Mushrooms are the most valuable gift of nature, which have a lot of useful qualities. Every mushroom picker must know when to pick mushrooms and which of them are edible, since several hundred species grow in the forest. At the end of October, the mushroom season in the Moscow region is already ending, so mushroom lovers need to hurry up and boldly go on a quiet hunt in the forest.
Each mushroom has its own properties, so they are also prepared differently. In general, mushrooms are edible, conditionally edible, inedible and poisonous.
Are there mushrooms in the forests of the Moscow region now?
It has been repeatedly noted that in October, fairly cool rains begin in the Moscow region, and the first frosts are felt. Mushrooms do not like this weather, so they partially stop growing. Avid mushroom pickers should not despair, because in the forests of the Moscow region you can find oyster mushrooms, honey mushrooms, porcini mushrooms, aspen mushrooms, milk mushrooms, russula and greenfinches. The harvest that will be observed in October of the current year must be used for pickling. Mushroom pickers say that mushrooms collected during this time period have precisely those qualities that make it possible to improve the already bright taste. In the Moscow region, closer to October, the number of mushrooms decreases, but single specimens, as well as some families, can be found under trees and stumps.
Generous mushroom places in the Moscow region are indicated in guidebooks
You can board any train. A special guide to mushroom places will tell you which station to get off at and where to go next. The specific choice depends on the direction in which the rails run - western or eastern, northern or southern.
The names Zvenigorod, Dunino, Oreshka, Dorokhovo, Kukarinskaya, Bukharovo, Stolbovaya, Igumnovo sound like music for fans of quiet hunting. White Stolby, Yamshchina and many others, near which there was a good collection of porcini mushrooms on previous trips.
What mushrooms can be found in October in the Moscow region?
Citizens who actively correspond on mushroom picking forums say that there is now no massive growth of mushrooms. Active growth of boletus, boletus and milk mushrooms is usually observed. Some avid mushroom pickers report that in October 2022 you can find boletus mushrooms while walking through the forests of the Moscow region. Also, some lovers of “silent hunting” collected 2-3 baskets of boletus in the west of the Moscow region. In the southwestern direction of the Moscow region you can also find boletus and porcini mushrooms. In the northeast, mushroom pickers discovered a large number of pig mushrooms and Polish mushrooms. Forum members who went to the forest located in the east of the Moscow region also collected a significant number of pigs and purple rows. Fans of “quiet hunting” also note that in October 2022, a small number of porcini mushrooms were observed in the Moscow region. The maximum harvest is collected by people who “hunt” for boletus, boletus and boletus. It’s worth going into the forest on your own to diversify your leisure time and collect delicious gifts of nature for dinner.
The first porcini and chanterelles: where mushrooms grew in the Moscow region in the summer of 2022
The mushroom season in the Moscow region is open: in July, the first chanterelles, white chanterelles, and russula appeared in the forests of the Moscow region. Thanks to the rainy and warm weather, this year is expected to be fruitful, however, according to reviews from mushroom pickers, mushrooms have not yet grown everywhere. A RIAMO columnist collected the latest reports from mushroom pickers near Moscow on VKontakte and Instagram and found out where you can already go for mushrooms in July 2022.
Savelovskoe direction
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The most mushroom places: stations “Lugovaya”, “Catuar”, “Iksha”, “Morozki”, “Tourist”, “Vlasovo”, “Taldom”. Mixed and coniferous forests.
What to collect: boletus, russula, boletus, honey mushrooms. Viktor Gubochkin (Lobnya):
“I went to Lobnya. There are not enough mushrooms"
Lyudmila Krayushkina (Dmitrovsky district. Morozki station):
“White one. Chanterelles. Lots of fly agarics! Just a lot! I didn't take them. When will our little white ones be trampled underfoot?!”
Natalie Testa (Taldom):
“In the Taldom region there are few chanterelles, one white one, and a lot of russula.”
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Yaroslavl direction
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The most mushroom places: Sofrino, Pushkino, Ashukinskaya, Kalistovo, Abramtsevo stations. Mixed forests with windbreaks predominate.
What to collect: russula, pigweed, honey mushrooms, boletus, less often - white boletus, boletus, boletus.
Katya Nechaev (Shchelkovsky district):
“I walked along the railway tracks from Monino to Chkalovskaya. Just russula."
Tatyana Solovyova (Shchelkovsky district):
“In front of Fryanovo there is nothing in the forest, only blueberries.”
Tatiana Rodionova (Chernogolovka):
“I was there yesterday in front of Chernogolovka: 15 chanterelles. There is nothing beyond Chernogolovka. There are no mushrooms in this direction yet.”
Tatyana Solovyova (Pushkino):
“3 moss mushrooms in the Pushkin forest and 1 russula.”
Elena Ivanova (Krasnoarmeysk):
“We were near Krasnoarmeysk over the weekend. There are no mushrooms yet: 1 white and one boletus.”
