Real and false

Mushrooms are considered a unique product. According to experts, their nutritional value can be compared with vegetables, fish, meat, fruits. Mushrooms in large quantities contain amino acids, vitamins, minerals. Regular use of them in food contributes to the normalization of cholesterol. In addition, mushrooms are a low-calorie product. This, in turn, allows them to be included in a group of dietary products.

Among the whole variety of edible autumn mushrooms, one of the most popular is the chicken. It is used in the most diverse form. Honey mushrooms are frozen, marinated, salted and even dried. Their regular use contributes to the destruction in the body of staphylococcal infection and E. coli, as well as normalization of the thyroid gland. Autumn mushrooms also possess laxative properties. Mushrooms collected at a later time, rich in proteins, have anti-cancer and antiviral activity.

However, the benefits of eating depend on what species are in the basket when you exit the autumn forest. Even those who do not consider themselves a lover of "quiet hunting", and prefer to buy mushrooms, it is necessary to know the main distinctive features of edible species from poisonous.

Under the firearms understand plate hats. They parasitize on trunks, stumps of more than two hundred species of trees, often belonging to completely different families and genera. Real honey fungus and false honey agarics are similar in appearance. But the latter contain toxins that poison the body.

Growing on different surfaces under different environmental conditions (humidity, heat quantity, etc.) have some external differences. At the same time, fake firearms have features that make them easy to recognize.

Hat

With real edible mushrooms, it has a slightly muted light brown color with dark, small scales. Opyata false, as a rule, meet with a cap of gray-yellow or brick-red color.

Leg

A distinctive feature of these real lies is the presence of a "ring" or "skirt" on a white leg. Inedible mushrooms also have unobtrusive remnants of the ring. However, it is clearly expressed in edible fungi. Therefore, if the "skirt" is not sufficiently expressed, it is better to leave such a mushroom in the forest. If the leg has a length of five to ten centimeters, then most likely these are false honey agarics. As a rule, edible fungi do not grow more than four to six centimeters. However, there is also a "tall look". Meadow mushrooms can grow to 0.3 meters.

Plates

In edible mushrooms, the plates are yellowish white, creamy, and light. False honey agarics at a young age are distinguished by yellow plates, afterwards they acquire a greenish shade, and later they become olive black.

Taste

It is widely believed that poisonous mushrooms have a bitter taste. However, this is not always the case. False honey agarics seem to taste quite edible. Some nationalities take them for food. However, given the amount of toxins and the harm they bring to the body, they still cost them.

Smell

These honey fungus possess a somewhat sharp, but pleasant enough mushroom smell. Inedible form has an earthy flavor. Thus it is necessary to tell, that the smell is not considered as the basic criterion on which false faluses are defined, as it is considered concept very subjective.

Time of growth

Edible real honey mushrooms can be seen throughout the year, except frosty periods. The greatest intensity of growth is observed in September-October. False honey agarics, on the contrary, are actively growing in the spring for two months. The next active period for these fungi is autumn. In this case, it should be said that for each season, a specific species is inherent.