Bright yellow, clean, crunchy chanterelle mushrooms. They got their name from the Old Russian word "fox" - yellow. Like the fox, mushrooms are named for their color. Collecting chanterelles is a pleasure. Why?
Chanterelles are not wormy, they are noticeable, do not break and do not get wet in a basket (or even a bag), they are stored in the cold for up to 10 days. And it's just delicious mushrooms.
Where and when are chanterelles found
Chanterelles appear in mid-June and delight mushroom pickers until the end of October. They live in families. If you come across such a "family", then from one clearing you can pick up a decent basket. The ubiquitous chanterelles are found either in pine or mixed forests. They love places under old birch trees, all sorts of slopes, hillocks, soil disturbances. They really like places without grass. Either needles or fallen leaves. Often they are, as it were, “buried” in moss. These are amazing mushrooms: they do not rot in the rain, they do not dry in dry weather,they just grow slower and are not eaten by worms.
Why chanterelle mushrooms are not wormy. Is it possible to eat mushrooms that even worms “bypass”?
Not only possible, but also very useful. In chanterelles, they found an antiparasitic substance - D-mannose (a form of the mannose polysaccharide found in nature). That's why chanterelles are never wormy. They are not to the taste of any worm bugs, any parasites. Moreover, D-mannose dissolves the eggs of worms and helminths, perforates them. Under its influence, both adults and eggs die.
Chanterelle ordinary: an unusually healing mushroom
There is only one reason why chanterelles are never wormy - D-mannose in their composition. This substance allows us to talk about chanterelles as a medicine. But in order for chanterelles to be medicine, they must be consumed dry or fresh. Without heat treatment and without treatment with caustic substances. Mannose is capricious. And under the influence of temperature dies. But it is precisely its properties that explain why chanterelles are not wormy. To preserve the effect of mannose, preparations from chanterelles are prepared at temperatures not exceeding 50 ° C.
According to the WHO (World He alth Organization), eighty percent of diseases are caused by parasites and the consequences of their vital activity for the body. This refers to asthma, diabetes and many others. That is why chanterelles, which are not worm mushrooms, are considered a universal remedy, a panacea for most diseases.
Other importantthe substance in chanterelles is ergosterol, which is able to cleanse and restore the liver.
There are a lot of vitamins and trace elements in chanterelles:
- For vitamin A, they surpassed carrots.
- Yeast has left the B vitamins behind.
- Contain vitamin C - builder of connective tissues, immune stimulant.
- Nicotinic acid (vitamin PP), which provides microcirculation, affects good blood flow in peripheral tissues. Relieves diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia.
- Zinc is indispensable in the work of the reproductive and nervous systems. Supports immunity. Beneficial effect on the skin. This microelement is present in insulin. Lack of zinc inhibits the work of the adrenal glands and the thyroid gland.
- Sulfur, forming sulfide bonds, creates a number of enzymes and vitamins involved in various body processes, such as blood clotting. Makes blood thicker.
Two more substances found in chanterelles: polysaccharide K-10 and trametonolinic acid. They act on the hepatitis virus. Effective in hemangioma and fatty degeneration of the liver.
Chanterelles are used to correct vision, to treat night blindness. They prevent aging, being a strong antioxidant and suppressing free radicals. In folk medicine, they are used for sore throats, pancreatic diseases, furunculosis and obesity.
Fox's "twins"
Chanterelles - yellow, yellow-orange. The hat is darker, the leg is lighter. When assembled, they are easy to break. The hat is wavy, smooth only in youngchanterelles. On the lower part of the fungus there are not plates, but wrinkles (chanterelles are close to tinder fungi). Wrinkles go down the leg, imperceptibly passing into it. Delicious mushroom.
False chanterelles (talkers) grow next to the chanterelles. They are edible, but tasteless. Mushroom - lamellar. The plates end very abruptly. The speaker is not poisonous. There is no danger of poisoning.
You can confuse a fox with a yellow blackberry. There's nothing to be afraid of either. Not only is the hedgehog not poisonous, it is considered a delicacy. Its sign is that on the underside of the cap there are not plates, but crumbling needles.
Benefits of chanterelles
"Twins" of chanterelles are not afraid of worms. Why are chanterelles not wormy? Maybe the worms don't eat the mushroom because it's poisonous? Not at all. This is a bogus fear. Even in the pale toadstool, which is dangerous for humans, the larvae of the mushroom mosquito feel great.
Mechanisms of metabolism differ in humans, insects and parasites. The substances contained in mushrooms are toxic to humans and are not involved in the metabolic processes of protozoa. Conversely, chanterelle D-mannose is deadly to helminths and completely harmless to humans. What is good for a person is death for a helminth.
Moreover, mushrooms can be treated. Neither plants nor minerals became such a sensation as mushrooms. In Japan, mushroom treatment (fungotherapy) has been known since ancient times. Now it is becoming popular in Europe and in Russia. This sciencecalled the future of modern pharmacology. And it turned out that most medicinal mushrooms grow in Russia.
