whether in the fertile land or the seemingly barren Gobi Beach,

can bring people surprises!

As a Xinjiang native,

one of my favorite activities

besides picking up rocks is picking mushrooms.

What are the strange mushrooms in Xinjiang?

However, many mushrooms are toxic,

and accidental ingestion of toxic mushrooms can cause severe vomiting, abdominal pain,

coma, respiratory paralysis and even death.

So how do you recognize wild mushrooms,

What are the common wild mushrooms in Xinjiang?

The most common non-toxic edible mushrooms in the mountains of Xinjiang and pictures,

Morel mushrooms

One of the world's top ten high-quality mushrooms, party favorites, the French Western cuisine, especially cherished gourmet delicacies. Weakness of the spleen, dizziness and insomnia, increase immunity, anti-cancer have a good effect.

In Xinjiang, the main growth of the Tianshan Mountain range, pollution-free, precipitation-rich mountainous areas, the growth of the altitude of 2000-2600 or so, May-June each year for the growth cycle. It likes to grow under pine needles and on the mossy ground, and its color is similar to that of pine branches, which makes it difficult to identify.

Buckscale Cnidium (locally known as antler mushrooms)

The flavor is strong and unique, and the nutritional value is very high.

Like morel mushrooms, mainly grown in the Tianshan Mountains, pollution-free, precipitation-rich mountainous areas, the growth of the altitude of 2000-2600 or so, July-August each year for the growth cycle. Basically long morel mushrooms where there will be antler mushrooms, antler mushrooms clumps, found a plant is a piece, sometimes a piece can pick a few kilograms.

Large white mushrooms, also known as: large white crisp, eat very crispy

Large white crisp is easy to identify, white, smooth surface, the center of the groove, most of the mountainous areas of Xinjiang have grown, a large amount of easy to identify, is a common mushroom.

The texture is a little crunchy, blanched with water and then fried meat, the flavor will become very good. If you don't like the crunchy feeling of Dabai Crisp, you can try it. It is said that Dabai Crisp is excellent for preventing stomach cancer.

Orange mushrooms, also known as: cocktail mushrooms

Spores are relatively large and thick, most of the mountainous areas of Xinjiang, growing quickly after the rain, preferring a humid environment.

There are a lot of them in the mountains and forests of Xinjiang in summer, and they taste great when dried and fried with chicken, and they taste very good when just picked fresh for soup and hot pot.

Large orb mushrooms Common name: horse manure bag

Tender can be eaten, the flavor is general, old can be used as a medicine, can stop bleeding, treatment of acne.

Off-pleated Umbrella

Larger in size, same as umbrella cap. The flavor is average, kind of like flat mushrooms.

Honey Ring Mushroom

Small, grows in clumps, tastes a bit like enoki mushrooms, grows in large quantities after fall.

White Woodland Mushroom (Straw Mushroom)

Common summer mushrooms in Xinjiang, usually grown in the mountains, very tasty when young, but especially prone to worms.

Hairy-stalked Kuhn Mushroom

Some are slightly poisonous, some are not, and to be eaten they need to be blanched and boiled through before consumption. The texture is very long and flavorful, somewhat like a tea tree mushroom.

Stop, poisonous mushrooms should not be eaten~

The following summarizes some of the common poisonous mushrooms:

1 Brown Purple Red Mushroom

According to the records of the poisonous, should not be eaten. An ectomycorrhizal fungus of trees.

Purple-reddish brown or purple wine color, cap diameter 6-8cm, sticky when wet, edge with ribbed. Flesh white, taste very bitter, thick. Mycorrhizal folds are dense, straight, white or nearly white, late creamy yellow. Stalks 4.4-5cm long, 1-1.2cm thick, slightly red, brittle, with a few yellow spots at the base. Single growth on the ground in the forest in summer and fall.

2 split filament cap umbrella

Mainly grow in the grass by the woods, from the appearance of the better recognized, the cap is hats type, there is a garden tip in the middle, the edge of the maturity will be cracked into a filament. This mushroom poisoning, half an hour to two hours later, appeared sweating, drooling, pupil narrowing, vision weakening, cold fever, teeth or urinary tract sting after urination, limb spasms, some confusion. There are even some deaths due to massive sweating causing defecation.

3 leopard spotted gooseberry

Mainly grows on the ground in the forest area, the initial stage of the cap is flat hemispherical, with mycobacterial spots, the late exhibition of flat umbrella, the surface of the cap is brown or brown, sometimes stained white, scattered white to stained white small patches or granular scales, part of the old after the fall off, the cover edge of the obvious strips of ribbing, when the surface of the sticky when wet. Between half an hour and six hours after eating the onset of the disease, the main manifestations of parasympathetic excitation, vomiting, diarrhea, profuse sweating, tearing, salivation, pupil narrowing, loss of light sensitivity, slow pulse, respiratory disorders, body temperature drops, cold extremities, etc., poisoning severe hallucinations, delirium, convulsions, coma, and even liver damage and hemorrhage, etc..

4Yellow spotted mushroom

Mainly grows in the grassland and farmland, due to the individual large, and and edible four spore mushrooms are similar, so it is easy to be mistakenly picked and eaten. However, the wounded area of M. luteus turns golden yellow immediately after injury, while M. tetrasporangium has a shorter stalk and the wounded area does not change to yellow color. This kind of mushroom contains gastrointestinal irritants, causing headache and diarrhea after eating.

5 Scaly Gray Poisonous Goosebumps

Mainly grown in forested areas mushroom individual medium-sized, gray. The cap is 5-14cm in diameter, flat hemispherical, spreading after opening the umbrella, slightly sticky when wet. The cap is brownish gray, with dark gray scales that are easy to fall off, and the edge of the cap is not striped. The flesh and gills are white. The mushroom is poisonous, but the toxin is currently unknown.

6 Hairy Ghost Umbrella

It grows wherever there is animal feces, has a cylindrical cap, and the marginal gills dissolve into an inky liquid within 40 minutes of ripening, while the stalk becomes elongated. This mushroom is generally edible. However, because it contains gastrointestinal irritants such as carbolic acid, it is easy to cause poisoning by eating it with alcohol.

7 Beautiful Poisonous Fly Gooseberry

Grown in the forested areas of the Altai Mountains, this mushroom is individually large. The cap is 6-20cm in diameter, with obvious short ribs on the edge, bright red or orange-red surface, and white or slightly yellow granular scales. The gills are pure white, and the flesh is also white, but red near the cap epidermis. Toxic episodes of Beautiful Fly Goosebumps usually result in hallucinations.

There are many different kinds of wild mushrooms in Xinjiang, and the above are only examples of common and valuable mushrooms. In the wild, wild mushrooms need to be fully cooked, and it is best to put some garlic in them, and select the ones that are familiar and non-toxic for consumption. Once accidentally eaten poisonous mushrooms, due to rapid vomiting, as soon as possible to seek medical attention.

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