countries, they do not even know about its existence. As for our country, these mushrooms have definitely won the hearts of our compatriots, since they have already firmly entered the consciousness of every person.

Description

In a fairly large number of regions of Russia, for example, Siberia, milk mushrooms have for a long time been one of the types of industrial types of mushrooms. Milk mushrooms combine ideal nutritional qualities and abundant fruiting.

The main purpose of the mushrooms is salting. From salty preparations, you can cook a fairly large variety of dishes. or use them on their own. As for stewing, frying and other cooking methods, milk mushrooms are unsuitable for them.

This product contains a large amount of protein, so it can be used instead of meat. A special advantage of the mushroom is that it is actively used for the production of drugs that fight tuberculosis. It is due to the fact that the constituents of the chemical composition of the fungus are capable of neutralizing Koch's bacillus. Now let's take a closer look at the types of this mushroom.

Types of edible milk mushrooms

It is worth noting that there is an incredibly wide variety of this type of mushroom. The most popular ones

Bitter

Swamp

Oak

Aspen

Useful and harmful properties of white and black milk mushrooms

Most people are aware of the existence of either edible or poisonous mushrooms. However, it is worth paying your attention to the fact that there are also conditionally edible species of them. This category includes black milk mushrooms.

Of course, experienced mushroom pickers have this information. As for newbies, then for them it can be a real discovery. But what does the concept of conditionally edible mean? This concept implies that the mushroom contains poisons, therefore, in this case, the main thing is to cook it correctly.

If, for example, you just fry it in a pan, then this poison will not go anywhere and will not be transformed into something safe. As a result, a person can be severely poisoned, the outcome can be fatal.

Before cooking, the black milk mushrooms should be thoroughly rinsed with running water, and then cooked for at least three subsequent hours. Only in this case will the poison be neutralized.

As for the white milk mushroom, it is capable of inflicting not only benefits on the human body, but also harm. In this case, everything will depend only on the human factor, how well this mushroom will be prepared.

Places of growth and collection

There are forests where a large number of various mushrooms grow, while in the other there are only poisonous ones. Therefore, a correctly chosen forest- this is the key to success in this matter. If you plan to get poisoned for milk mushrooms into the forest, then you should be guided by the following recommendations:

If you are already on a quest, then the following should be taken into account: this type of mushroom grows, as a rule, in the lowlands because it does not like dry soil. If the forest in which you are going, the soil is dry or sandy, then we tell you right away that this is a waste of time, there will be no mushrooms.

Now let's talk about time frames when you need to pick these mushrooms. It all depends on their type:

It goes without saying that the above terms are conditional. When harvesting, remember that the forest must be abundantly moistened, otherwise you will not get a good harvest.

Among other things, you should pay attention to the local vegetation. If horsetail grows on the ground, then mushrooms cannot be found there. Horsetail is a plant that indicates acidic soil in the forest. But oh, how he does not like such soil.

Distinctive features of poisonous mushrooms

Mushrooms are given an honorable first place among edible mushrooms. Not a single experienced mushroom picker will pass the clearing with these mushrooms, since they are characterized by bright and nutritious taste.

Unfortunately, the false squeaky mushroom is quite common, which has distinctive features. In addition, papillary milk can get into the basket to the mushroom picker. it can cause serious poisoning.

Let's look at the main distinguishing features of false mushrooms:

Milk is a mushroom who has quite a lot of false twins. But most of them are conditionally edible, since according to certain characteristics they are similar to the real ones.

The small man is very similar to the white lump, which has a gray-pink color. It is forbidden to eat it because it is one of the deadly mushrooms for the human body.

The diameter of the cap of this mushroom can reach up to 12 cm; it is relatively dense, fleshy, flat-spread or convex in the form of a funnel. At the very beginning, the mushroom cap has bent edges, which, after a while, become abundantly covered with small numerous scales, dry out and sink. When the mushroom begins to age, the cap becomes bare, takes on a pink-brown, pink or red hue, and after drying, vague spots form on the cap.

The leg of the lactarius is quite dense, its length can reach up to 8 cm, and its width is up to 4 cm. It has a cylindrical shape. The pulp of the mushroom has a yellow with a reddish tinge of flowers. At the very bottom, the leg is reddish-brown in color. This poisonous mushroom grows from mid-July to mid-October.

White wave

A mushroom that looks very much like a mushroom.

In the common people, this mushroom is called a whitewash. Visually, the waves are very similar to milk mushrooms.
The hat has the shape of a funnel, the diameter of which can be up to 9 cm.
The cap has edges bent at the bottom. Young fruits are white, after a while, they begin to acquire a yellowish tint.
The mushroom is edible, it belongs to 3 categories.

White mushroom