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Mushroom pushers. Pusher mushrooms: where to look and how to prepare An excerpt characterizing the Saffron Float |
Kira Stoletova Floaters (pusher mushrooms) are a species considered theoretically edible. It does not have high nutritional value and belongs to the fly agaric genus. This is an unattractive individual both in appearance and in taste. AppearanceThe pusher (Amanitopsis alba), according to the description, has a leg 0.8-1.2 cm in diameter, its height is 5-15 cm. The color is white or gray. Saffron float mushrooms (Amanita crocea) differ from gray ones (Amanita vaginata) in the color of their cap. The surface of the mushroom float type has a variety of colors: gray, yellow, orange. The cap of an adult individual reaches 4-9 cm in diameter. In juveniles it is bell-shaped, in adults it is already flat, and occasionally flat-convex. The float plates are white, loose and dense. The spore powder is also white. The spores are spherical, non-amyloid, the surface is smooth. The float mushroom is similar to the fly agaric even in its chemical composition, but some scientists refuse to consider them related species. SpeciesGray float mushroom is an edible species. It is noticeable due to the gray color of the fragile cap, 4-8 cm in diameter. Its central part is a darker shade. It has an ovoid-bell-shaped shape, sometimes flat. The edge is ribbed all the way around. Leg height 5-12 cm. Colors - white, beige, gray. The plates are white and loose. These mushrooms grow in late summer and early autumn, singly or in large numbers at a short distance. There is a possibility of encountering the following species:
Useful properties
Pusher contains many vitamins, especially group B, and other microelements, as do other edible types of fly agaric. ContraindicationsThis species does not pose a threat to human life and health. According to the description, it is similar in appearance to a toadstool, so there is a risk of confusing these mushrooms. In this case, intoxication of the body will occur. It is also possible to get poisoned from the float if it was collected near industrial areas or roads: it quickly absorbs bad substances from the environment. You should not eat mushrooms if you have a number of diseases:
The variety is excluded from the diet if there are allergic reactions to this particular species. ApplicationThe float is unattractive in appearance, tastes fresh, with bitterness, so it is not particularly popular among mushroom pickers. Collecting, transporting, processing and cooking with this species is not easy: the structure of the mushroom is fragile and brittle. At the same time, it is extremely popular in dietary nutrition. In cookingThe float is used in cooking after cooking. It's great for drying. Amanitopsis is used for preparing first and second courses and appetizers. The process of preparing pushers is no different from other types of cooking. To begin with, they are delicately cleaned of dirt and washed with plenty of water. The next step is to cook for about an hour. It is possible to salt or marinate Amanitopsis without resorting to soaking or scalding in advance. In medicineThis species of the fly agaric genus contains a lot of betaine. In medicine, this chemical compound is used to combat Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer, prostate adenoma, liver, kidney and gall bladder diseases.
Mushroom picking. Saffron float and boletus. Float - edible summer mushroom (Amanita fulva) A relative of the fly agaric - the floater is yellow-brown. ConclusionPushers, or floats, are fragile and brittle mushrooms that require delicate handling. Pusher mushrooms, commonly known as white floats, are theoretically edible, but do not have any particular nutritional value. A closely related species of the white pusher is the orange float mushroom; the descriptions of the varieties are very close. Description of the mushroomThe diameter of the leg of an adult specimen of the white pusher, Amanitopsis alba, is 8-20 mm with a length ranging from 5-15 cm. The leg is white or off-white in color and hollow inside. The saffron float (Amanita crocea) differs from the gray float (Amanita vaginata) in the coloring of the surface of the cap. This conditionally edible mushroom has good taste and quality characteristics and is close in basic indicators of nutritional value to the dark brown float (Amanitaumbrinolutea). It has a fairly pronounced mushroom aroma. The hat has distinct scars on the edges. The surface of the fruiting body can have different colors, including gray, yellow-gray, gray-brown, and orange shades. The diameter of the cap of an adult specimen of pusher does not exceed 4-9 cm. Young mushrooms have a bell-shaped cap, while adults may have a flat-convex or completely flat cap. The plates are white in color, quite wide and often located, of a free type. Spore powder is white. The spores have a relatively even, rounded shape, quite often spherical, with a smooth surface. There is no coloring. The spores are always non-amyloid.
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Biological featuresThis species is most often found in deciduous forests, under birch trees. The mushroom grows best in acidic or neutral soils. Pushers contain betaine, which plays a very important role in basic metabolic processes. In addition to the white pusher, var. alba, the following varieties are most common in the forest belt of our country:
Use in cookingThe small conditionally edible pusher mushroom, according to most mushroom pickers, has very mediocre taste. Used in cooking after boiling for a short time, well suited for drying. Amanitopsis are used for preparing first and second courses, as well as a variety of snacks.
Boiled mushrooms should be washed and refilled with water, add chopped potatoes, carrots and seasonings. It is recommended to serve the dish with sour cream and chopped herbs. Potatoes baked with Amanitopsis alba mushrooms and cheese have a good taste. Before baking, the pushers must be boiled. How to cook mushroom soup (video)
Pushers are very fragile and delicate mushrooms that require especially careful handling. When collecting them, you should be very careful: in recent years, the use of false pushers, which includes about ten related varieties of mushrooms from the Amanita family, is very often cited as a cause of severe poisoning. (Amanitaceae).
