If you do not belong to the category of avid mushroom pickers, but want to join their ranks, you will learn a lot of interesting things from our publication. We will tell you what places you need to walk in the forest so as not to leave it empty-handed.

Mushroom picking can be done from early spring to late autumn. Folk beliefs will tell you when it is better to go to the forest. It is also necessary to take into account the weather conditions.

Poplar loses earrings - it's time to collect morels

It has already been said above that the mushroom season begins in early spring. Remember that the harvest will be generous if the winter turned out to be little snowy and the autumn not rainy. You can also take into account folk omens. If poplars and aspens have begun dropping earrings, this is a sign that you may be gathering for morels.

Warm rains and thunderstorms predict the appearance of early oil

Who among us does not like boletus, oil and boletus? If you want to collect them, hasten to the forest after the first May thunderstorms. During this period, the earth still does not have time to warm up and the rains can be prolonged, so you should not hope for a generous harvest.

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Linden blossomed - hurry up for mushrooms

You can plan a trip for mushrooms in the summer when the linden begins to bloom. In June-July, it is too humid and warm in the forest, so they are actively growing. However, with the advent of heat, they can become wormy.

Early chanterelles - prophets of the appearance of porcini mushrooms and boletus

Almost every mushroom picker hunts primarily for porcini mushrooms. If the weather is not too hot and from time to time it rains for a short time, and chanterelles appear in the forest, this is a signal that soon you can move forward for porcini mushrooms and boletus.

We noticed a swarm of midges - hurry into the forest

High humidity is a favorable environment for the development of midges. If you find an abundant accumulation of midges in the forest, take a basket and start looking for mushroom places.

We saw the first fly agarics - look for porcini mushrooms

Fly agarics will tell you that it's time to pick porcini mushrooms. The thing is that they often grow in the neighborhood. Often such places can be found in forests. mixed type, in open well-lit glades. It is not worth looking for them more often.

Fogs in August - a harbinger of the appearance of autumn mushrooms

Fog in the mornings at the end of summer is one of the main signs of the beginning of the mushroom season. At this time, you have every chance to collect a huge number of white mushrooms, aspen mushrooms, chanterelles, milk mushrooms and mushrooms. The first yellow leaves on birches will indicate that it is time to take a basket.

We started harvesting oats in the fields - hurry up to the forest

St. Natalia Ovsyanitsa's Day falls on September 8th. AT old times on this day, they began to harvest oats and harvested mushrooms for the winter. Popular belief says: “Natalya has come, it's time to go mushroom picking. Honey mushrooms are growing - summer is over.

The most necessary things for every mushroom picker are a mushroom picker's calendar and a mushroom guide. By checking the mushroom calendar, you can easily understand which mushrooms to pick at this particular time. Despite the fact that the timing of the appearance of a particular type of fungus is not constant and depends on weather conditions, each fungus has its own certain deadlines beginning and end of the season. Here they are contained in the mushroom picker calendar for 2017. If you forgot the main differences poisonous mushrooms from edible, be sure to refresh your memory by looking at the guide to mushrooms.

Mushroom picker calendar for summer

• Mushrooms in June According to the mushroom picker's calendar, in the first decade of June, mushroom pickers should look for pine forest boletus, and in birch groves - boletus. In the second half of June comes mushroom season at the white loaders. Loaders are fruitful mushrooms, they are harvested all summer and until late autumn.
• Mushrooms in July In the first days of July, the season of mushrooms begins, and at the end of the first decade of July, the most desirable mushrooms for the mushroom picker are porcini mushrooms. At the same time, according to the calendar, the first russula appear - the most fruitful mushrooms. They can be found in almost any forest from July to late autumn frosts. In the second half of July in coniferous and mixed forests milk mushrooms begin to come across, black podgruzdki, and on the edges and forest clearings mushroom pickers are pleased with chanterelles and pigs.
• Mushrooms in August August is considered the most mushroom month. In harvest years, mushroom pickers in August collect porcini mushrooms, milk mushrooms, saffron mushrooms, boletus mushrooms, porcini mushrooms, russula, boletus and other mushrooms in baskets. At the beginning of August, the first mushrooms appear, and in the middle of the month - waves and whites. The second half of August and the first decade of September - best time for picking mushrooms.

