The mushroom season opens in mid-spring, although mushrooms are still not very abundant at this time. In the forest in May, you can find a large number of edible mushrooms, the most famous of which are honey agaric, moss, and oak.
White mushroom, oak tree, raincoat
Reticulated porcini mushroom. The skin on the cap is light brown, matte, velvety, dry. Dense white flesh, does not change on cut. The smell is mushroom, the taste is sweetish or slightly nutty. Thick and fleshy leg, tapering upwards. It is brown in color and has a net pattern of lighter veins. Edible mushroom, can even be eaten raw.
Speckled oak tree. His hat resembles a rounded pillow. Velvety to the touch, rarely slimy, dark brown or almost black. May have an olive tint, darkens when pressed. The pulp is yellowish, turns greenish-blue on the cut, has no smell. The leg is in the form of a cylinder or barrel, thickens downwards. The color is yellow-red, with scales or dots. This mushroom can be eaten after boiling.
Dubovik kele. Rounded convex cap with chestnut brown skin, smooth and dry. The fleshy dense flesh is yellowish in color and turns blue on the cut. The stem is thickened at the base, smooth and without pattern, yellow-brown. For consumption it is necessary to fry, contains substances irritating to the intestines.
Raincoat. The fruit body looks like a club, up to 9 cm in height. Surrounded by outgrowths of the shell, resembling thorns. Only young mushrooms are edible, they are white.
Mosswheel, honey mushroom, semi-white mushroom, may mushroom
The flywheel is green. It has a convex velvety cap of a grayish or olive shade. The pulp is white, a slight blue discoloration is permissible. The leg is thin, smooth, with a dark mesh. It is an edible mushroom.
The flywheel is red. The pillow-shaped cap in adulthood can be straightened, has a deep red color, with a yellow rim. Dense yellow flesh, slight blue discoloration is allowed on the cut. Thin stem, reddish at the base, covered with scales. An edible mushroom with a pleasant smell and implicit taste.
Summer honey agaric can be found already in the middle of spring. It has an almost flat cap with a tubercle, a honey-yellow mucous skin. Thin watery pulp with a woody smell, light yellow-brown in color. Dense, thin stem with small scales. It is an edible mushroom.
Thick-legged honey agaric. The hat is convex or flat, yellow or brown. Dense white flesh, light leg strongly thickens at the base. Edible mushroom.
A semi-white mushroom has a smooth, convex, clay-colored cap. The pulp is heavy and dense, does not change on the cut. Color from white to yellow, sweetish taste. The leg has a rough surface, is thick, the color is darker at the base. An edible mushroom with high palatability.
May ryadovka. The cap is hump-shaped, fibrous, and turns from creamy white with age. White thick pulp with a smell of flour, a cylindrical leg of a yellowish tint. It is an edible mushroom.
