We collect MUSHROOMS in mid-JANUARY. Where and how does the winter honey agaric Flamulina and OYSTER MUSHROOMS grow. Collecting mushrooms in winter is always something special. Many mushroom pickers, and one can say that the absolute majority, are already sitting at home and enjoying the gifts that they managed to collect during the traditional mushroom season, namely during the autumn-winter period. However, you can also find many mushrooms in winter, namely the winter flamulina honey agaric and the oyster mushroom or as some people also call it, the oyster mushroom. Under favorable weather conditions, these mushrooms can bear fruit until spring. This time we will check if this is so. And here is a little additional information about these mushrooms.
Flammulina velutipes, Winter Honeysuckle, Flammulina velvety-leg - an edible mushroom of the 4th category. It grows from early October to mid-March, in deciduous and mixed forests, on dead and living weakened hardwood, on elms, willows, aspens, walnuts, poplars, hornbeams, lindens, birches, maples, acacias, ash trees, in crowded groups. At sub-zero temperatures it freezes, thaws in the thaw and continues to grow. Frozen mushrooms can be stored until March. It is grown artificially. Mushrooms grown on an artificial enriched substrate have fruiting bodies several times larger and more fleshy than wild specimens.
Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus is a delicious edible mushroom, a real find for any cook. It is an excellent source of both water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins. The benefits of eating it can be compared to meat products, vegetables and fruits.