Mushroom picker calendar for autumn

• Gibs in September. In September, mushroom pickers have joy. As the mushroom picker's calendar says: many summer mushrooms, at the same time appear in large numbers autumn mushrooms. In the second half of September, part of the mushroom species disappears, but honey agaric, volnushki, whites, birch boletus, pigs, and white mushrooms are still plentiful.
• Mushrooms in October At the end of October, you can postpone until next year mushroom picker calendar because the mushroom season is ending. In the second decade of October, when the average daily air temperature drops to 4-5 degrees Celsius and night frosts begin, the mushroom picking season will end. However, you can still find young mushrooms, preserved under the foliage and grass of saffron mushrooms, volnushki and whites.

Mushroom picker calendar for 2017

The phenological mushroom picker calendar will come to the aid of novice mushroom pickers. The most popular mushrooms and the period when to pick these mushrooms in the forest are marked in the mushroom picker's calendar. Of course, it all depends on the region and the weather in each season, but the mushroom picker's calendar gives some of the useful knowledge when to pick mushrooms. You will also find it useful

What mushrooms to collect	When to pick mushrooms
	April	May	June	July	August	September	October
Morels	+	+	+	-	-	-	-
Stitches	+	+	+	-	-	-	-
May mushroom	-	+	+	-	-	-	-
Oyster mushroom	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
meadow honey agaric	-	-	+	+	+	+	-
boletus	-	-	+	+	+	+	-
Oil can granular	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
summer honey agaric	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Chanterelle real	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Porcini	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
boletus	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Plyutey deer	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Raincoat prickly	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Champignon ordinary	-	-	+	+	+	+	-
field champignon	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Value	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Funnel talker	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Umbrella mushroom white	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Mushroom-umbrella motley	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
real breast	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
poddubovik	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Ivyshen	-	-	-	-	+	+	+
White loader	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Loader black	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Pig fat	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Russula yellow, food, etc.	-	+	+	+	+	+	-
Flywheel green	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
hedgehog yellow	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Ringed cap	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Larch butter dish	-	-	-	+	+	+	-
Volnushka pink	-	-	-	-	+	+	+
Black breast	-	-	-	+	+	+	+
Ginger spruce green	-	-	-	-	+	+	+
Ginger pine	-	-	-	-	+	+	+
Talker gray	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Oiler late	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
winter mushroom	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
Loader black and white	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
polish mushroom	-	-	-	-	+	-	-
Oyster mushroom autumn	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
Row gray	-	-	-	-	-	+	-
Autumn line	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
Autumn honey agaric	-	-	-	-	-	+	+
Row purple	-	-	-	-	+	+	-
Greenfinch	-	-	-	-	+	+	+
Hygrophorus brown	-	-	-	-	-	+	+

Mushroom calendar 2017

for the Moscow region and central Russia

Types of mushrooms

May

June

July

August

September

October

Decades

I

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

Morel

Porcini

boletus

boletus

Chanterelle

Butter dish

mokhovik

Honey agaric

Ginger

Volnushka

breast

Value

Russula

Champignon

Belyanka (white wave)

bitterness

Greenfinch

Serushka

Kozlyak

Raincoat

Cap

Ryadovka

violinist

Mushroom calendar 2017

for the Leningrad region and the northern places of Russia

Mushroom season in the forests Leningrad region- time from August to November. mushroom places in the Leningrad region you can’t count, the main thing is to know when to pick this or that mushroom. This will help the mushroom picker calendar for the Leningrad region. Edible mushrooms in the Leningrad region are diverse: bright aspen mushrooms, appetizing boletus mushrooms, valuable porcini mushrooms and mushrooms, red chanterelles, slippery butterflies and mossiness mushrooms, as well as volnushki, milk mushrooms and mushrooms. If you check the mushroom picker's calendar, you can pick up delicious morels, and raincoats, and russula. Do not be lazy, in the right weather after the rain, look at the mushroom calendar and get ready for a mushroom picking trip. Focus on the mushroom picker calendar for the Leningrad Region below.

