Surely, when traveling to the bosom of nature, you met in groves, forests or even in meadows peculiar white mushrooms in the form of balls ranging in size from tennis to baseball. There are also larger specimens.
They are called raincoats. A characteristic feature of these mushrooms is that they have the ability to explode. No, there is nothing dangerous in this, just if you touch a mature raincoat, it will burst, releasing a cloud of spores - this is how they multiply, and it was this feature that gave rise to their popular name - “grandfather tobacco”, “wolf tobacco”, “dust duster” , or just a raincoat mushroom. Few people know how to cook it, as experienced mushroom pickers from central Russia look at the raincoat with contempt, considering it third-rate. By the way, there are reasons for this - this is how the mushroom encyclopedia characterizes raincoats. But on the other hand, they are highly valued abroad. Not like truffles, but at the level of champignons. And this mushroom should be paid attention not only to those who live in the “non-mushroom” zone, but also to avid lovers of “silent hunting”.
In addition to purely culinary qualities, the raincoat also has an excellent hemostatic property. It is enough to attach a cut of the fungus to the wound, as it almost instantly stops bleeding.
How to cook puffball mushroom
In taste, it resembles champignon, as it is its close relative, but has a more pronounced mushroom smell and taste. If it is dried and crushed, then the resulting powder is perfect for dressing soups, and when fried, it turns out just a meal, not a dish. Especially if you put out raincoats in sour cream.
Mushrooms of any size are suitable for frying, the main thing is that the fruiting body is elastic and dense. If the core is dark, then you have a false representative of this family, and if it is white - a real raincoat mushroom.
How to cook it for frying? Yes, just like all other mushrooms: first wash, then cut into pieces, boil and fry in hot butter or sunflower oil for about seven minutes. Then the dish needs to be salted, lightly peppered, pour sour cream and simmer for a couple of minutes. You can skip pre-boiling if you are sure that the area in which you picked mushrooms is environmentally friendly. The fruiting bodies of mushrooms have the ability to collect all the toxic emissions of our civilization, and the puffball mushroom is no exception in this regard. How to cook it and not get poisoned? For this, preliminary boiling of the entire collection is recommended.
If you have heard something about the fact that you need to throw an onion into boiling water with mushrooms to determine the toxicity, then forget this advice. He has no basis whatsoever. So mushrooms are not tested for edibility. As for raincoats specifically, even its false varieties are not very poisonous. The maximum that threatens you is indigestion and a mild allergic reaction.
The soup made from "grandfather's tobacco" is also very tasty (as mentioned above, this is what the people call the puffball mushroom). Soup recipes are found in many cookbooks, and here we will talk about how to whip it up.
You will need:
- a handful of vermicelli;
- one potato;
- one bulb;
- salt;
- spices;
- rain mushroom.
From one mushroom? With "grandfather's tobacco" this trick may well pass, as it is able to grow up to 20-40 cm in diameter. Enough for a three-liter pot of light soup.
Wash mushrooms and cut into small pieces. We throw in boiling water, boil for a couple of minutes and drain the water. Then we throw the mushrooms into the pan again, fill with fresh water and put on fire. Quickly fry the onion in vegetable oil, peel and cut the potatoes into cubes. We send potatoes with onions to the boiling broth and bring it to half-cooked. Now it's the turn of the vermicelli. Salt, bay leaf and spices should be added at the end of the preparation of the soup. You can eat it immediately after the end of cooking, and the next day. It is very tasty even when cold, and perfectly replaces the traditional okroshka in summer.
Today we will introduce you to a very interesting, useful, and also tasty mushroom called a raincoat.
Description
Quite often, mushroom pickers call this mushroom differently. The most popular names are tobacco mushroom, duster or hare potato. This phenomenon is connected with various factors, the details of which we will not go into.
But it is important to know that this particular fungus is characterized by increased activity of absorbing toxins from the environment. In this component, he is several times superior to his "relatives".
