How to distinguish a false buffalo from his real fellow?

From mid-summer to lateIn the autumn, thousands of mushroom pickers are selected in the forests to quench their thirst for gathering. Many people go to the forest not even to search for mushrooms, but only to quench their thirst for natural beauty and privacy with nature.

However, do not forget about what is in theforests and hazards. First of all, we are talking about poisonous mushrooms, which deftly masquerade as their edible analogues. Take, for example, a false buffalo. How to distinguish it from a normal fungus? To do this, you need to know what the genuine brownback looks like.

In appearance it is an ordinary mushroom of a discreet color. The hat is often grayish white. The leg is thickened, widened downward, strongly resembling the trunk of a birch. Very important! The flesh of the fungus is white and does not change on the cut of its color! And now - a false birch tree.

It is often called "bile fungus". In appearance, he almost perfectly copies an edible brother. The same leg, and the hat is almost the same color. That's just enough to fry it or weld it to fully experience the depth of the mistake: the taste of the mushroom is caustic and terribly bitter. It is not difficult to understand why the false buffalo was called "bilious".

How to distinguish?

There is a 100% "quality guarantee". The poisonous mushroom will never be wormy (except for chanterelles, which in any case are not so). If it happens at the end of the summer, the weather is dry enough, but the mushroom is surprisingly clean, then this is an occasion to ponder. If all the neighboring mushrooms (especially not the youngest) are also completely clean, then it is almost certainly a false birch bark.

After the test for "wormness", carefullytake a look at the leg. In both mushrooms the color is similar, but the inedible variant has a "pockmarked" pattern, not like a birch trunk. Experienced mushroom pickers say that in the "bile fungus" the color on the stem is similar to the capillary network.

Not too appetizing, but it's better to lose your appetite immediately, and not after the first spoon of a lovingly cooked dish that has become inedible.

«Hatter affairs»

After a thorough inspection of the lower part, you canto take up the hat. Note! At the present poderezozivika never and under any circumstances its bottom will not be pink. If you notice even a shade of pink, then it is better not to take such a mushroom.

Above the hat "forgery" almost alwayshas at least a small, but quite noticeable shade of green. A normal fungus does not. This "podberezovik" (photo - a false version) will certainly "please" you with the disgusting taste of a spoiled dish.

If even then you are not sure, justfeel the hat. The "noble" velvety surface speaks of forgery. How does a normal poderezovik look like? The fungus always has a smooth and smooth surface of the cap. The last "stroke" - break off from it a piece. If it is pink at the break, then you have a bile fungus before you.

Finally, let us give you oneuniversal advice. Remember! If you ever doubt something, then never, under any circumstances, do not take a mushroom! The above described option is the most mild case, fraught with only a spoiled dinner. The same pale toadstool has no unpleasant taste, but its use is almost always deadly.