Mushroom picker calendar for the Leningrad region
When to pick mushrooms	What mushrooms to collect	Where to collect mushrooms
March	oyster mushroom, tree mushrooms, talker	There are practically no mushrooms, but at the end of the month the first snowdrops may appear. If the winter is warm, you can find fresh oyster mushrooms. Oyster mushrooms usually grow on trees, the hat of such a mushroom is one-sided or rounded, the plates run down to the stem, as if growing to it. Distinguish oyster mushroom from not edible mushrooms easy - it has a hat that is completely non-leather to the touch.
April	Oyster mushroom, tree mushrooms, talker, morel, line	Quite often there are mushrooms-snowdrops - morels and lines
May	Morel, line, butter dish, oyster mushroom, raincoat	Most mushrooms can be found not under trees, but in clearings, in thick grass.
June	Butter, boletus, boletus, oyster mushroom, morel, honey agaric, chanterelle, white mushroom, raincoat	In June, mushrooms of the highest (first) category begin to appear.
July	Butter, boletus, boletus, oyster mushroom, morel, raincoat, honey agaric, chanterelle, white mushroom, flywheel	There are already quite a lot of mushrooms - both in the clearings and under the trees. In addition to mushrooms, strawberries and blueberries are already found.
August	Butter, boletus, boletus, oyster mushroom, morel, honey agaric, chanterelle, white mushroom, flywheel	At this time, mushrooms can be found almost everywhere: in the grass, under trees, near stumps, in ditches and on trees, and even in city squares and on roadsides. In addition to mushrooms, lingonberries have already ripened, and cranberries appear in the swamps.
September	Oiler, boletus, boletus, oyster mushroom, morel, honey agaric, chanterelle, porcini mushroom, flywheel,	September is the busiest mushroom month. But you need to be careful: autumn comes to the forests, and it is difficult to see colorful mushroom caps in the bright foliage.
October	Valuy, oyster mushroom, camelina, honey agaric, champignon, boletus, porcini mushroom, milk mushroom, flywheel, russula	The number of mushrooms in the clearings begins to decrease. In October, it is better to look for mushrooms near stumps and under trees.
November	Butter dish, greenfinch, oyster mushroom, tree mushrooms.	Frosts begin, but there is a high probability of finding frozen mushrooms.

You will also find useful material about mushrooms with a mushroom picker calendar:

Mushroom guide

There are no reliable methods to distinguish between edible and poisonous mushrooms by eye, so the only way out is to know each of the mushrooms. If the species affiliation of mushrooms is in doubt, it is by no means worth eating them. Fortunately, among the hundreds of species found in nature, many differ in such clearly defined characters that it is difficult to confuse them with others. However, it is best to always have a mushroom guide handy.

Mushroom guide - How to distinguish edible mushrooms
1 - breast; 2 - camelina; 3 - cone mushroom; 4 - greenish russula; 5 - food russula; 6 - fox.	7 - oiler; 8 - morel; 9 - white mushroom; 10 - large umbrella; 11 - row; 12 - field champignon.
Mushroom guide - How to distinguish poisonous mushrooms
1 - paneolus; 2 - gray float; 3 - luminous talker; 4 - ordinary veselka; 5 - death cap; 6 - white fly agaric (spring).	7 - fly agaric red; 8 - motley champignon; 9 - russula vomit; 10 - value; 11 - entoloma

Taking with you a guide to mushrooms and a mushroom picker's calendar, making your way through the forest in search of mushrooms, you can entertain yourself with a conversation about mushrooms. Share with friends interesting facts about mushrooms.

The most poisonous mushrooms

Undoubtedly poisonous species There are about a hundred mushrooms in Europe. Of these, only eight are deadly poisonous.

• The most poisonous mushroom is Galerina sulciceps growing in Java and Sri Lanka. Even one eaten fruit leads to death in half an hour or an hour.
• In Europe and in North America the most poisonous are white fly agaric (spring) and smelly fly agaric.
• The most poisonous, deadly to humans is the pale grebe, for which no antidote has yet been found.

The largest edible mushrooms

Most big mushroom growing in the world national park Mahler in the Blue Mountains (Oregon, USA). This mushroom covers an area of ​​890 hectares. However, we are interested in edible mushrooms.

• The largest edible mushroom was discovered in Canada by Jean Guy Richard. The unique raincoat (Calvatia gigantean) had a circumference of 2.64 meters and a weight of 22 kilograms.
• The largest mushroom was found in Italy by Francesco Quito in the province of Bari. The mushroom weighed 14 kilograms.
• The largest of the found truffles weighed even less - only 7 kilograms.

The most expensive mushrooms

• Of course, the most expensive mushrooms are truffles, white and black. Incredibly expensive white truffles grow mainly in Italy, in the Piedmont region. Also, the Perigord black truffle or Tuber melanosporum is considered a real masterpiece of nature.
• Matsutake mushroom competes with truffles for the title of the most expensive mushroom. This mushroom is often called the king of mushrooms due to its rich mushroom aroma and excellent taste. So far, no one has succeeded in artificially growing matsutake, which is why the price for them has increased significantly, unlike truffles, which the Chinese have learned to successfully cultivate.