Belongs to the Champignon family, has a closed pear-like or rounded body. The leg is false. The skin adheres tightly to the upper part of the plant, thus creating the inner pulp. When ripe, voids appear there - a kind of chamber. They collect a lot of spores in the form of a powder. They may have a different color.
In a ripe raincoat, the peridium is quite thin, which causes a rupture and the powder gets out.
You can see the appearance of the raincoat and its place of growth in the video.
Kinds
The raincoat has a lot of subspecies, but among them there are several main ones.
prickly
It can often be found in the forest, in the meadows. On the cap of the mushroom in its upper part there is a characteristic tubercle.
The name is due to the surface of the mushroom. It is white in color and has small spines that fall off easily.
Giant
Another type of raincoat, the distinguishing feature of which is its size and ovoid or spherical shape. The mushroom may have a white or yellow-gray color.
Quite often, a fallen shell is collected on it, which makes the plant not very attractive. However, it can mature up to 7 kilograms.
Golovach
Oblong
It somewhat resembles the previous view, but its shape is bulbous, the upper part is thickened, and the lower one is narrowed. This mushroom is sterile.
Where does it grow
Such a mushroom, in fact, does not have a specific geography or origin. He is well known in Russia. A raincoat can be found everywhere, just not everyone knows about its features, valuable healing properties.
However, there are references to this plant, according to which the raincoat has been used since ancient times, using its healing properties.
Storage method
Having collected mushrooms, they will retain their beneficial properties for no more than two days.
So immediately they need to be sent to the refrigerator. To increase shelf life, place in the freezer, but cut the mushroom into slices first.
In the conditions of the freezer, the product is stored for up to 6 months. Only a pickled raincoat or dried one lasts longer - about a year.
If you need this mushroom in terms of healing, then you need powder from a ripe puffball. It must be stored in a glass container in a dry place where the sun's rays do not fall.
Peculiarities
In fact, there are more than enough features and a raincoat. But still I want to highlight the most interesting moments.
First of all, it serves as a great helper for our health. The key feature is the ability to absorb radionuclides, as well as salt of a heavy metal, and then quickly and easily, in a natural way, remove these “nasty things” from the body.
It is because of this that a lot of dietary supplements are created on the basis of a raincoat. The authors of this drug are confident that it promotes healing, cleansing the body, as well as restoring the skin and giving it elasticity.
How to choose
When hiking for mushrooms, few mushroom pickers dare to bend down to rip off their raincoat. Quite often they are simply neglected. Moreover, many deliberately crush, kick and destroy it.
This is due to the fact that many mistakenly take it for a dangerous, poisonous mushroom. This is not the case, and today we will talk about this in more detail.
If you decide to pick mushrooms and your goal is a raincoat, then you need to know an important rule. You can not collect it if the weather is damp. Otherwise, your initially snow-white handsome man will literally turn into a kind of dirty rag in just a couple of hours, which you can’t eat.
Young "individuals" are suitable for cooking, which are not soaked or boiled in order to remove harmful substances. They simply don't exist. So feel free to throw it into the pan, into the oven, dry it, salt it and eat it.
A young raincoat, suitable for food, has a rather non-standard appearance for edible mushrooms - the body is spherical, white, with small scales on top. Its false leg, which can reach no more than 5 cm in length and 2 cm in diameter, may be absent.
When the mushroom ripens, a brown coating forms on the surface, it becomes smooth.
Choose only young mushrooms, the flesh of which is elastic and dense. Don't be afraid to collect different types of raincoat as each one can be eaten.
The old mushroom is dangerous due to the fact that it intensively absorbs toxins. It's best not to collect it near freeways, as car exhaust isn't the nicest thing to try.
Nutritional value and calories
As you know, mushrooms are a very dietary product. And the raincoat was no exception. For 100 grams of this mushroom you have:
Chemical composition
In terms of chemical composition, the raincoat is not inferior to many other mushrooms, and even surpasses them in some components. For example, it has more protein than in our favorite champignons.
