Summer mushroom grows in conifers, stumps, rhizomes, snags and grass. Honey mushrooms of this subspecies are common in Russia, Europe and Asia, as well as in North America. They are found wherever there are conditions for their development. Fallen conifers and quickly become infected with spores, and the summer mushroom begins to bear fruit abundantly in mid-June.
Due to their rapid growth and excellent taste, mushrooms are very popular with gardeners trying to grow mushrooms on their site. With the right approach, you can get a double benefit: grow a delicious fragrant mushroom and get rid of the powerful stumps of fruit trees that will collapse in 4-5 years if the mycelium has settled there.
Considering that summer mushrooms (there is a photo in the article) grow in huge colonies, you can even harvest a decent crop from one stump. This mushroom is considered edible, with excellent aroma and pleasant taste. Suitable for marinades, first and second courses.
Unlike autumn and winter, summer mushroom has a thin diameter of only 0.5 cm at a height of 5-10 cm. A yellow or brown hat has a light spot in the center; at the beginning of mushroom growth, the hat is always rounded, with a small tubercle. 
As it grows, it straightens, becomes flat, in rainy weather it can be sticky. In an adult mushroom, the diameter of the cap reaches 7-8 cm. A characteristic feature is the presence of a ring on the stem, below which the surface is scaly, fleecy. The color of the stem is much darker than the cap, dark brown at the point of growth. In overgrown mushrooms, it often bends, becomes rigid, and hollow inside. The pulp is very tender, fragile, beige in color, has a characteristic mushroom smell and a pleasant taste. The leg is coarser, fibrous, and becomes stiff with prolonged cooking. Therefore, during processing, only hats are often left.
The summer honey agaric has a poisonous analogue - which also lives on stumps and contains powerful toxins comparable to the strength of action. It is especially difficult to distinguish the summer honey agaric in dry weather, when its color changes, the bright spot in the center disappears. To prevent mistakes, it is worth collecting mushrooms from coniferous stumps and trees.
According to avid mushroom pickers, it is very difficult to collect summer mushrooms in rainy weather, the season of which begins in June. Mosquitoes like to ambush near the thickets. 
When collecting, you should pay attention to the color of the cap of the lower layer of mushrooms. Often it becomes grayish due to the spore powder that the upper mushrooms spread. Such mushrooms are also edible, although they seem slightly rotten.