Now, thanks to the mushroom picker's calendar, you know which mushrooms and when to pick in the Moscow and Leningrad regions. Distinguish edible and recognize poisonous mushrooms A short guide to mushrooms will help you. lucky silent hunting.

Mushrooms have been known in Russia since ancient times. They were a favorite food of the poor and a delicacy for the nobility. It is clear that the estates were chosen different varieties forest gifts. There are more and more mushroom pickers, and walks in the forest got the original name - quiet hunting.

Mushrooms have been known in Russia since ancient times.

There are many tips for picking mushrooms. Some relate to ammunition, others to varieties, and others to the rules of behavior on a quiet hunt. You can choose the main ones:

1. Collect mushrooms in baskets. The wicker construction will allow the mushrooms to breathe and ventilate. They are easier to bring home in a natural, not broken and pinched form. Wicker baskets - the best choice. Buckets and packages can be taken, but you should be prepared that the find will turn into a sticky, shapeless mass.
2. Dress for the weather, but in comfortable clothes. Clothing should be loose and not restrict the person's movements. This is especially true for shoes. Now there are a lot of hunting suits in stores, they are light and practical. Forest lovers are advised to buy them.
3. Protect yourself from the possibility of getting lost in the forest. You can take a navigator or a compass with you. If there are no such devices, then you should remember the direction or leave marks. You need to bring matches, some food. In the case of leaving the trail, you can simply make a halt, have a bite to eat, rest and figure out how to return to familiar places.
4. Do not take unfamiliar varieties. Any doubt is best avoided. It's not worth risking and experimenting with mushrooms, it can cost you health loss.

Where do white mushrooms grow (video)

Picking mushrooms by season

A special calendar has been prepared for avid mushroom pickers, in which forest beauties distributed by months and seasons. There are rules that will help you navigate the calendar. But you should know that it is relative and exemplary. What matters for picking mushrooms early:

1. Climatic features winter period: lingering, snowy, windy or warm, soft.
2. Air humidity.
3. Ambient temperature.

The general conclusion: the more precipitation, the more favorable the conditions for the growth of mushrooms.

There are more and more mushroom pickers, and walks in the forest got the original name - quiet hunting

What time of year do mushrooms first appear?

The most non-mushroom month of spring is March. It all depends on the weather, of course. Early spring is a delight. Unexpected finds may appear. Late protracted spring - mushrooms will appear only in mid-April.

What mushrooms can be picked in spring

• April - morels open the mushroom season.
• May - May mushroom, boletus.

Common summer edible mushrooms

There are a lot of edible mushrooms in the forest. But not all mushroom pickers collect everything they meet. Among forest finds, some are considered more popular, others collect only certain categories of mushroom pickers. The common choice should include those from which hardly anyone will refuse.

Borovik

White mushroom can become a component of numerous dishes. It is dried, marinated, fried, salted. It is not for nothing that the beautiful boletus has become a character in Russian fairy tales. He is a dense strong man, strong and attractive. In small specimens, the hat can be not only white, but also brown. With age, the color changes to dark brown. The leg is more often elongated, but there are barrel legs. The hat sits on them so tightly that the mushroom can be compared to a swollen ball.

White mushroom can become a component of numerous dishes

honey agaric

It grows in one place, if you find a family of mushrooms, you can come every year and collect them in one place. They grow on rotten stumps or on the bark of fallen trees. A family of honey mushrooms can have a huge number of them: from small to larger ones. The hat is light brown, changing with the weather. In the rain it turns red, on a dry day it brightens. The difference from false ones is a film under the hat. Honey mushrooms smell pleasant, lure with a mushroom aroma. They are crispy in taste.

Chanterelle

The mushroom is similar to the cunning forest dweller - the fox. Red chanterelles can easily hide in the grass. They grow in whole families, it seems that several pieces come out of one root at once. Chanterelles are not spoiled: they are not eaten by worms. Hats do not have an exact shape, they are wavy, convex, depressed. It is difficult to find two exactly the same even in the same family. Leg and hat are one piece.

Red chanterelles easily hide in the grass

Butter dish

The flesh of butter has a bright white color, and Bottom part hats are yellowish. Mushrooms were called butter mushrooms because of the Maslenitsa taste and the special surface of the cap. It is wet and sticky, attracted to the hands. The peel is removed during cleaning, pulled together like a top layer. The same film is located under the hat, it is also removed during cleaning. in mushrooms a large number of water. They make an excellent dish fried and marinated, but you should not try to dry the butter, they will just melt.