It is worth noting that the mushroom includes:
- Fats;
- Complex of vitamins;
- Useful micro and macro elements;
- Polysaccharides;
- mineral salts;
- Antibiotics, etc.
Useful and medicinal properties
This mushroom should be appreciated not only for its taste, but also for the benefits that it carries.
- The pulp contains calvacin, which fights bacteria and fungi, has an anti-cancer effect, and reduces the activity of tumor development.
- Preparations made on the basis of spores remove heavy metals, radionuclides, and toxins from the body.
- The pulp can be used externally as well as inside. External use is to apply it to ulcers that appear with skin cancer. For internal use, tinctures and decoctions are used. They relieve fever, inflammation, swelling in the throat, fight kidney problems, and help in suppressing the development of cancer.
- Spore-based products help with gastrointestinal problems, high blood pressure, blood viscosity, and have an immune-strengthening effect.
- Spores also help stop bleeding, anesthetize, and heal festering lesions on the body.
In fact, there are incredibly many benefits from this mushroom, because it is in vain underestimated by mushroom pickers.
Contraindications
There are several nuances that relate to the raincoat and its use.
- Do not pick these mushrooms in places that are in close proximity to polluted areas, factories, or highways. The raincoat actively absorbs toxins, so you can go;
- It is better to refuse mushrooms during pregnancy and feeding;
- If you have kidney problems then this mushroom is not for you;
- Another condition under which a raincoat cannot be used is individual intolerance.
Application
In cooking
What else can you do with a mushroom other than eat it? After all, it is tasty, useful. Mushrooms can be an excellent substitute for meat and many other foods while on a diet.
How to cook
How to prepare raincoats:
- Salt;
- fry;
- Pickle;
- bake;
- put out;
- Boil and so on.
But first they need to be prepared. To do this, remove the skin from white fruits. Cut the resulting pulp into pieces you like.
Fried mushrooms
After completing the previous manipulations, slicing the mushrooms, roll them in flour, add a little salt and fry in plain vegetable oil. A special sauce is perfect for this dish.
To prepare the sauce, you need to finely chop the sweet pepper, add finely chopped capers, green onions, as well as pickled or pickled cucumbers. Mix all this with mayonnaise, add salt to your taste, as well as fresh lemon juice. To spice up, we recommend adding a little soy sauce.
Pour this sauce over your mushrooms and your guests will be delighted with such a simple but incredibly tasty dish.
soup
If you are a fan of mushroom soups, then the raincoat will open up new horizons for you.
Take the cooked chicken broth, add the sautéed carrots and onions to it. Mushrooms need to be cut into slices, although this is not important. They are fried in a pan, thrown into the broth and boiled for literally 10 minutes.
The soup will be even tastier if you add fresh herbs and a little canned peas to it. The result exceeds all expectations.
Raincoat under sour cream
This is a great standalone dish. But it is also very tasty to eat with boiled rice.
The ingredients needed are the following:
- Mushrooms - 0.5 kg;
- Sour cream - 0.2 l;
- Potatoes - 0.3 kg;
- Onion - 2 pcs.
Plus, you will need vegetable oil and seasonings to taste. The indicated amount of ingredients is enough for about four large servings.
Preparation is carried out as follows:
- Peel the potatoes, boil them by adding salt to the water;
- Peel the mushrooms, rinse thoroughly, cut as you like;
- Fry the mushrooms in a pan for 25 minutes;
- Peel and chop the onion, fry in a separate pan until golden brown;
- Place the onion in the mushrooms, add salt, pepper as desired. Mix everything and fry for 15 minutes;
- 5 minutes before the mushrooms are ready, add sour cream. Stir the ingredients, let them sweat a little over low heat.
Well, now you can serve it to the table. Such mushrooms are great for young potatoes or friable steamed rice. Choose for yourself which side dish you like best.