Kazan direction
The most mushroom places: stations “Chernaya”, “Gzhel”, “Bronnitsy”, “Antsiferovo”, “Podosinki”, “Faustovo”, “Peski”, “Vinogradovo”, “Lukhovitsy”, “Egoryevsk”.
What to collect: boletus, boletus, boletus, boletus, chanterelle.
vita_and_vlad (Bronnitsy):
“It seemed like everyone who could walk was in the forest over the weekend. And for each mushroom there were three mushroom pickers. The massacre continued every day. It’s good that some of the mushroom pickers were clearly blind and luck still smiled on us.”
Tatiana Glushko (Lukhovitsy):
“Gallop through your favorite nearby forest! There are more and more white ones and the quality is better. There are many pure ones.”
Natalya Ilyina (Egoryevsk):
“Egoryevsky district, Kamenskaya village. Along the edge of the field are boletus, boletus, nigella, and chanterelles. They're just beginning."
Zoya Mezentseva (Egoryevsk):
“Egoryevka – there are foxes!”
Paveletskaya direction
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The most mushroom places: stations “Belye Stolby”, “Vostryakovo”, “Barybino”, “Privalovo”, “Shugarovo”. Deciduous and mixed forests.
What to collect: boletus, boletus, boletus, chanterelle, russula.
Svetlanasolodova754 (Domodedovo district, Barybino):
“Sunday's silent hunt was a success! The only one is white, but what a handsome man! And there are a lot of chanterelles – this is the second weekend we’ve been collecting.”
Mariannapolina (Stupino):
“There are a lot of chanterelles this year! I prepared a soup from fresh chanterelles with vegetables, herbs and butter. It tastes good to me."
Ksenia Maksimovna (Stupino):
“07/24/18. The village of Tyutkovo. Result: 20 white boletus, 5 boletus, 2 aspen boletus, a basin of russula and 3 buckets of chanterelles in 2.5 hours, all clean. Mushroom in a mixed forest in the grass. Have a good hunting! There are plenty of cars and mushroom pickers.”
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Kursk direction
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The most mushroom places: stations “Grivno”, “Lvovskaya”, “Kolkhoznaya”, “Chekhov”, “Serpukhov”. Mixed forest predominates.
What to collect: boletus, boletus, boletus, russula, chanterelles.
Julia Kurdyukova (Serpukhov district):
“Serpukhov district, 1.5 hours. If we collected more, we would drive away the mosquitoes.”
Igor Borisov (Chekhov urban district):
“Today there are 88 whites.”
Maxim Syrtsev (Serpukhov district):
“Serpukhov (Buturlino): 3 whites, russula, a bucket of chanterelles and one poddubnik.”
Anna Gavrilova (Chekhov urban district):
“Yesterday, Sharapova’s hunt. The forest is wet, there is a lot of windfall. In 4 hours, a bucket of chanterelles, 6 pure white ones and 2 podberas, russula - full.”
Anna Chueva (Balashikha):
“I’ve already been to Balashikha 10 times - all my mushroom places are empty.”
Anechka Kiseleva (Noginsk):
“In Noginsk we have nothing at all except chanterelles! Send all the handsome guys to us!”
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Kiev direction
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The most mushroom places: Pobeda, Dachnaya, Bekasovo, Selyatino, Nara, Zosimova Pustyn stations. Mixed forests predominate.
What to collect: boletus, boletus, boletus, russula, milk mushrooms, honey mushrooms, boletus.
Yulia Denisova (Naro-Fominsk urban district):
“The whites have gone, boletus boletuses! Naro-Fominsk district, Vereya city + 10 km towards the village of Volchenki.”
Cheevaawa (Naro-Fominsk urban district):
“We just started getting chanterelles, but I picked them up for frying, and that’s already good...”
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Belarusian direction
The most mushroom places: stations “Zhavoronki”, “Petelino”, “Malye Vyazemy”, “Golitsyno”, “Khlyupino”, “Skorotovo”, “Kubinka”. Coniferous and mixed forest. What to collect: white boletus, boletus, aspen, chanterelle.
maria_komratova (Odintsovo district):
“I walked around the site for three days and looked for at least a hint of a mushroom, but I only came across toadstools. And today, here we are – and three little boletuses at once. There are also foxes in the forest.”
Svetlana Okuneva (Mozhaisk urban district):
“The village of Uvarovka... It’s not enough... out of grief I decided to pickle the russula...”
Artem Pavlyuk (Ruza urban district):
“There are not enough mushrooms! The forest is dry. I went to Nemerovo in the Ruza district. There are usually a lot of mushrooms there. On Saturday at 6 am I came to the forest, and there weren’t even any toadstools there. After walking a little I found several boletuses and boletuses. A little further away we began to see chanterelles. I have more or less collected them. I don’t think there’s enough rain.”