Boletus and boletus

Mushrooms are often confused. Their shape is similar, the leg of the boletus is thinner, the color of the cap is brown. In the boletus, the leg is denser, and the hat casts orange, brick red. Both varieties are tasty and selected by foresters.

Boletus is easy to confuse with boletus

What mushrooms are harvested in autumn

Autumn is the time for mushrooms that are suitable for winter preparations. Almost all varieties found in summer capture autumn in a second wave:

• honey mushrooms;
• chanterelles;
• white;
• boletus.

Most lovers of the forest go in the fall for mushrooms. There are few varieties of delicious red finds:

• spruce;
• red;
• real.

All of them are considered a delicacy. They are loved by animals, worms, insects. The name is derived from the color. The hat is beautiful and bright red. The fungus does not change when cut and put into boiling water. Experienced housewives know the recipes when mushrooms remain orange even in preparations.

Gallery: edible mushrooms (46 photos)

There are more and more mushroom pickers, and walks in the forest got the original name - quiet hunting

Red chanterelles easily hide in the grass

Mushrooms have been known in Russia since ancient times.

White mushroom can become a component of numerous dishes

The heads are undulating with a tubercle in the center.

1. Spruce mushrooms are brittle and have a slight pubescence.
2. Real camelina is denser, it secretes milky juice.
3. The red variety does not have rings that are visible on other types of saffron milk caps. All other characteristics are similar. The juice is bright red.

Another favorite autumn mushroom is the wave.

The variety is known as the wavy or shaggy plate. There are no waves on the hat, there are circles on the entire surface of the hat. The color of the circles varies from pale pink to dark. The hat is fleecy, shaggy. Small and medium ones beautifully decorate the grass and flash among the yellowed leaves. The leg is dense, it can be white and yellowish. The mushroom is lamellar, therefore it is close to mushrooms and milk mushrooms.

Where and how do chanterelles grow (video)

Milk mushrooms are one of the noble mushroom varieties. Their value and taste appeal to most forest lovers. The collection season starts from April and lasts until the end of October. One of the best varieties pickling mushrooms is nigella, or black mushroom. Many consider it inedible and bypass it. Black mushroom is actually one of the best varieties for pickling. They are firm, give an unusual crunch, do not lose their mushroom taste.

Experienced mushroom pickers are advised to adhere to certain rules.

1. It is better to collect early in the morning: get ahead of those who come to the forest later, the sun will not heat the hats, and they will be tastier and better.
2. Black mushrooms grow in groups, so if you find one, you need to stop and carefully inspect the entire neighborhood. The rest of the family simply hid. Black inhabitants will begin to appear right in front of your eyes. The main thing to remember is that before the start of the preparations, they need to be soaked so that all the internal bitterness comes out.

Milk mushrooms prefer tree species and can grow among shrubs

How and where do mushrooms grow

Milk mushrooms love forests that are different in composition and characteristics:

1. Pine, it is not necessary that only pines grow in it, but there should be a majority.
2. Oak-pine.
3. Mixed deciduous.
4. Small-leaved trees.
5. Deciduous-coniferous.

Milk mushrooms prefer tree species and can grow among shrubs. For growth activity, the age of trees, their density and soil moisture are important. Damp areas with abundant herbs and mosses are great for black varieties.

Beginning mushroom pickers those who know the places, afraid to go deep into the thickets, find milk mushrooms in places that hard to call a forest:

• edges;
• glades;
• slopes of ravines;
• trails along the forest thickets.

Therefore, if you really want milk mushrooms, you can go along the forest road. Luck must smile.

In the hottest period of summer - July, black milk mushrooms like to appear

When white and black milk mushrooms are harvested

The first milk mushrooms appear in June, but this is not the month for the collection of white and black varieties.

1. In the hottest period of summer - July, black milk mushrooms like to appear. They are waiting for warm summer rain, thunderstorms and begin to please the foresters. Rainy morning weather, fog, increased humidity - Better conditions for black varieties.
2. August is the season of white mushrooms. summer heat subsides, the nights become cooler. Fogs are more frequent and denser. Dew in the morning abundantly covers the grass and moss. The first yellow leaves and white milk mushrooms appear at the same time.
3. In September, whites meet, but if the month is warm and rainy. Frosts stop the growth of white mushrooms, but do not interfere with the birth of black ones. They can hide in the foliage until the first snow. Indian summer is the time of their active growth. Therefore, take a walk through the quiet forest in warm days, the last hints of the past summer, an amazing special treat.
4. October is the month that completes the silent hunt for mushrooms. There will already be snow in some places, and under a warm cover of fallen foliage, you can find mushrooms. exact date, which will close the exits to the forest, will be the last day, no. Each season is unusual in its own way, it all depends on the characteristics of the year.

