The environs of Tver and the entire Tver region are rich in mushrooms. Mushroom pickers from all over Russia come there to "hunt". Mushrooms of the Tver region in 2019 will grow all season, but it is better to go out into the forests in autumn.
Mushrooms in the Tver region
What mushrooms grow
Mushroom hunting in Tver and the region begins in mid-spring and continues until the first frost. In the region there are such edible and conditionally edible species:
- morels (conditionally edible, spring);
- white (edible, category 1, appear in mid-June);
- boletus: boletus, boletus (grow from June to September);
- boletus (they are collected from mid-July to October);
- milk mushrooms (appear in the period August-September);
- chanterelles (harvested from July to September);
- russula (the largest harvest is observed in July).
Spring stitches, rows and honey agarics are also collected in the Tver region. The listed species grow in coniferous and deciduous forests, plantings, along the shores of lakes and rivers.
White mushrooms, boletus mushrooms are eaten after peeling and short cooking as an independent dish, as a garnish for meat. Scented oil is great for drying and pickling. Morels are allowed to be consumed only after thorough boiling in clean water for 20-30 minutes.
Poisonous mushrooms
In the Tver region, there is an abundance of false and poisonous species. The peak of poisoning occurs in the middle of the season: July-August.
The following poisonous mushrooms are common in the region:
- Amanita muscaria white spring;
- fly agarics are red;
- false mushrooms;
- false champignons;
- pale toadstools;
- russula emetic;
- luminous talker;
- cobwebs (grow on river banks and in swampy areas).
The appearance of fly agarics is familiar to everyone. These are beautiful fruiting bodies on a high leg with a skirt, with a red or pale pink cap, with flocculent dots representing the remains of a common veil. Amanita muscaria is not tied to certain woody plants, so they can grow everywhere.
Pale toadstools also have a high leg with a skirt, a grayish flat cap with a small notch in the middle.
In an emetic russula, the cap is burgundy or reddish-brown, dense, flat. The glowing talker looks like a chanterelle.
Poisonous mushrooms are characterized by a rather large, tuber-like extension of the leg downward. Unlike the plates of edible species, their plates do not change color as they grow.
Mushroom Sites Map
There are many mushroom places in the Tver region
Mushroom pickers "hunt" throughout the Tver region. The list of the most mushroom spots includes:
- the city of Konakovo (clean forest near the airfield): porcini mushrooms grow here, boletus and aspen mushrooms are found.
- residential area "Yunost": the territory not far from it is a mixed forest in which boletus mushrooms, russula, milk mushrooms, boletus are found.
- villages Mednoe and Kumordino: here there is an abundance of oil.
- Bezhetskoe highway, area of the 17th km: in mixed forests, black milk mushrooms, aspen mushrooms, russula are collected here.
- Koltalovo village, Staritskoe highway, territory near the Volga river: in these places rich harvests of boletus, chanterelles, boletus grow.
To find a mushroom, one and the same place is bypassed several times from different sides. Boletus and aspen mushrooms grow not only under the trees of the same name, they often hide in berry bushes. Whites grow on hills and hillocks.
Make yourself a mushroom road map and mark the places visited and the species collected there. This "manuscript" will be very useful for you on subsequent trips to the forest and will avoid a number of problems.
Collection rules
The Tver region is not a place with an exemplary ecological situation. Even the edible species collected there can cause poisoning. To prevent this from happening, it is imperative to follow the rules from experienced mushroom pickers.
It is recommended to go hunting early in the morning, somewhere around 5-6 hours and collect only young fruiting bodies. Large, overgrown mushrooms, especially those with an open cap, are dangerous. In the old mycelium, toxins that arise during the aging and dying of the fungus are heated. It is impossible to collect near roads, factories, large garbage dumps, where there is almost 100% guarantee that without exception, even the youngest fruiting bodies are already a repository of toxic compounds from the environment.
Do not collect during drought. In the absence of moisture in the mycelium, a large amount of poison is immediately formed, which remains in the drying fruit bodies. The optimal time for "quiet hunting" is 1-2 days after the rain. Fruit bodies grow on average 2-4 days.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
Very often, parents take their children with them to the forest in order to show the beauty of the nature of their native land and share their experience. Therefore, in such cases it is important:
- explain the rules for picking mushrooms and why it is impossible (strictly prohibited) to bring your hands to your mouth or rub your eyes. Provide the children with disposable paper handkerchiefs for these purposes;
- do not leave unattended and even more so do not allow raw mushrooms and berries to be tasted "by the gut";
- dress in bright clothes that stand out well against the background of foliage so that children are always visible;
- do not allow you to leave the field of view (limit this distance to a few meters from you).
Mushrooms are harvested only with legs. Many poisonous species are recognized by it. The harvested crop is advised to be photographed in order to identify the cause in case of poisoning.
Poisoning symptoms
Even edible mushrooms should not be eaten by young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people who have problems with the digestive tract. They belong to the risk group for adverse reactions.
Poisoning manifests itself when eating poisonous or improperly processed conditionally edible mushrooms. Its main symptoms are headache, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Symptoms appear almost immediately after consumption. In severe cases, loss of orientation, hallucinations, convulsions, loss of consciousness occurs.
The patient must call an ambulance, wash the stomach and intestines. For these purposes, either pure drinking water or a pale pink solution of potassium permanganate is used in large quantities to induce vomiting. After emergency treatment, a medication course of treatment is prescribed.
A person is in particular danger if, by mistake, a pale toadstool - a "forest killer" got into the number of collected mushrooms, because intoxication processes appear 6-12 hours after accidentally eating it and even after 30 hours.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
About the pale toadstool, you need to remember that:
- in clinical practice, poisoning by it is classified as mild, moderate and severe;
- not only the mushroom itself is poisonous, but also its spores;
- toxins can enter the bloodstream even with a simple touch to the skin;
- pale toadstool makes mushrooms dangerous to health with which it just lay in a basket;
- its mycelium "poisons" nearby growing mushrooms and makes them its "accomplices";
- Toadstool toxins are resistant to high temperatures and gastrointestinal enzymes.
In case of poisoning with a pale toadstool, in no case should you use alcoholic beverages to "disinfect" the internal organs. Alcohol not only will not destroy toxins, but also vice versa, will help them to penetrate the bloodstream even faster and spread throughout the body, which can accelerate irreversible processes.
The mortality rate in case of pale toadstool poisoning is more than 50%. Special laboratory blood tests will help determine the presence of its toxins in the blood. To avoid this:
- Don't buy mushrooms from random people in spontaneous markets.
- Be extremely careful when picking mushrooms.
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Conclusion
In the Tver region, they collect universal mushrooms with excellent taste. Mushroom places are located in the vicinity of the regional center, in the forests between villages, in the coastal zone of the Volga - they are scattered throughout the region. The largest harvests are harvested in July, August and September, but it is better to skip harvesting in drought.