DescriptionEcology and distributionIt forms mycorrhiza most often with birch, but also with spruce, oak and beech. Prefers fertile soils. Distributed in the forests of Europe, North America (USA, Mexico), Japan and the Far East (Primorsky Territory), and can also be found in the steppe zone. Fruits singly or in groups. Season early summer - autumn. Similar speciesOther types of float, all of them are conditionally edible. The closest species is the gray float; it is easily distinguished by color. It is easily distinguished from other fly agarics by the absence of a ring. Nutritional qualityConditionally edible mushroom of good quality. In its raw form it can be poisonous and requires boiling. Unsuitable for storage; collected mushrooms must be processed immediately. Write a review about the article "Saffron float"Literature
NotesAn excerpt characterizing the Saffron FloatRostov's participation in Dolokhov's duel with Bezukhov was hushed up through the efforts of the old count, and Rostov, instead of being demoted, as he expected, was appointed adjutant to the Moscow governor general. As a result, he could not go to the village with his entire family, but remained in his new position all summer in Moscow. Dolokhov recovered, and Rostov became especially friendly with him during this time of his recovery. Dolokhov lay sick with his mother, who loved him passionately and tenderly. The old woman Marya Ivanovna, who fell in love with Rostov for his friendship with Fedya, often told him about her son.“Yes, Count, he is too noble and pure of soul,” she used to say, “for our current, corrupted world.” Nobody likes virtue, it hurts everyone's eyes. Well, tell me, Count, is this fair, is this fair on Bezukhov’s part? And Fedya, in his nobility, loved him, and now he never says anything bad about him. In St. Petersburg, these pranks with the police officer were something they joked about, because they did it together? Well, Bezukhov had nothing, but Fedya bore everything on his shoulders! After all, what did he endure! Suppose they returned it, but how could they not return it? I think there weren’t many brave men and sons of the fatherland like him there. Well now - this duel! Do these people have a sense of honor? Knowing that he is the only son, challenge him to a duel and shoot so straight! It's good that God had mercy on us. And for what? Well, who doesn’t have intrigue these days? Well, if he is so jealous? I understand, because he could have made me feel it before, otherwise it went on for a year. And so, he challenged him to a duel, believing that Fedya would not fight because he owed him. What baseness! What disgusting! I know you understood Fedya, my dear count, that’s why I love you with my soul, believe me. Few people understand him. This is such a high, heavenly soul! Dolokhov himself often, during his recovery, spoke to Rostov such words that could not have been expected from him. “They consider me an evil person, I know,” he used to say, “so be it.” I don’t want to know anyone except those I love; but whom I love, I love him so much that I will give my life, and I will crush the rest if they stand on the road. I have an adored, unappreciated mother, two or three friends, including you, and I pay attention to the rest only to the extent that they are useful or harmful. And almost everyone is harmful, especially women. Yes, my soul,” he continued, “I have met loving, noble, sublime men; but I have not yet met women, except for corrupt creatures - countesses or cooks, it doesn’t matter. I have not yet encountered that heavenly purity and devotion that I look for in a woman. If I found such a woman, I would give my life for her. And these!...” He made a contemptuous gesture. “And do you believe me, if I still value life, then I value it only because I still hope to meet such a heavenly being who would revive, purify and exalt me.” But you don't understand this. “No, I understand very much,” answered Rostov, who was under the influence of his new friend. In the fall, the Rostov family returned to Moscow. At the beginning of winter, Denisov also returned and stayed with the Rostovs. This first time of the winter of 1806, spent by Nikolai Rostov in Moscow, was one of the happiest and most cheerful for him and for his entire family. Nikolai brought many young people with him to his parents’ house. Vera was twenty years old, a beautiful girl; Sonya is a sixteen-year-old girl in all the beauty of a newly blossoming flower; Natasha is half a young lady, half a girl, sometimes childishly funny, sometimes girlishly charming. The float is white, belongs to the fly agaric family. Mushroom pickers don't like him because of his appearance. It resembles a stinking fly agaric, or a pale toadstool. You can distinguish it, but you need to be extremely careful. The first sign of a white float is that it really is white. The cap may be slightly darker than the spore-bearing plates. It reaches fifteen centimeters in diameter, and in its center the remains of the blanket that protects the fungus during growth are clearly visible. The edge is uneven and ribbed. This mushroom has no particular odor. When cut, the pulp does not change color. You can find this mushroom in deciduous forests. The difference between this mushroom is the ribbed edges of the cap, a pouch at the base and the absence of a ring on a thin, high stem. These mushrooms can only be collected from July to the end of September. These mushrooms can be used in cold appetizers, as well as stewed and fried, but they must first be boiled. The float is white. White pusher (Amanitopsis alba) photo It is found in autumn in birch and coniferous forests with an admixture of birch, very rarely and not abundantly. The entire mushroom is snow-white. Otherwise the same as the gray float. Edible, fourth category, pleasant to the taste. Used boiled. The