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- Collect oyster mushrooms from late autumn
- Appearance of oyster mushroom
- cap
- slats
- stalk
- meat
- confusion
- When and where to look
- Tips
Oyster mushrooms grow on wood
Collect oyster mushrooms from late autumn
The oyster mushroom or oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) belongs to the winter mushrooms. Frost does not harm him at all, on the contrary, he thrives only at temperatures of less than 11 ° C. When looking for the veal mushroom, as the oyster mushroom is also called, you should look up. He often grows very high on the tree trunks.
Appearance of oyster mushroom
The oyster mushroom can be very variable in its hat color, from ocher to slate gray to brown everything is possible. The hats are also shell-shaped and arranged like a roof tile on top of each other.
cap
However, the laterally stalked hat is shell-shaped and rather small only in young oyster mushrooms, older specimens develop up to 15 centimeters in size, rather oval to funnel-shaped hats. In addition, the hat is curved inward on the edge. Typically, in cool summers, oyster mushrooms are more likely to be beige, in autumn and winter they turn darker from slate gray to brown. They never stand alone, but above each other.
slats
The broad, distant lamellae are whitish to creamy in young mushrooms and turn yellow only with age. They always run down far from the stem.
stalk
The white to brownish stalk usually sits on the side of the hat and is usually very short or even hinted at.
meat
The flesh of young oyster mushrooms is whitish and soft, with age the mushrooms become tough especially in the stalk.
confusion
The slightly venomous shell-side-lobster is much smaller and has lamellae, which abruptly stop on the yellowish stalk.
When and where to look
On the hunt for oyster mushrooms, you must examine thick, horizontal or standing dead wood of deciduous trees - especially that of beech trees. Even with snow in the cold season, you can find something, because oyster mushrooms form only from 11 degrees Celsius and less fruiting body. This makes them perfect for a Christmas menu made from mushrooms you have collected yourself. It is mainly collected in the months of December to March, oyster mushrooms being sometimes found in cool, humid summers.
Tips
The oyster mushroom belongs to the edible mushrooms, which can be cultivated very well in the garden or even on the balcony or even in the cellar. He is able to use various substrates such as straw, paper, coffee grounds or wood.