Spring is the time when all things grow. Many wild plants will sprout and bloom during this season. For those who live in the countryside, these wild plants not only refresh the appearance of the countryside, but also I brought delicious food, and these delicious foods are wild vegetables, such as shepherd's purse, Houttuynia cordata, sophora flowers, walnut flowers, etc. I believe many friends have eaten them.

However, most wild vegetables are only available in spring. What will we eat after spring? Naturally, I eat wild mushrooms. In the summer, the weather is hot and there is a lot of rain. It is especially easy for wild fungi to grow in some hot and humid environments in the mountains. Therefore, in the summer, many farmers around the mountainous areas especially like to go to the mountains to look for wild fungi.

Since we are talking about wild mushrooms, in this article I will share one kind for you. It is a white ball on a long tree. Don’t miss it when you see it in the mountains. It is known as the “vegetarian”, especially valuable.

Many partners are saying that Jiaduo wild mushrooms are poisonous and will end if you eat them wrongly. It is true that many wild mushrooms are poisonous and they look similar to edible wild mushrooms. They are so similar that it is difficult to tell them apart. However, there are always differences. Among the astronomical fungi, some are so special that there is almost no need to distinguish them to identify them. "Hericium" is one of them.

Hericium is the fruiting body of Hericium ericaceae, a fungus in the family Dentaceae. Its cap has hairy fleshy spines on its surface, about 1 to 3 centimeters long. Its fruiting body is round and thick, and when it is novel, it has White, like the white balls growing on the trees. After being cooked, it changes from light yellow to light brown, with a small base or slightly short stalk, and an expanded upper part with a diameter of 3.5 to 10 cm. From a distance, it looks like the head of a golden monkey, hence the name "Hericium". However, if you take a closer look, it looks very similar to a hedgehog, so it is also called "hedgehog fungus" among the people.

Hericium is widely distributed in China, in Wulongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Tibet, and Zhejiang , Fujian and other regions are scattered. However, it is not easy to find it, because this wild fungus mainly grows in broad-leaved forests or mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, and these places are basically old forests in deep mountains, so if you want to find wild monkeys For head mushrooms, you have to go to the deep mountains and old forests to find them.

Of course, there are ways to find Hericium erinaceus. Under normal circumstances, Hericium erinaceus mainly grows in spruce, fir, arrow bamboo forests and broad-leaved forests of the genus Quercus. On living trees, small amounts grow on old dead or fallen wood of these trees. Once you find the first Hericium mushroom, don’t be too busy picking it. Check the surrounding trees first, because the Hericium mushrooms generally grow in pairs, and the rest grow in this one. On the diagonal line, so the first one was found, you must look for the surrounding trees, otherwise it will be easy to miss.

Price reference of Hericium erinaceus: Nowadays, Hericium erinaceus is very rare in the market, and even contains Hericium erinaceus in many snack centers, such as "Hericium erinaceus cake", "Hericium erinaceus cake", "Hericium mushroom drink", "Hericium mushroom wine", etc., which makes many people think that Hericium erinaceus is very cheap. In fact, this is not the case. The price of Hericium erinaceus is still very valuable, but now artificial cultivation of monkeys has been carried out. The head mushroom is what makes it so rare.

As early as the Pangu period of our country, Hericium erinaceus, bear paw, bird's nest, and shark's fin were listed as one of the "Four Famous Dishes". "Shark Fin". Hericium erinaceus itself is extremely delicious, the meat is fresh and tender, and it is fragrant and delicious. Therefore, as early as Pangu times, it was praised as "vegetarian meat".