Lactarius scrobiculatus, or yellow mushroom mushroom

"Gruzdev called himself get in the body". So says a famous saying. But did you know that in the forests there are several different species of fungi, united under this common name? And besides the usual Russian heart in salted and pickled ordinary, there are also parchment, blue, black, aspen, pepper and yellow mushrooms. The latter will be discussed in more detail in this article.

The yellow mushroom belongs to the Syroezhkov family, the genus Mlechnik. In Latin its name sounds quite difficult - Lactarius scrobiculatus. Well, and the people know its very different names: podskrebysh, yellow wave or yellow podgruzd. It is under them that this fungus is known in various regions of our country . A common yellow mushroom in the northern part of the Russian forests, in Siberia, in the taiga. You can meet it often in spruce forests, pine forests, fir forests, and it chooses mainly places of congestion of young trees. Sometimes, however, these fungi also come across in birch groves and mixed forests, where they grow on clay soil. The usual collection time for them is from August to October, when the temperature does not drop below 8-10 degrees. Also like these mushrooms are short, but frequent rains. But after strong downpours they can appear only for a short time, and then disappear.

What does this representative of the mushroom kingdom look like? In general, it is very similar to the usual representative of the load: its head is about 7-10 centimeters in diameter, in the center it is concave inward, with a mucous, sticky surface of felt type. But here the color is strikingly different from other species - the yellow mushroom got its name precisely because of the cap. This bright golden yellow color can not be confused with anything. And it is he who is the main difference of the fungus from other mushrooms.

The pulp of the fungus is white in color, but it has the property of turning yellow from touch. Milky juice of yellow mushrooms can also change its color. The taste of this kind of mushroom is very bitter. The leg of yellow mushrooms in height can be up to 8 centimeters. Usually it is even, white.

It should be remembered that this is a conditionally edible fungus. The yellow mackerel in raw or simply fried form is not very tasty because of the bitter milky juice. Therefore, before eating it is usually soaked for a long time in cold water, releasing bitterness. After that, there is nothing more delicious for the Russian soul than salted mushrooms. But in other countries of the world, the yellow mushroom and its associates belong to inedible mushrooms.

This kind of mushrooms is very useful when properly used for food. It contains a lot of vitamins B, PP and C, and its caloric content is quite low - only about eighteen kilocalories per hundred grams. Due to the high protein content, mushrooms can perfectly replace meat in the vegetarian menu. By the way, the inhabitants of Siberia several centuries ago did not recognize other mushrooms, except for this species, suitable for consumption. In order not to be disappointed in the taste of yellow mushrooms, it is recommended to soak it for at least three to four hours before cooking, changing the water every 20 minutes.