Mushroompicking

[Mikula]

Same for me, in childhood with my Ukrainian grandfather, great-uncle and great-aunt. Ukrainian family friends had a farm on a lake near a forest. We would pick mushrooms when we visited them. These people and their mushroom-picking secrets are all gone from this earth now. I never became an expert, but I love mushrooms. I'd like to learn more about the mushrooms found in Eastern Europe.

I have read about Lactarius deliciosus, that one is very popular in Ukraine even more than any kind of Boletus. Is ti true?

[Szegedist]

A little advice: pick those ones, you're gonna thank me afterwards

Certain amanita muscaria were/are consumed by Siberian shamans for their psychedelic properties. And people drank shaman piss to get high since it was still active, but the toxic compounds (not lethal) were filtered.

[Szegedist]

Mushroom picking was my childhood but I didn't like getting covered in ticks.
Also one time I had s negative experience, are some mushrooms that later were identified by a "reputable mushroom guru" as extremely poisonous. Turned out he was wrong and they were fine , but for a few hours I was thinking I am going to die... After that there was no mushroom picking for a while

[Marusya]

I have read about Lactarius deliciosus, that one is very popular in Ukraine even more than any kind of Boletus. Is ti true?

Mikula, I don't know, sadly. I'm very mushroom-ignorant, but I've recently become interested in learning more about them. Maybe I can learn something from your great topic here. A friend who lives in Western Ukraine sent me this photo of mushrooms he picked in the Carpathians. What type of mushrooms are in the photo? Anyone know?

[Not a Cop]

Mushroompicking is not really common in western europe from my experience, besides Scandinavia.

I, however as most of other posters still enjoy it with my grandfather.

Does anyone go after chaga mushrooms growing on birch trees. You can make tea from those fellars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus

I got a disgust for them since i asked my grandfather about them and he described it as a tree cancer.

[Mikula]

Mikula, I don't know, sadly. I'm very mushroom-ignorant, but I've recently become interested in learning more about them. Maybe I can learn something from your great topic here. A friend who lives in Western Ukraine sent me this photo of mushrooms he picked in the Carpathians. What type of mushrooms are in the photo? Anyone know?

Lucky mushroompicker!
Mushrooms at the picture had to be Boletus,
most probably Boletus edulis or Boletus reticulatus.
One mushroom (wit the yellow bottom of its hat) could be Imleria badia, perhaps.

[Hadouken]

you cant just pick and eat random mushrooms because a lot of them are toxic and you can even die . you have to know very well which you can take and which not

you probably know this already but I wanted to say it still

[Mikula]

you cant just pick and eat random mushrooms because a lot of them are toxic and you can even die . you have to know very well which you can take and which not

you probably know this already but I wanted to say it still

Don't worry, I pick just the mushrooms what I can recognize certainly.

[glass]

It is called белые грибы ("white mushrooms") in Russia, i think it is the same in Hohlostan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis
Considered one of the best mushrooms.

[Mikula]

It is called белые грибы ("white mushrooms") in Russia, i think it is the same in Hohlostan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis
Considered one of the best mushrooms.

Ones are the most popular also among the Czechs.
We nickname ones pravé hřiby (praváky) - i.e. right mushrooms, genuine mushrooms.