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The Broken Row is an edible mushroom that can be harvested even in winter. Late ripening is a feature of the species. The main thing is to properly prepare the collected mushrooms, knowing their characteristic features.
Where broken rows grow
Broken row (or Tricholoma batschii, bitterness) grows mainly in pine forests, which are distinguished by high soil fertility rates. A favorite place are areas covered with moss and needles. Most often, mushrooms grow in families, and the harvest can be observed from mid-autumn to February-March.
What do the broken rows look like?
The broken row, with a photo and a description of which can be found below, belongs to lamellar mushrooms. The appearance of the fruiting body is quite appetizing, while the ryadovka is extremely fleshy and fragrant.
In order not to confuse gorchak with other species, it is worth taking a closer look at its description:
- Hat. In young specimens, it is semicircular, over time it becomes convex-prostrate. In diameter, it can reach 15 cm, its color is uneven. The color of the upper part of the fruiting body can be chestnut-red, brown-red or yellow-red. The surface of the cap is silky-fibrous and polished. Almost always, there is a small dent in the central part, and cracked irregularities can be observed along the edges.
- Leg... Its diameter reaches 3 cm, the length can be in the range of 5 - 13 cm. The leg is thick and dense, has a cylindrical shape, with a narrowing at the base. The color above the peri-head ring is white. A flocculent bloom is present on the surface of the lower part of the fruiting body. The leg has dense, rich white flesh, which, when broken, turns red and emits a mealy odor.
Is it possible to eat broken rows
Broken ryadovka belongs to the category of edible mushrooms with high taste. But before cooking, it needs to be soaked for a fairly long period.
Taste qualities of the mushroom ryadovka broken
Despite the fact that bitterness is present in broken bitterness, it is extremely tasty. The main condition is to properly soak and prepare the fruit bodies. Especially good taste is revealed in salted and pickled products.
Benefits and harm to the body
Like many other mushroom varieties, Broken Bitter has a number of beneficial properties. Among them are:
- Improving digestion. The fiber contained in the fruit bodies allows you to improve the work of the digestive tract, removes toxins from the body.
- The content of vitamin B. In the broken row there is a mass of vitamins, of which the B group occupies the main place.
- Used to make antibiotics. Extracts from broken rows are used in pharmacology for the production of drugs against tuberculosis.
There is also a list of factors that negatively affect the state of the body:
- Individual intolerance.
- Diseases of the stomach (gastritis and ulcers). Rows are heavy food, overeating of which can cause problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
In general, this type of mushroom has more advantages than disadvantages. Considering that a fresh crop can be harvested in late autumn, and the vitamins contained in it are preserved under the influence of high temperatures, ryadovka is a valuable species.
False doubles
The species also has false counterparts that can be dangerous to humans:
- White row... It has a pungent taste and an unpleasant odor. This representative has a convex rounded cap, which becomes flat as the fungus grows, its color is light gray, changing to yellow-brown. The lower part of the fruiting body is colored in the color of the cap. The first white rows can be found in early August. The species is inedible.
- Stinking ryadovka... Inedible, hallucinatory. The upper part of the fruiting body is whitish, the pulp is light, dense, has a pungent odor resembling gas. This species has been found in various forests since the beginning of September. The last representatives can be found at the end of October.
- Soap Tricholoma... This mushroom has a soapy aroma with a slight admixture of fruit. His hat is naked, smooth, conical, but over time, not only changes color to olive, but also becomes flat. The leg has the shape of an even club, its color is greenish-yellow. As it grows, the mushroom becomes covered with small red spots. The first fruiting bodies can be seen in August. The variety is not edible.
- Spotted row, or ruined... Its fruiting body has a convex cap and a dense, short stalk. Poisonous species.
- Pointed... The variety has a cone-shaped cap, which becomes flat over time, and a tubercle forms in the center. A thin and rather long leg expands closer to the base. Color - white with pink or yellow splashes. The mushroom has no smell, but it has a pungent taste. This variety is classified as poisonous.
- Tiger row... Its fruiting body has a scaly spherical cap of a gray shade. The lower part of the mushroom is straight, covered with an ocher bloom. The pulp has a mealy smell, it is not eaten due to its toxic properties.
All false counterparts are inedible. Some of them are poisonous and extremely dangerous. Certain species can cause hallucinogenic visions, which can also threaten health and life. Therefore, it is prohibited to use such mushrooms in any form.
Collection rules
Like all mushrooms, the broken ryadovka, or bitterness, usually grows in coniferous forests. Therefore, there are no special rules for collecting this type. Its fruit body is usually clean, rarely wormy. The only recommendation is not to add broken bitterness together with other species.
In addition, you should not collect the variety in places close to industrial complexes, highways and landfills. Carrying out a quiet hunt in abandoned mines is also not worth it, since substances harmful to health and life remain in the ground for several centuries.
How to cook broken rows
You can find many delicious recipes with the home row. It is used in almost any form. Gorchak is pickled, stewed, boiled, fried and salted. At the same time, a delicate aroma emanates from the dish.
The only treatment that this species does not lend itself to is drying.
Conclusion
Broken row is a tasty and healthy mushroom, which you can eat even in winter. The largest harvest can be observed in late January - early February, although in some regions the active harvest begins in October and continues until the first spring months.At the same time, neither precipitation nor low air temperature will interfere with the "quiet hunt".