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Riga direction
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The most mushroom places: Opalikha station, Nakhabino, Dedovsk, Snegiri, Kholshcheviki, Yadroshino, Rumyantsevo. Deciduous and mixed forests predominate.
What to collect: boletus, boletus, chanterelle.
Andrey19602013 (Istra urban district):
“Every day 10 porcini mushrooms.”
Anzhelika Kosheleva (Solnechnogorsk):
“Solnechnogorsk is empty.”
Natashechka Vladimirovna (Volokolamsk district):
“We went at the wrong time - we collected everything before us, there were concrete paths all around. But still there are enough mushrooms for potatoes... In some places there are very old and bad boletus mushrooms, 1 aspen boletus, a bunch of holes from pulled out mushrooms, no porcini mushrooms were found, a lot of small chanterelles. We also saw snakes - be careful! I don’t understand them, but it was scary; in all my many years of mushroom trips to the same places, I saw it for the first time.”
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Leningrad direction
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The most mushroom places: platforms “Firsanovskaya”, “Podrezkovo”, “Povarovo”, “Golovkovo”, “Pokrovka”, “Frolovskoe”. Coniferous and mixed forests predominate.
What to collect: boletus, boletus, boletus, russula, milk mushrooms, honey mushrooms, boletus.
Stas Panin (Klin urban district):
“I went to Reshetnikovo on Friday, only boletus and white boletuses began to grow there little by little.”
Olya Chernyakova (border of the Moscow and Tver regions):
“We went to Konakovo and found nothing. 10 chanterelles and that’s it.”
Source:
https://in-dmitrov.ru/novosti/obschestvo/pervye-belye-i-lisichki-gde-poshli-griby-v-podmoskove-letom-2018
When searching for mushrooms, we must not forget about the dangers
On the approaches to the forest and already inside the green area, you can often find a viper. In order not to become its victim, you need to purchase comfortable rubber boots and only then not be afraid that the snake will bite through your limbs. If a viper attack does occur, you must urgently go to the hospital for further treatment, having first immobilized the place where the bite occurred. Doctors say that tightening a limb with a tourniquet or sucking out the poison is useless. Only qualified help will help you cope with the consequences of an unpleasant incident.
Where to go for mushrooms by car in the Moscow region now
In the Moscow region this year, as in the past, there are several mushroom places distinguished by the abundance of edible, aromatic, and most importantly, healthy harvest.
The list of current locations that are easily accessible both by private car and by public transport includes:
- Savelovskoe direction, and in particular the stations: Iksha, Tourist and Morozki. In this area, mushroom pickers have repeatedly collected valuable chanterelles, oyster mushrooms sprouting on logs, distinguished by a pleasant aroma and delicate taste, as well as sulfur-yellow tinder fungus.
- If you decide to go not by car, but by metro, it is worth considering three stations related to the Yaroslavl direction: Semkhoz, Abramtsevo and Kalistovo. In this area you can hunt for boletus and oyster mushrooms, champignons and boletus.
- In order not to waste time and gasoline searching for the best mushroom place, you should take a closer look at the Kyiv direction. The forest surroundings located near Naro-Fominsk will certainly delight lovers of porcini mushrooms and summer mushrooms.
- The most popular, edible, and most importantly delicious mushrooms can be found at Kuzyaevo and 73 km stations. There, not only during the peak season, but also in the off-season, you can find porcini mushrooms, obabkas, bluelegs and autumn honey mushrooms.
- No less relevant in 2022 are Frolovskoe, Podrezkovo, Pokrovka and Golovkovo.
Mushroom picker calendar for summer
Mushrooms in June. According to the mushroom picker’s calendar, in the first ten days of June, those who like to pick mushrooms should look for boletus in the pine forest, and boletus mushrooms in the birch groves. In the second half of June, the mushroom season begins for white mushrooms. Pogruzdki are fruitful mushrooms, they are collected all summer and until late autumn.
Mushrooms in July. In early July, the season of saffron milk caps begins, and at the end of the first ten days of July, the most desirable for mushroom pickers are porcini mushrooms. At the same time, according to the calendar, the first russula appear - the most productive mushrooms. They can be found in almost any forest from July until late autumn frosts. In the second half of July, milk mushrooms and black milk mushrooms begin to be found in coniferous and mixed forests, and on the edges and forest clearings mushroom pickers are delighted with chanterelles and pigs.
Mushrooms in August. August is considered the most mushroom month. In fruitful years, mushroom pickers in August collect porcini mushrooms, milk mushrooms, saffron milk caps, boletus mushrooms, porcini mushrooms, russula, boletus and other mushrooms in baskets. At the beginning of August, the first honey mushrooms appear, and in the middle of the month - moths and white mushrooms. The second half of August and the first ten days of September are the best times for picking mushrooms.
