The Oryol region is one of the regions of Russia richest in edible mushrooms. The abundance of forests combined with the temperate continental climate have made this area a playground for "quiet hunting". Everyone loves mushrooms in the Oryol region and enriches their diet with them.
Mushroom picking in the Oryol region
Oryol surroundings and nearby areas
Mushroom pickers especially highlight the village of Naryshkino, where the Naryshkinsky forest is located, located just 20 km from Orel. It belongs to the regions of the region rich in honey agarics. They appear on stumps in late summer. There is also a more remote Khotynetsky region, known for its harvest. It is located northwest of Naryshkino.
There is an opportunity, traveling in the direction of Moscow, to stop in one of the woodlands along the highway where mushrooms grow. In the vicinity of Orel there are many places where it is better to go on the weekend, spending no more than half an hour's drive.
North-east directions:
- the city of Mtsensk: the village of Stanovoe, the village of Dumchino;
- the city of Novosil;
- the city of Bolkhov;
- the village of Otradinskoe.
Shablykinsky and Dmitrovsky districts
These are areas of the region abounding in deciduous forests, rich in mushroom places.
Mushrooms grow after rain, and without rain the season will undoubtedly be thwarted. The earliest mushroom that appears here in the spring is morel, it grows next to aspens, immediately after the snow melts. They are confused with mushrooms that have a similar name and appearance - lines.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
Morels and lines are very similar to each other and it is easy for an inexperienced mushroom picker to confuse them. The lines are classified as conditionally edible mushrooms, suitable for consumption only after preliminary boiling due to the presence of gyromitrin toxin. It is believed that the amount of this compound depends on the place of growth of the line, the weather and its age. These mushrooms are especially poisonous in case of dry spring.
For novice mushroom pickers, it is important to remember the main external features of the morel and the line, so as never to confuse them:
- Hat: in the morel it is cone-shaped with cells and crossbars, and in the line it looks like the brain or the kernel of a walnut.
- Cap color: morels can be yellow, gray or brown. In older representatives, it is darker. At the lines, the cap is usually dark brown, brownish, brownish-red.
- Leg: in morels, it is clearly visible and clearly separates from the cap in color, plus it is adherent to the cap. At the line, the leg goes into the ground, wide enough.
- Body cavity: the morel is hollow inside (both the cap and the leg), and the fruiting body of the line has convolutions of pulp.
- Smell: in morels - bright mushroom, in lines - weak, reminiscent of dampness.
The line can only be collected by mushroom pickers with experience, because they know the intricacies of the preliminary heat treatment of these mushrooms.
The area is rich in mushroom places
Just before the beginning of summer, mushroom pickers go for larger prey. The season of hearty, fleshy and healthy porcini mushrooms (boletus) begins. Basically, whites are looking for in birch groves. Chanterelles follow them, and by the middle of summer it is time for boletus, boletus, boletus, mushrooms, mushrooms and others.
Dmitrovsky district, adjacent to Shablykinsky in the south, is the most mushroom place in the region. Without this area, the map of the mushroom picker would certainly be incomplete. Milk mushrooms, white mushrooms, mushrooms and honey mushrooms grow here. According to local residents, many of them collect mushrooms for sale. They are salted, pickled and served in large quantities.
National Park "Orlovskoe Polesie"
Sprawling in the north-west of the region, on the territory of two districts at once: Khotynetsky and Znamensky, reserved forests called "Orlovskoe Polesie" have long been known as a mushroom paradise.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
The National Park is a protected natural area with preserved natural complexes of particular ecological, aesthetic and historical value.
In contrast to nature reserves, all or a significant part of the area of the national park is open for regular visits.
This is a corner of the southern taiga in the Oryol region. The area occupied by the national park exceeds 85 hectares. The disadvantage for the inhabitants of Orel is its distance from the capital of the region by 80 km.
An assessment carried out in 1995 showed that the most probable mushroom harvest in Polesie, Oryol Oblast, is 300 tons. Local residents often earn money by collecting mushrooms and berries and then selling them to tourists.
Autumn is the most "fishy" time in the reserve, so you can successfully combine a trip to the reserve with such a useful activity as searching for boletus, boletus, boletus, boletus and chanterelles. At this time, starfish or earth stars are also collected here, so named because of their shape. In ecological terms, this area is considered clean, which is an advantage, because fungi easily absorb harmful substances from the environment, both from the surface of the fruiting body and from the soil - mycelium hyphae.
SHOCK! Where are there so many WHITE mushrooms ?! Village life.
Mushrooms 2018. White, Chanterelles and others. Oryol Region. Village life.
Porcini mushrooms on July 25. Mushroom picking. Village life.
Conclusion
For the Oryol region, located in a zone of cold and temperate climate with a large amount of precipitation, all types of fruit bodies that can only be found throughout the country are characteristic.
The peak of the mushroom season, as in most Russian regions, is mid-September, when wet, but still warm enough weather encourages mushroom growth. This month their variety is the greatest, and it only remains to be sure to choose the forest for their collection.
Mushroom places in the Oryol region are numerous, the mushroom card is rich, but people often prefer the more affordable ones, which is not always correct from an environmental point of view, but still some people prefer to go for this natural product into the wilderness - health is more expensive.