Yellow Hedgehog - a description of where the toxicity of the fungus grows

Many domestic mushroom pickers are so accustomed to collecting the same types of mushrooms that they come across in the form of a mushroom of unfamiliar shape and structure that they rush to write in toadstools. And all because they do not know about the growing number of useful mushrooms, not having proper information. Here are the edible varieties are not collected. One of these "sufferers" is a yellow urchin, which is quite tasty and beneficial to the body.

The yellow hedgehog (also called blackgraved blackberries) grows both in coniferous and deciduous forests, forming a symbiosis with trees. Caught on mossy places among the bushes. Grows in temperate climates in North American and Eurasian territories. Distributed throughout Russian territory up to the cold Siberian and Far Eastern regions. It grows both alone and in large groups.You can collect from July until the autumn frosts. The greatest harvest is at the end of August and beginning of September.

Description

It looks like a chanterelle. The cap is dense, fleshy, with a diameter of 3 to 13 cm, under favorable conditions of growth can reach 16 cm. The surface of irregular shape is dry, covered with small tubercles, when touched by hand it feels velvety. While the mushroom is young, the cap is convex, its edges are wrapped down. But with age it becomes smoother, the edges become wavy. Usually, the mushrooms growing alongside the mushrooms grow together. The color palette varies in yellow shades - from yellow-pink to orange. The older the mushroom, the darker the cap. Neither the young nor the old Yezhovikov can not clean the hat from the skin - it is not separated.

The bottom tubular layer is littered with small, sharp yellow (or white) thorns, which in adult grown mushrooms become brittle and crumbling.

The length of the leg is 8-9 cm, diameter is up to 3-5 cm, solid, rather dense, although sometimes there are voids inside, in the form of a cylinder, thickens towards the base, it can be bent.Located as the middle of the cap, and in any form. Sometimes it grows together with the legs of neighboring mushrooms. The color is similar to the color of the cap.

The ovoid spores of this fungus are colorless.

Useful medical properties

This mushroom, of course, is not a medicinal plant, but it also brings some benefits to the body.

1. Contained substances have a clear antibacterial effect: they inhibit the development of bacteria, especially staphylococcal and streptococcal. If, while collecting mushrooms, I cut my hand, then the inflicted hedgehog juice will slow down the infection and further development of the infection.
2. Enhances the production of hormones. Recommended for people involved in sports.
3. They have a stimulating effect on the immune system.
4. They have a good hypnotic effect and are suitable for those who have trouble falling asleep.
5. Helps blood formation by stimulating the body to make red blood cells. Regularly eating dishes from these mushrooms, you can improve the composition of the blood.
6. A positive effect on the work of the lungs, the action of the nervous system, digestive organs, cleanses the body of unnecessary waste.
7. To restore performance, it is enough to eat cooked ezhoviki twice a week. In any form.
8. Contribute to improving the tone of the body. For example, in China, a tincture of urchin is popular, doctors recommend taking it for long-term depressions.
9. Well acts on the skin, improves the condition of the skin. On the basis of hedgehogs make ointments used for preventive and therapeutic purposes. Also, these ointments are used to make healing, nourishing and toning masks.

Cooking and cooking

Ezhevik, despite its unpopularity, tasty and nourishing mushroom. It can be fried, boiled, braised, salted, pickled. Thrifty housewives are dried for the winter garlands ezhovikov. Everything is done, as with other mushrooms - the forest trash is removed, the mushrooms are washed and prepared, only there are a couple of nuances:

1. It is necessary to remove the small spikes under the bonnet.
2. Older mushrooms are better for 20 minutes to boil - then the bitterness contained in them disappears, and they themselves become softer.

Fact! In any temperature treatment, the mushrooms retain their size, not decreasing.

Contraindications

Blackberries cannot be eaten when:

1. Pancreatitis and violation of bile secretion.
2. If gastritis and gastric acidity is increased.
3. When the liver is ill - cirrhosis, liver failure.

Hedgehogs easily absorb harmful substances, so it is better to collect them where there is confidence in the environmental cleanliness.

Video: yellow urchin (Hydnum repandum)