Where to look for mushrooms in the fall (video)

The real breast is a great find. It is not only tasty, but also useful. Know when to start growing forest dwellers everyone wants. But it is better to go on a quiet hunt all the time. Fresh air, the beauty of nature will add health, and a lot of impressions from amazing meetings will cheer you up.

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A long-term study of the timing of the appearance of edible mushrooms in middle lane Russia allows you to identify a certain pattern. The first to appear in the spring forest are morels and lines - from mid-April to mid-May. This is followed by three harvests or, as experienced mushroom pickers say, “layers”, different in mushroom composition, and most importantly, in productivity.

The first harvest falls on the period when winter rye is earing. That is why the mushrooms that appear at this time (white, boletus, boletus and boletus) are often called "spikelets". The first harvest of noble mushrooms in the new season is always welcome, but small and pleases collectors only very much. a short time. They are looking for spikelets in well-lit places: glades, forest edges, clearings, at paths, among rare deciduous young growth.

The second layer of mushrooms appears 2-3 weeks after the first. In composition, it is much more diverse, but in terms of yield is weak. Lasts no more than 2-3 weeks. Mushrooms appear mainly on open places, less often in adult deciduous forests.

The main crop of mushrooms is considered to be the third layer. In terms of the variety of mushrooms, in terms of fruiting and in strength, it is unrivaled. Mushrooms are harvested both in open places and under the forest canopy.

The table summarizes information about the timing of the harvests of a number of edible mushrooms. It should be borne in mind that here the dates are indicated for the Moscow region. Therefore, if you live in more northern regions, then the beginning of the mushroom harvest will be 1-2 weeks late, and the end will come earlier by the same period. If you are located south of the Moscow region, then the mushroom harvest should be expected 1-2 weeks earlier than the dates indicated in the book. At the same time, the mushroom picking season is also extended by 1-2 weeks. These dates are indicative and may vary slightly from year to year depending on specific weather conditions.

Types of mushrooms

May

June

July

August

September

October

Decades

I

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

I

II

III

Morel

Porcini

boletus

boletus

Chanterelle

Butter dish

mokhovik

Honey agaric

Ginger

Volnushka

breast

Value

Russula

Champignon

Belyanka (white wave)

bitterness

Greenfinch

Serushka

Kozlyak

Raincoat

Cap

Ryadovka

violinist

Wild berries - generous gifts nature - a variety of aromas, tastes and colors! Nowadays, any berries can be bought in a store at any time of the year, but their taste and aroma are not at all the same as those of a freshly picked wild berry. Differ and beneficial features such berries, in forest - more vitamins! Don't miss out on the summer wild berry season, take note of the flowering and berry ripening calendar, and you'll always know when to pick berries in the summer.

Useful properties of berries

Below is a brief description of the berries and describes the beneficial properties of the berries. Berries are important in human nutrition. Berries are of particular value as a source of vitamins and organic acids, which play an important role in human life, increasing the vitality of the body, its physical and mental performance and resistance to various diseases. How to use the beneficial properties of berries to improve health.

Berry picking rules

To save high quality and useful properties of berries, you must follow the simple rules for picking berries.

• When picking berries, it is forbidden to use various mechanical devices (scoops, combs, etc.), which cause damage to the thickets of berries and reduce the yield of berries in subsequent years.
• Picked berries do not ripen after harvest, so pick only mature ones.
• Berries that you want to eat right away, collect during the growing moon, then they will be more fragrant.
• Collect berries for canning during the waning moon, then they will last longer.
• Pick berries during cool hours (morning and evening) every other day, and in case of dry, hot weather, every other day, avoiding overripe.
• The collected berries should be immediately removed in a cool place protected from the sun, as those heated in the sun very quickly lose their appearance, taste and beneficial properties of the berries.
• When carrying the berries should also be covered from sunlight.

berry calendar

Calendar of average terms of flowering and maturation of herbal and dwarf forest berries. The berry picking calendar shows the average timing of flowering and ripening of most wild berries and fruits growing on the territory of our country.

