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- Clean brown hats properly - That's how it works
- Careful, maggots!
- Brushing chestnut roe - You must pay attention to this
- Tips
Brauching fleas are often attacked by maggots
Clean brown hats properly - That's how it works
The sweet chestnut (Xerocomus badius) is a tasty edible mushroom that is often found among spruce trees. It is often confused with porcini mushrooms, but you can distinguish the two species by a simple test: In contrast to the non-discoloring porcini mushroom, the flesh of the chestnut bulb stings on pressure or on a bleed blue. Also, a confusion with the non-venomous, but inedible bile (Tylopilus felleus) is possible. In some regions, the chestnut earwig is also known as Braunkappe.
Careful, maggots!
The chestnut mushroom grows preferentially on sour soils near spruce, but is also frequently found under pines and beech. A typical identifier is the smooth, maroon hat. This is covered with a slightly greasy layer. Like other pipes, the brown cap is very popular with snails and maggots. While you can simply cut away the feeding sites of snails, the maggots are usually inside. Therefore, you should cut up collected chestnut tube in the forest lengthwise and examine the fungi for any infestation. Usually you can leave larger specimens - they are already too heavily infested - and should only take the young ones. You can already carry out a rough pre-cleaning at the collection point.
Brushing chestnut roe - You must pay attention to this
At home, the chestnut bulb is the same to clean and process. Thoroughly cleaned, you can still store the fresh mushrooms for three to four days in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator. It is better, however, to prepare them immediately and / or optionally freeze them raw. The best way to prepare things is as follows:
Caution is also advised in case of infestation with gold mold: This poisonous mold fungus is often found on larger chestnut mushrooms. Infested specimens are no longer edible and should therefore be left standing.
Tips
The chestnut mushroom is a mycorrhizal mushroom and lives mostly in symbiosis with spruces, but also with other tree species. For this reason, he can not grow in the home garden. Nonetheless, you can buy mushroom-ware sets for "Braunki". This is, however, the red-brown giant Träuschling (Stropharia rugosoannulata).