In medicine
Alas, mushroom pickers are not particularly aware of the true properties of a raincoat. But experts in the field of medicine will confirm that using a raincoat is not only tasty, but also very useful.
We have already talked about the positive and healing properties. Therefore, now we bring to your attention several recipes for medicinal tinctures and decoctions prepared on the basis of raincoats.
- Powders. They can be purchased at pharmacies. You need to use 1 tsp, diluted with half a glass of water, every day, once before bedtime. In severe poisoning - 1/2 tsp. 8 times during the day.
- Infusion. Take a dessert spoon of spore powder, pour 200 ml of water (it should not be boiling water, but about 70 degrees). You need to insist for 40 minutes in porcelain dishes. Take half a cup twice a day before meals.
- Tincture. The proportions of spores and vodka are 1 to 5. The mixture is infused for 2 weeks in a place that is warm and protected from the sun. Use three times a day before meals for 1 tsp. The course lasts no more than 28 days, after which a week break is required.
- For oncological diseases. Mix a glass of powder with 500 ml of vodka. Close the jar tightly, bury it in the ground, where it should stand for 24 days at a depth of 0.3 m. Then dig it out, strain (do not shake the jar). Use the remedy three times a day before meals. Portion - 1 tbsp. l.
- From festering wounds. Treat the wound with peroxide, blot with a medical bandage, and then sprinkle with spores. Do not tie up the wound, as pus will actively come out over the next few days. Remove it, disinfect it, and sprinkle the spores again. When the wound is cleared, the tightening process will begin. A similar procedure can be done 2-3 times during the day. Heal until you get rid of the wound.
- From a runny nose. If you have a severe runny nose, and simple remedies do not help or simply do not exist, just inhale the spores from the raincoat 2-3 times a day. This will quickly relieve nasal congestion, eliminate an unpleasant runny nose.
cultivation
As practice shows, their use gives positive results, although it is better to use the simplest technique in your own summer cottage.
To do this, you need disputes. They need to be sown in moist soil. The site should resemble the conditions in which the raincoat grows. That is, the grass is not thick, a large shade of trees, fallen leaves.
If you have ever collected raincoats in the woods, then pay attention to what distinguishes the place where you found them. If you manage to repeat the same conditions, you will ensure yourself an impressive harvest.
The fruits will appear a year after sowing the spores. To keep fruiting, periodically add spores to the site of your choice. These are not difficult to obtain, but you will have your own mushrooms every season.
Edible or not
Many mushroom pickers do not dare to say for sure whether a raincoat is edible or dangerous to humans. It is because of this that he is often crushed or passed by, going into the forest for mushrooms.
So, this is 100% edible mushroom. However, it should be consumed when young, when the flesh is white. Before eating, be sure to remove the shell. The pulp inside is delicious, as we recommend to see for yourself. There are many ways to prepare it.
If you went to pick mushrooms and are afraid to make a mistake with the choice of a raincoat, here are a couple of tips for you:
- The flesh should be exclusively white, without the addition of other shades.
- The pulp should have a dense, elastic structure. With age, it loses its hardness, and it will not be a problem to determine this by touch.
- Inside, the consistency of the mushroom should be homogeneous. To do this, you can slightly break it.
- The structure of an edible raincoat does not have a pronounced hat and legs.
- There should be no signs of developing spores inside.
- In order not to confuse a raincoat and a young fly agaric, cut the mushroom. Our hero does not have a long leg, hat and plates.
Also called "grandfather's tobacco" - if you step on a ripe mushroom, it will release a cloud of brown "smoke", thus scattering the spores. My son can't walk past his grandfather's tobacco without stepping on it. Says it helps the fungus spread around the area. Young raincoats can be eaten. To taste, they are a little like a potato, a little like a mushroom. Important: you can only use very young raincoats, the flesh of which, even in the very core, has not begun to turn yellow.
What does a raincoat look like?
Color
The young raincoat is white. It turns yellow with age, then becomes dark brown. When the spores are ripe, a hole opens on the “crown”.
