HONEY MUSHROOMS - A TABLE WITH A DESCRIPTION, PHOTOS, WHEN TO COLLECT AND WHERE THEY GROW?

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The honey agaric is an edible parasite fungus that settles on wood (less often on herbaceous plants) and gradually destroys it. Most species of the genus are saprophytes, that is, they grow on stumps and dead trees. Wide habitat, not found only in the permafrost area.

Honey mushrooms spread among the trees with the help of a mycelium, the length of which can reach several meters.

Since the mycelium accumulates phosphorus, in the dark it can be seen by a slight radiance. Mushrooms grow in large groups, preferring the same places from year to year. The collection season is all year round.

Honey mushrooms of different species and even one and the same may look different, depending on the forest and wood on which they grew.

The most common:

View	External signs	Where grow Gathering season	Facts
Summer	Hat: yellow-brown, diameter up to 8 cm, lighter in the center. Plates: light yellow, grown. Leg: 3-8 cm, curved, stiff, with a dark ring.	Deciduous trees, on stumps and rotting wood. Less commonly in coniferous forests. From June to October.	The view is very variable depending on the weather and the place in which it grows. Often loses its characteristic features. Hence the Latin name of the species is variable.
Autumn (real)	Hat: 5-10 cm, spherical, straightens with age, gray-yellow or yellowish-brown, covered with small scales. Plates: frequent, brown. Leg: 6-12 cm, white ring at the top.	Deciduous forests. They live on dead rock and live. August-October.	It grows in several “waves” at intervals of two weeks. The most popular of the whole family.
Winter (Flammulina, Colibia, winter mushroom)	Hat: yellow, hemispherical, straightens over time. Records: free, grown. Leg: up to 8 cm, stiff.	Deciduous trees are located high on the trunk. Autumn winter.	The Japanese call it "mushroom noodles." It is unique, its cells, destroyed by cold, are restored during the thaw, and the fungus continues to grow. Toxic similar mushrooms in nature does not exist.
Spring (meadow, negniunik, meadow, marasmus)	Hat: diameter 2-5 cm, conical (in old mushrooms straightens) yellow-brown. Plates: rare, wide, light cream. Leg: 3-6 cm, solid, stiff.	Meadows, roadsides of forest roads, forest glades. The beginning of summer and until the end of October.	Grows in circles, going with scissors. The very first mushroom of the year.
Seroplate (poppy)	Hat, 3-7 cm, hygrophic, color depends on humidity (from dull yellow to light brown in wet ones). Plates: frequent, grown, light, the color of poppy seeds. Leg: 5-10 cm, curved.	Only in coniferous forests, on stumps and roots. The zone of temperate climate in the northern hemisphere. Spring-autumn (in mild climates and in winter).	Old mushrooms get an unpleasant musty taste.
Dark (ground, spruce)	Hat: yellow, up to 10 cm, dense, the edges hang down. Leg: high, there is a ring, odorless.	Mixed forests, settles at the base of stumps. The end of summer is mid-autumn.	Looks like an autumn mushroom. Differs in more rigid pulp and bitterness.
Fat footed (bulbous)	Hat: 3-8 cm, hemispherical, straightens with growth, color different, depending on the place of growth. Plates: frequent, yellowish white. Leg: 4-8 cm, there is a ring, a characteristic thickening below.	On rotting trees and earth. August-October.	Fruits constantly, grows in smaller groups than autumn.
Shrinking	Hat: 3-10 cm, convex shape: a noticeable tubercle in the center of the hat, the hat itself is dry with scales, tan. Records: white or pinkish. Leg: 7-20 cm, no ring. The flesh is brown or white, has a strong odor.	Trunks and tree branches, stumps. June-mid December.	First described in 1772. Edible mushroom is considered delicious.
Royal	Hat: up to 20 cm, bell, rusty yellow, covered with scales; Leg: up to 20 cm in height, with a ring.	They grow solitary in deciduous forests. Summer autumn.	Useful for anemia.
Poplar	Hat: dark brown, velvety, in the shape of a sphere. Leg: 15 cm, silky, over the skirt - fluff. Meaty flesh with wine aroma.	On deciduous trees (mainly on poplar, birch, willow). Summer autumn	Cultivated in Italy and France. Contains methionine - an amino acid indispensable for the human body, is a natural antibiotic. Lectin, a substance used to prevent cancer, is produced from poplar honey.

Common types of honey mushrooms

Also read when and where to collect mushrooms and important tips for collecting them!

Most often, these mushrooms are confused with false honey mushrooms or grebes.

Signs of a False Couch	Signs of Toadstools
the hat is too bright; odor is unpleasant or absent; most false mushrooms have dark shades; no ring; bitter aftertaste.	white or green color of the body of the fungus; the bulb thrown on mushrooms turns blue; pearl shade of the hat.

Beneficial features	Contraindications
contain proteins and amino acids; contain copper, zinc, magnesium and calcium; rich in vitamin B and ascorbic acid; possess antibacterial properties; remove toxins.	with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract; with diseases of the gallbladder; pregnant and lactating; children under 12 years old.