Interesting Facts About White Mushrooms

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Different varieties of porcini mushrooms are found on all continents of the Earth, except for Antarctica and Australia. But they only grow in temperate or cool climates. They tolerate cold tolerably, growing even in the tundra , but the heat is fatal for them.
In South America, porcini mushrooms were brought by man, and by accident. The spores of the mycelium were preserved in the soil, which, together with tree seedlings , was transported from Europe, and they successfully took root in a new place.
The mycelium of the white fungus willingly enters into symbiosis with the roots of different trees. Depending on the type of symbiote tree, mushrooms of different varieties grow - birch, spruce, oak, and so on. They even look different from each other.
Most likely, the nickname “white” was attached to this mushroom in contrast to the less valuable “black”, that is, “noble” mushrooms darkening on the cut, like boletus. No one knows exactly when exactly this name became the main one, but it is already found in Dahl's explanatory dictionary, published in the 80s of the XIX century.
When fresh, most of the nutrients of porcini mushrooms are not absorbed by the human body, since they do not have time to be absorbed during the passage through our human digestive system . More precisely, the body simply does not have time to dissolve the thick cell walls of the fungus to get to these nutrients. But in dried porcini mushrooms, the digestibility of protein and other nutrients exceeds

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Porcini mushrooms are very high in calories, in this parameter they are comparable to meat, but only in dried form. When dried, their calorie content only increases, but in fresh, fried or pickled form, they can be called a dietary product.
White mushrooms do not live long, a maximum of 11-12 days. In most cases, even less, and if they are not eaten by animals, they are able to live for 8-9 days, usually no more.
The smell of dried porcini mushrooms is difficult to confuse with some other aroma, if you have ever felt it. One company even did a little research, stating that 87% of those surveyed recognized the fragrance unmistakably.
In everyday life, porcini mushrooms are often called mushrooms, but this is not entirely correct. Boletus mushrooms are a whole genus of so-called noble mushrooms, and ceps are just one of them.
There are also false ceps, known as gall mushrooms. Interestingly, they belong to a different genus, despite a noticeable external similarity. Bile mushrooms are inedible due to bitterness, but experienced mushroom pickers still will not confuse them with real ceps.

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As soon as porcini mushrooms were not called before - cow, feather grass, baby, belevik, expensive mushroom, cowshed, pan, konovyash ... He actually has several dozen names, depending on the people who came up with this name. And there are many different peoples in Russia.
Like people, porcini mushrooms sunbathe in the sun. If they grow in a place where sunlight regularly hits, their hat will be dark brown, and if they grow in the shade, it will remain light.
It makes little sense to go looking for mushrooms in the same places every day, since they grow relatively slowly. In the case of the porcini mushroom, the growth rate can be called average; under favorable conditions, it can grow by 10-12 cm per week.
No one grows porcini mushrooms on an industrial scale, because it is economically unprofitable, but you can set up a mushroom farm on your site. True, it will take a lot of space, on average, from ten standard acres, you can collect only up to 5 to 25 kg of crop per season.
A record-breaking white mushroom was found by Russian mushroom pickers, it weighed a little less than 10 kilograms, and its cap diameter was 58 cm. In general, this is a rarity, usually the largest specimens have a hat up to 20-30 cm in diameter, and weigh less than a kilogram.