The form
A raincoat can be an almost perfect ball, only a thin "root" attached to the ground. Others look like a pear or a classic light bulb with the socket turned down. Any raincoat is a single body, the concept of a leg and a hat, as well as the concept of “lamellar / tubular” does not apply to it. The outer skin may be completely smooth or covered with spikes or scales that easily crumble when touched.
Size
The sizes of raincoats can be very different - from a couple of centimeters to "heads" with a diameter of 40 centimeters (I have seen such, perhaps this is not the limit). Moreover, large raincoats can be perfectly white inside, completely suitable for food. Once in the mountains of Central Asia during the raincoat season, I fed a company of 6 people with one mushroom! Without potatoes.
How to make raincoats
I fry raincoats in oil as a separate dish. Without pre-boiling. For this
- I sort through the mushrooms, leaving only the young and strong
- I cut off the remnants of the mycelium, scrape off the “specks” from the surface. If the skin is thick, I peel it off as well. My mushrooms.
- I cut into cubes. Large "heads" have to be cut in layers for this.
- Fry in a pan in vegetable oil until golden brown. Salt to taste.
The pulp of the raincoat is relatively dry, so they do not fry as much as other mushrooms, but they also take more oils. Don't forget to stir so it doesn't burn.
Precautionary measures
I emphasize once again: you can’t eat a raincoat, there is a core that began to turn yellow. I already do a control check when I cut the mushroom for frying. They are not deadly poisonous, but can cause stomach upset. It is not difficult to distinguish a false raincoat from a young ordinary one - a false raincoat is never snow-white inside.
For the most inquisitive, an amazing video sketch “How mushrooms grow”:
Extraordinarily tasty and very satisfying, nutritious dishes can be prepared using mushrooms. They are in place both on the festive table and in everyday life as an appetizer or side dish. Raincoat mushroom, among other things, is also distinguished by amazing healing properties, a beneficial effect on health.
Edible or not puffball mushroom?
The product in question, belonging to the champignon family, can and cannot be eaten at the same time. The fact is that the young raincoat has a white color and dense pulp inside, which is quite edible. Over time, the fungus gradually turns yellow at first, then turns brown, and closer to the period of maturation of the spores, it turns black. Therefore, it is also called "grandfather's tobacco": if you touch a ripe raincoat, then a small cloud of dark gray dust will appear from the top.
Thus, the described mushroom is edible, but only if the following characteristics are present:
- white color of the body and pulp of the puffball, without yellowness;
- dense structure;
- the absence of a stem and cap, any lamellar surfaces, the mushroom should be a single formation with a smooth or slightly rough skin.
Raincoat mushroom - useful and medicinal properties
Eating this product has the following effects on the body:
- elimination of toxins;
- cleansing the gastrointestinal tract;
- improvement of the composition of lymph and blood;
- elimination of chlorine- and fluorine-containing compounds, radionuclides.
Moreover, all traditional healers know that raincoat broth or soup cooked on its basis is much healthier than chicken counterpart. Previously, patients with tuberculosis and other diseases of the respiratory organs were soldered to them to quickly restore vitality and maintain immunity.
Mature mushrooms also have medicinal properties. Raincoat tincture is actively and widely used in the treatment of dermatological diseases and pathologies of internal organs.
The drug is easy to prepare at home:
- Wash the mushrooms thoroughly and pack them into a half-liter glass clean jar.
- Pour the remaining space with a mixture of vodka and water in equal proportions.
- Infuse the product for 15 days in the refrigerator.
- Strain the liquid.
- Take exactly 30 g 30 minutes before meals (1 time per day), drink either water or natural juice.
Mushroom raincoat treatment
The prepared tincture perfectly helps with viral hepatitis, diseases of the genitourinary system and helps dissolve stones, sand in the kidneys. It is believed that a 10-day course of treatment eliminates dysbacteriosis.