white pusher can be confused with the deadly poisonous stinking fly agaric (see comparative table). Float yellow-brownYellow-brown floater (Amanita fulva) photo Grows in birch forests, along the outskirts of swamps from July to September. The hat is yellow-brown. Otherwise the same as the gray float. Floats differ from fly agarics in the absence of a ring on the stem. Edible mushroom, belongs to the fourth category. Used boiled. Float grayThe float is gray. Gray pusher (Amanita vaginata) photo It usually grows in single specimens in a wide variety of forests and shrubs from July to the end of August. The cap is up to 10 cm in diameter, gray, bell-shaped in young mushrooms, almost flat in mature ones, with a tubercle in the center and a ribbed (ribbed) edge. The skin of the cap is dry, with white flakes in young ones, which later disappear. The flesh of the mushroom is thin and white. Spore powder is white. The leg is up to 15 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, white, fluffy-scaly or smooth, expanded at the base and placed in a wide, bag-like volva (white, gray or brownish), which is deeply buried in the ground. There is no ring on the leg. Float gray edible, fourth category. Used boiled. Saffron float (Amanita crocea) photo Found in deciduous and mixed forests from July to October. The cap is up to 7 cm in diameter, orange-ochre. The edge is ribbed and striped. The plates are white. Spore powder is white. The leg is up to 12 cm long, 0.5-1 cm thick, white, fibrous-scaly, with ocher-twisting belts. Volva is white, loose. Saffron float edible, fourth category. Used boiled. A lot of mushrooms grow in our latitudes, but few take it seriously to collect them. This is a delicate matter, requiring experience and certain knowledge. After all, even in an ecologically clean forest wilderness you can see a “dubious” mushroom, which seems to be similar to the inedible one, but at the same time differs from it. One of these types is pushers, which deserve a separate description. General informationPushers, they are floats- this is a whole section of mushrooms from the genus Amanita. Because of this “kinship” they are classified as conditionally edible.
Floats are considered medium-sized mushrooms. Here they are main features:
Experienced mushroom pickers know that edible pushers have another characteristic feature, namely the absence of a ring on the stem. Many people are misled by the film or warty flakes on the cap - they are quite rare and can be easily removed. Nutritional valueDue to their nutritional qualities and degree of absorption by the body, floats are classified as mushrooms, rarely eat(the so-called IV category). That is, they are not of particular value. On the other hand, they still contain basic proteins, fats in the form of polyunsaturated acids and carbohydrates. There are B vitamins, as well as relatively large amounts of phosphorus and potassium. Like all mushrooms, they are considered low-calorie (20-30 kcal per 100 g, depending on the type and processing). Where can I meetIn regions with a temperate climate, pushers grow in light forests of various types (coniferous, mixed, deciduous). They are also found on well-lit edges or simply in tall grass. Did you know? In the forests of North America, black floats grow, which are called royal floats for their size: the diameter of the cap is 15 cm (and this is with a stem length of 25-27 cm). Some species grow alone, while others tend to grow in groups. The floater mushroom can often be seen in peat bogs and acidic soils. Another favorite location for some species is closer to the trunks of coniferous trees or birch trees. Types of mushroomThe most common edible species is grey pusher It can be recognized by the gray or ocher color of its small (4-8 cm) and fragile cap. Closer to the center the shade darkens. The shape is ovoid-bell-shaped, less often flat, but always with ribbed edges. The leg (on average 5-12 cm) is placed in a white volva and has no ring at all. Variations of its color are white, beige, gray. The plates are free and white in color. The best time for collection is from July to October. They grow singly, which is compensated by large numbers. In the forests there are also specimens of other lines with similar sizes, namely:
Rarer varieties are presented membranous, olive green And lead gray copies. The names indicate the main differences between the mushrooms. True, due to inexperience, they can easily be confused with poisonous species. Important! If the mushroom is in doubt, do not eat it under any circumstances. How to distinguish from inedible and poisonous mushroomsOne of the reasons for the low popularity of pushers is their resemblance to inedible lines(especially with fly agarics and toadstools). When going on a “silent hunt” in order to collect floats, it is worth remembering main characteristics of species edible: Did you know? Mushrooms are extremely tenacious: they are not afraid of either radiation or high (up to 8 atm) pressure. Moreover, experiments in low-Earth orbit have shown that they survive at altitudes of up to 30 thousand m. You can also distinguish a toadstool from a toadstool by smell - in the latter it often acquires sharp, sweet-sweet notes (while an edible mushroom does not give a noticeable aroma). Video: how to distinguish pushers from inedible and poisonous mushrooms
Use in cookingGourmets are not particularly fond of these mushrooms: taste qualities they are very mediocre, without much “zest” (the only exception is the white type with a more subtle taste). There is a reason for this: during growth, resin-like compounds accumulate in the fruiting body, which, if improperly prepared, are harmful to the stomach. To avoid such difficulties, it is imperative pre-processing mushrooms in several stages: |
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