early spring, when the snow comes down the last and all around come to life in our forests appear first mushrooms - morels and lines.Wrinkled, with marvelous flavor, these mushrooms have long been revered in Russia.There are legends, according to which such mushrooms helps to preserve youthfulness.In addition, this spring, "snowdrops" mentioned in Berestovs charters that archaeologists found under the Novgorod Cathedral of St. Panteleimon.They describe the fact morels and lines of treatment of diseases such as nearsightedness, farsightedness age and other eye diseases (of these fungi is preparing a special tincture).
Nowadays mushrooms lines also were in the lab.With numerous studies have confirmed the therapeutic properties of these fungi.They found a substance which not only strengthens the ocular muscles, but also actively helps maintain transparency of eye lens.
How to find them in the woods?Morels are a rather large mushroom with clearly separated leg and hat.Last puckered and has different shades of brown.On the whole surface of the cap arranged disputes.There are two types of morels - edible and tapered.You can distinguish them by the shape of the cap: the first has a rounded hat gray-brown with deep cells.Conical hat morel extended reminds clipped the top cap, the base of which is adherent to the leg edge.Besides, his hat is much darker than the edible morel.
Mushrooms lines are close relatives of morels.You can distinguish them well as a hat.It has an irregular shape and consists of a plurality of chaotic folds.In appearance, it looks like the brain.The color of the cap is dark brown.The leg is thicker than that of morel.In addition, this species is considered conditionally edible.Words much harder to convey the look of lines and morel mushrooms.Photos are more informative, with their help identify mushrooms in the forest will be much easier.Now is the time to find out where they can be found.
Mushrooms morels and lines like settle on those places where previously was a fire.That is why very often they can be found in large numbers in the field, where there were forest fires.The first morels appear.The most common mushrooms appearing in public and to warm places - in forest clearings.It must be remembered that the one they do not grow.If a clearing visible morel, then surely there is a number, you only need a good search among last year's dead grass.
for inexperienced mushroom pickers must be said that these types of mushrooms one has in his body toxin such as giromitrin.In small doses, it is safe, but in large has the same effect as a pale toadstool.This toxin does not lose its properties even when boiling and washing.Mushroom containing this substance - gyromitra.Morel - the fungus that does not contain such a poison, so it is safer.But, despite this, their raw eat impossible, appropriate treatment is necessary.A skillfully prepared dishes - that morel that of the line - are quite appetizing and tasty.