Picking berries
When to Collect berries	May	June		July		August		September	October
Cowberry
Crowberry
Blueberry
Wild strawberry
common cranberry
Cranberry small-fruited
Cranberry large-fruited
princess
Stone berry
Krasnika
Cloudberry
blueberry
Blueberry caucasian
Bilberry ovalfolia

As a rule, the harvest season for lingonberries begins in August-September. The taste of lingonberries is sour with bitterness, which leaves only after frost, lingonberries are harvested until November. The beneficial properties of lingonberries are known to everyone, therefore, when lingonberries ripen, take the baskets into the forest.

Useful properties of cranberries

Lingonberries are a valuable vitamin carrier, lingonberries contain a whole range of biologically active substances, organic acids, sugars. After harvesting, lingonberries can be stored fresh for a month, as they contain benzoic acid. Cowberry berries and juice from them are taken with high blood pressure, are a good thirst quencher, laxative and antipyretic. Cowberry juice has anti-inflammatory and diuretic effects, antimicrobial and detoxifying effect, helps with flu and acute respiratory diseases.

Lingonberry, boletus, lingonberry

When to collect crowberry

Voronika (aka shiksha, aka crowberry) is a plant of the tundra and the north. The crowberry ripens in August, and the crowberry is harvested in the fall, until frost. Crowberry leaves, similar to needles, remain on the plant even in winter, only they turn purple-black. Useful properties of crowberry berries are very diverse.

Useful properties of crowberry

Crowberry well removes radionuclides from the body, improves immunity. Hypertension, migraine, insomnia, metabolic disorders and seizures can also be treated with crowberry juice. In the tundra, crowberries quench their thirst with berries instead of water. Crowberry has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, wound healing, astringent, anticonvulsant, antispasmodic and antioxidant properties. For long-term storage, it is enough to fill it in a jar, fill it with water and put it in the basement. Crowberry is stored in this form for up to a year or more. You can also freeze the crowberry.

Crowberry, crowberry, shiksha, bear berry, bagnovka

When to pick blueberries

The harvest season for wild blueberries or gonobobel comes in July, August and even September. The beneficial properties of blueberries will help everyone who collects blueberries - bluish-black berries with a strong bluish-gray bloom with greenish flesh.

Useful properties of blueberries

Blueberries have a number of unique properties: they remove radionuclides, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, normalize heart function, and slow down aging. nerve cells and the brain. Blueberries have anti-sclerotic, cardiotonic, hypotensive and anti-inflammatory effects. It is effective in atherosclerosis, hypertension, capillary toxicosis and other diseases associated with insufficiency of blood capillaries. Blueberries are recommended for diabetics, as they promote tissue repair, enhance the effect of drugs that lower blood sugar levels, and increase metabolism.

Blueberry, gonobobel, blueberry, drunkard

When to pick strawberries

Wild strawberries ripen in June-July; in more northern regions, strawberries can be harvested even in August. There are legends about the beneficial properties of strawberries. Strawberries are the first berry of all in terms of iron, vitamin E, folic acid and calcium content.

Useful properties of strawberries

Strawberries are useful because they contain trace elements, sugars, pectins, acids, fiber, vitamins and essential oils. They not only improve appetite, but also contribute to the normalization of digestion. Strawberries help restore strength, cure diarrhea in children and help with anemia. Strawberries have vitamin, anti-allergic, choleretic and diuretic properties, normalizes metabolism. Thanks to the properties of strawberries, toxins and cholesterol are removed from the body. Strawberries are harvested for future use by drying, freezing or rubbing with sugar.

Wild strawberry, sunnitsa, drifting snow, berry

When to pick cranberries

Cranberries bloom in June, and the berries are harvested from September through the autumn. Doctors attributed this berry to the most useful food for humans.

Useful properties of cranberries

Cranberries are a great antioxidant. Due to the high content of potassium salts and vitamin C, cranberries are very useful for the body during infectious and colds. Cranberry is considered a natural antibiotic due to its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Cranberries contain substances that prevent the formation of plaques in the vessels and the formation of blood clots. rich medicinal properties cranberry is indicated for varicose veins, as it helps to increase the strength and elasticity of the walls of blood vessels and capillaries. Most of all, cranberries are useful fresh, in which they are stored for quite a long time due to the content of benzoic acid.

Cranberry, stonefly, crane, snowdrop

When to collect the princess

The berries of the princesses ripen in July - August. The princess has a very pleasant taste - it is sweet, but with a sour taste and a strong aroma, reminiscent of both pineapple and peach.

