Raincoat-mushroom. Is he edible?

Raincoat spiny (Lycoperdon perlatum Pers) is a dust macromycete. He has a very exotic appearance. Therefore, many people are wondering whether the mushroom is a raincoat. It has a much greater ability than other fungi to accumulate toxins from the environment. However, despite this property, a raincoat-mushroom is edible.

The ability to accumulate harmful compounds determined that the macromycete was used at one time to clean the soil after environmental contamination. This same quality was the reason for the creation on its basis of various dietary supplements, which remove toxins from the body. Macromycete is also used for the production of cosmetic products. Although the mushroom raincoat is edible, it is not recommended to eat specimens that grow in areas of environmental disasters and near harmful industrial processes.

Description

A real raincoat is a mushroom with a rounded closed, sometimes pear-shaped fruiting body and a pseudopod. It belongs to the family of Champignon. The leg of the macromycete smoothly passes into the cap. The pulp of the fungus is a homogeneous dense, elastic-fleshy tissue. As you grow up in the glebe, cavities lined with hymen are formed. Later, they break up and throw a powdery mass of spores, which is colored from brown to dark green. Although the raincoat-mushroom is edible, but at this stage it is not recommended to eat it. In the upper part of the macromycete, an opening is formed to eject the spore powder. Fruit body of this fungus, as a rule, has a height of 4-8 cm. It can be painted in all shades of white, sometimes grayish or yellowish. The top part of the fruit body is covered with thorns.

Mushroom ratio and culinary properties

The raincoat has a lot of folk names: mushroom tobacco, hare potatoes, fucking Tavlinka, dust, grandfather tobacco, etc. These nicknames are somewhat disparaging, which expresses the attitude of "quiet hunters" to this macromycete. And indeed, despite the fact that the mushroom raincoat is edible, a rare mushroom picker will stop near him. Old copies are not suitable for food. Throwing spore powder, they turn into a sort of wet cloth. However, at a young age (with unformed hymen) raincoat-mushroom is edible and also very tasty. And it does not need to be soaked and pre-cooked before frying, pickling or pickling.

Habitat

Raincoat ordinary can be found in forests of deciduous and coniferous type, in the steppe, in meadows. This fungus often grows on manured soils, rotten stumps and forest litter. It is widely distributed almost throughout the European part of Russia. They gather it from spring to autumn.

Beneficial features

Since ancient times, people know the antiseptic and hemostatic properties of this fungus. For wounds and cuts, you need to cut an adult raincoat and attach it to the damaged area. As a result, blood stops quickly, and suppurations do not occur in the future. Employees of chemical plants and other harmful industries are encouraged to include this fungus in their diet. This helps prevent diseases such as sarcoidosis and pneumoconiosis.