Pick mushrooms in August
The frilled mother hen is a very popular edible mushroom that grows between August and October. You should make sure that you only collect the fresh mushrooms, because the older ones can also cause digestive disorders.
What you need:
- weatherproof shoes
- a sharp knife
- a cup
In August you can collect curled cluck
The mushrooms shoot out of the ground in August, so this warm, humid month is perfect for collecting the frilled mother hen.
- The curly branches make the mushrooms look almost like a bath sponge and have an ocher-yellow to flesh-colored flesh. It is also often confused with the mother of the oak, which is also edible.
- If you are looking to go looking in the month of August, it should be in a coniferous forest.
- The mushrooms are most commonly found on pine trees, at the bottom of the trunk.
- You will not be so lucky to find these mushrooms on spruce, fir or Douglas fir.
- The flesh of the mushrooms smells aromatic and slightly like rubber, its flesh is gristly.
- You should use a sharp knife to cut the mushrooms. However, the fruiting body should not be cut off too deeply. If you leave a little of it, you will find it in exactly the same base of the trunk next year.
- Always take a basket with you for transport. A plastic bag is not suitable as the mushrooms in it will quickly turn brown and mushy.
- Crumble the frizzled mother hen under running water and clean it carefully. Storing the mushrooms in a cool, dry place can keep them fresh for up to a week.
- The Krause mother hen with whisked egg tastes very good. To do this, fry the curly mother hen well and then simply pour beaten eggs over it and continue frying everything briefly. But it is also ideal as a soup mushroom.
Pick mushrooms in October
If you would like to pick mushrooms on a walk in the forest, October is the right time ...
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