Useful properties of the princess

In addition to the fact that the princess is tastier than ordinary raspberries, it is also useful as raspberries. Infusions and decoctions of the princess in traditional medicine recommended as an antipyretic, for gargling when coughing, for catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and bronchial asthma. Princess berries quench thirst and act as an antipyretic, infusions of berries are given to patients as a drink. From the young leaves, the princesses prepare delicious fruit tea. Leaf infusions are used as a gargle for sore throats and coughs, and as an astringent for diarrhea. Fresh leaves are applied to wounds to relieve inflammation and heal faster.

Princess, polyanka, mamura

When to collect bones

Kostyanik ripens in July - August. Bone is harvested until the end of September to enjoy the taste of the berry and its healing properties.

Useful properties of bone

Due to the high content of vitamin C (about 150 mg%), tannins and pectin, organic acids, the juice from the fruits of the stone fruit is used as an antiscorbutic and protistocidal drug. Bone juices are recommended for anemia, anemia. Bone fruit juice helps to improve metabolism, strengthen the walls of blood vessels and remove toxins and cholesterol from the body. Rescue infusions from the bones and from pain in the heart. Effective for cystitis and colds. Bone berries have a pronounced antipyretic agent, therefore they are recommended as inclusion in complex therapy for diseases accompanied by "high fever".

Bone, bonfire, stone

When to pick redberries

Krasnika grows on Sakhalin, the south of Kamchatka and some other places. Redberries are harvested in August - September. The taste of redberry berries is peculiar: at first they seem sweet, later - sour, and when you completely chew them, bitter-salty.

Useful properties of redberries

Fresh berries and redberry juice effectively reduce blood pressure in hypertension. It has been established that redberry berries are rich in P-active substances that dilate blood vessels and strengthen their walls. Krasnika berries contain vitamin C, benzoic and other organic acids, fiber, 7 essential amino acids, trace elements (copper, cobalt, manganese, zinc and chromium). Redberry is useful for colds, with a headache, the analgesic effect of redberry is manifested. Redberry juice and liquid extract are also used as a laxative. In addition to the berries, the redberry has young leaves that taste like sorrel.

Krasnika, klopovka

When to pick cloudberries

Cloudberry blooms in May - June, and you can collect cloudberries in July, August. From time immemorial in Russia, fresh and soaked cloudberries were served to the royal table as the most valuable berry of the North. In the North, it is still called the Royal berry.

Useful properties of cloudberries

Cloudberries contain 3 times more vitamin C than oranges. Cloudberries surpass carrots in the content of provitamin A, which rejuvenates cell populations. Miracle cloudberry - a rich source of tocopherols that accelerate regeneration damaged cells and involved in the most important processes of tissue metabolism. Since cloudberries are rich in potassium, they help protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease. It is good to give fruits along with honey to strengthen weakened patients. One of the last requests of A. S. Pushkin was the desire to eat soaked cloudberries.

Cloudberry, gloshina, bear cub

When to pick blueberries

Blueberries are harvested from July to September. Blueberries are a healing berry, it contains many vitamins and minerals. It tones and stimulates metabolic processes, has a hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic, diuretic effect.

Useful properties of blueberries

Blueberries can powerfully counteract aging and even rejuvenate the body. The use of blueberries improves the blood supply to the retina, as a result, the regeneration of retinal tissue is accelerated. Blueberries are the richest source of so-called anthocyanidins - these are the most powerful of all natural antioxidants. The flavonoids found in blueberries are able to raise glutathione levels (a powerful protector nervous tissue). It is assumed that just half a glass of blueberries a day can prevent Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's. Bilberry extract has shown the ability to strengthen the walls of blood vessels. Blueberries can lower blood cholesterol no worse than some drugs and be powerful weapon in the fight against heart disease.

Blueberry, blueberry

Summer is a great time to relax and pick berries. In order for the beneficial properties of berries to remain healing, we recall another simple rule for picking berries: pick berries away from highways, industrial enterprises, landfills and others dangerous places. I hope our berry calendar has awakened in you the desire to immediately go to the forest to pick berries.

Tell me how to make cranberry juice?

To get a liter of fruit drink, you will need 800 ml of boiling water, 125 g of cranberries and 3 tbsp. spoons of honey or granulated sugar. Rinse the berries and mash them with a wooden crush. Then put the cranberry mass in cheesecloth, folded in several layers, and squeeze the juice with it. Pour cake hot water, boil for 5-10 minutes and strain through a strainer or cheesecloth. Mix the resulting broth with the finished juice, add honey or sugar and cool it. That's all - a delicious drink is ready! Just do not forget that the dishes for cranberry juice should be enameled, glass or stainless steel. Aluminum pans can oxidize and make healthy drink harmful.

Lisa Chernikina