In addition to internal use, the medicine can be applied to the skin. This will eliminate furunculosis lesions of the dermis, acne, and purulent formations.
It is alleged that the constant intake of such a peculiar drug helps in the treatment of cardiovascular pathologies, normalizes blood pressure and hormonal balance,.
It should be noted that the raincoat can be used without any additional manipulations, in its pure form. The fresh pulp of the mushroom perfectly disinfects wounds, abrasions and cuts on the skin. The raincoat acts as a mild anesthetic, relieving pain, stopping bleeding, and promoting rapid healing.
A lot of mushroom pickers undeservedly bypass these mushrooms, and completely in vain. Young raincoats are very tasty and healthy mushrooms. And most often they are among the first to appear in the spring forest, so for lovers of just such gifts of the forest, they will be a pleasant variety in the diet after a long winter, when dishes from fresh mushrooms collected in the forest are still a rarity on the table.
Raincoats belong to the mushroom family. The fruiting bodies of these mushrooms of different species have a rounded pear-shaped shape, most often white. Many of them have a pronounced false foot, and their sizes can be medium or large (like giant puffballs).
In young mushrooms, the entire cap is covered with small growths, similar to thorns, which fall off over time. The spores of this species of fungus ripen inside the fruiting body, when they ripen, a hole opens at the top of the fruiting body, through which the spores spread around the fungus. The color of mature spores can be from green with an olive tint to brown.
Popular names for this type of fungus:
- bee sponge;
- rabbit potato.
And raincoats, in which spores are fully ripe in the fruiting body, are called:
- fluff;
- pyrkhovka;
- duster;
- grandfather tobacco;
- wolf tobacco;
- tobacco fungus, etc.
Raincoats belong to the mushroom family
Edible types of raincoat
Raincoats include the following common groups of fungi:
- true raincoats;
- bigheads;
- fluff.
Typical raincoats are small (5-6 cm in height, 2.5-3 cm in radius). Their fruiting bodies are closed, in young individuals they are covered with a double membrane. The outer layer of the shell of the fruiting body may be covered with cracks, small scales or spines. As the fungus ages, the outer layer falls off, exposing the inner - brown or ocher - layer, which covers the ripening ones.
Gallery: raincoat mushrooms (25 photos)
Where raincoats grow (video)
Raincoats meadow, pear-shaped and pearl
All of the above types of true raincoats are the most common category 4 mushrooms in the central regions and the middle zone of our country. They are very similar to each other, and the pearl species is also called real, or edible. It is covered with large thorns, which makes it look like goblin mushrooms.
Golovachi
Mushrooms of this genus are similar to raincoats, some mushroom pickers often confuse them. The main differences between golovaches and raincoats:
- larger sizes (at least 7 cm in height and 3.5 cm in radius);
- the fruiting body of these mushrooms, after the spores ripen, is torn much more strongly than that of ordinary raincoats.
Otherwise, they look about the same as raincoats. The most common species of golovach are described below.
Golovachi
Golovach baggy
Popular names for this variety of raincoat:
- Golovach is vesiculate;
- The golovach is rounded;
- The golovach is bag-shaped;
- Raincoat hare;
- The golovach is belly-shaped.
The fruiting body of such a bighead can be 10 to 20 cm in diameter, rounded, slightly flattened from above, fine-grained inside, tapering downwards. Young golovachs of light milky color, growing up, become brown with a gray tint. Cracks pass through the fruiting body of an adult golovache, and tubercles similar to warts will appear. Old mushrooms in the upper part open up, becoming like bowls with torn parts.
This mushroom belongs to the 4th category; only young golovachs are used for food.
Golovach baggy
Golovach oblong (elongated raincoat)
Synonyms - golovach marsupial. This species has a fruiting body of a peculiar shape - pin-shaped or club-like. The pseudopod is elongated, the top looks like a half of a ball. The height of the fruiting body, together with the pseudopod, is from 8 to 14 cm; in rainy and warm weather, it can grow even more. The thickness of the upper part of the pseudopod is about 4 cm, and the lower part is about 6-7 cm. But different sources indicate different values of these indicators.
Young mushrooms are white in color, which eventually turns yellow and then brown. Spikes are located on the entire surface of the fruiting body. The flesh of young mushrooms is white, turns yellow over time, fades, then turns brown. The upper spherical part of the fruiting body opens, and a brown spore powder falls out. The young oblong golovach is quite edible.
Golovach oblong (elongated raincoat)
Golovach giant
This mushroom is the largest among all varieties of golovach. Some of its specimens can grow in height up to 0.5 m, and weight reaches 18-20 kg. It is this representative of the golovachi genus that is considered the most delicious of all representatives of the genus. But, unfortunately, giant gobies always grow alone, and do not appear in one place, and this is considered their main drawback.
How to collect raincoats (video)
Poison False Raincoats
But in the family under consideration there are also inedible species, some of which are also slightly poisonous.
False puffball warty
This mushroom belongs to the category of inedible mushrooms from the genus Sclerodermaaceae. Usually grows in "families" in deciduous forests and groves (especially on the edges or forest clearings), occurs in meadows in the grass and on roadsides. Growth period - from the first decade of August to mid-October. The fruit body is 3–5 cm in diameter, tuberous in shape, the color of the outer shell is brownish. The outer shell is leathery, corky, leathery.
False puffball warty
False raincoat ordinary
The fruit body of this fungus is tuberous in shape, 5–6 cm in diameter, the shell can be smooth or covered with small scales. The color of this raincoat is dirty yellow. When the shell cracks, small warts appear.
Medicinal properties of puffball mushroom
Not all mushroom pickers know that raincoats have unique healing properties. They are able to stop bleeding, and also have a healing effect. In the case of a severe cut, you can simply break this freshly picked mushroom and apply the pulp to the wound - the blood will stop very quickly. Similarly, it can be used to treat other skin diseases:
- severe burns;
- poorly healing purulent wounds;
- acne;
- hives, etc.
Raincoats have unique healing properties
Decoctions are prepared from mushrooms, which are used to treat inflammatory processes in the upper respiratory tract:
- bronchitis;
- tuberculosis;
- laryngitis.
Giant golovach has the ability to prevent the growth of malignant cells, therefore, on the basis of this fungus, the medicine calvacin was made, which helps in the fight against malignant tumors in different parts of the human body.
So that this useful mushroom is always at hand, it is harvested for future use (pickled, dried).
raincoat habitats
Varieties of raincoats can grow in different places. The baggy golovach usually occurs from the last ten days of May to mid-September in open sunny places - forest edges or clearings, in shallow ravines, in pastures. Most often grows singly.
The elongated raincoat appears in the forests, on the edges or forest clearings from the second decade of July. The last mushrooms of this species are found in mid-October.
How to cook raincoat mushrooms (video)
Raincoat Mushroom Cooking Options
Only young mushrooms should be used for cooking. They can be fried, stewed, cooked first courses.
Stuffed zucchini
Peel young zucchini, cut into rings 2.5-3 cm thick. Remove the middle (together with seeds), boil in salted water until half cooked, put in a colander to drain the water. Then roll in flour and fry in sunflower oil. Pass young mushrooms through a meat grinder along with onions and fry in sunflower oil. Fill zucchini with minced mushrooms.
Vermicelli casserole
Vermicelli is boiled in salt water, thrown into a colander. Raincoats are finely chopped, fried in butter until tender. Then the fried mushrooms are mixed with vermicelli and raw eggs, spread in a form greased with oil and sprinkled with crushed breadcrumbs and placed in an oven heated to 170 - 180 degrees for 1/3 hour. Pepper is added to this dish to taste.
Although raincoats belong to category 4, you can cook a lot of tasty and healthy dishes from them. Fried young mushrooms are especially tasty.
Gallery: raincoat mushrooms (35 photos)
