Mushrooms in Ryazan
The lands of the Ryazan region have long been famous for the abundance of their forests. They occupy a huge area here. Mushrooms in Ryazan are very diverse. Festivals are held in their honor, legends are made, monuments are erected.
Mushrooms in Ryazan
Mushroom Sites Map
The mushroom places of the Ryazan region are located in forests dominated by pine, oak, birch and many other deciduous trees. Mushroom pickers draw up a map of mushroom places, many of which are located in ecologically clean zones of the Ryazan region and are attractive to tourists who come here from different cities of Russia.
Laskovo village
The proximity to the regional center and rich harvest areas attract a large number of tourists here. They also come to the recreation center "Zeleny Bor" in the first days of autumn. On its territory, the festival “We have mushrooms with eyes in Ryazan” is held annually. The event has long gone beyond the scope of the region and attracts participants from other cities and even countries. The mushroom picking competition started in 2013 and has been regularly held every autumn since then. Usually these are the first days of September or the middle of the month.
The festival “We have mushrooms with eyes in Ryazan” usually attracts a lot of guests. There are about a hundred active participants. Only 4 hours are given for mushroom picking. Therefore, the one who can collect more in the allotted time is the winner. Prizes are also awarded to the mushroom picker who first came to the weigh-in. Competitions are fun, with concert numbers, a fair and a meal.
They say that on weekdays, to find out if edible mushrooms have appeared in the forest, you need to look at a small market. It is located at the intersection of roads near the Zeleny Bor recreation center. It is from the assortment and quantity of mushrooms that one can draw conclusions about what awaits the mushroom picker in the forest. And if the "hunt" is unsuccessful, here you can replenish your basket for a certain fee and go home with peace of mind.
In the vicinity of the village there are sandy hillocks with pine forests, flat wet plains with mixed coniferous-deciduous forest and marshy lowlands. In pine plantations grow porcini, Polish mushrooms, black milk mushrooms.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
Although the white milk mushroom is given more respect, the black milk mushroom is equally popular. Black milk mushroom, or as it is commonly called in Latin Lactarius necator, belongs to the genus Millechnik from the Russula family and has a lot of popular names that directly indicate its appearance: blackie, blackie, black nest, gypsy. Like all milk mushrooms, this is a conditionally edible species due to the presence of pungent milky juice in the pulp. But on the other hand, this juice protects the mushroom from the "attacks" of parasites.
For life, the mushroom chooses coniferous (pine-spruce) or mixed forests with a large number of birches. It can sometimes even be found in the steppe zone, only if there are birches nearby. Hence the conclusion suggests itself: the black lump forms mycorrhiza with birch.In addition to birches, it also needs a sufficient amount of light, but relatively low air temperatures. There is even such a sign: if the boletus has not departed in the forest, it is too early to collect the mushrooms.
By the way. The fruit bodies of the black milk mushroom continue to grow even after the first frost.
In a mixed forest, the choice of mushrooms is much larger, in some places there is even a truffle.
Places of accumulation of green moss are rich in chanterelles, in aspen forests are red heads. Sometimes you are lucky enough to find a rare specimen of the white boletus. It is listed in the Red Book, so picking such mushrooms is not worth it in order to avoid problems. Better take a photo of the mushroom as a keepsake. There are also poisonous species, so you need to be careful.
village Novaya Derevnya
The village is located 22 km from the regional center (Putyatino) and 126 km from the regional center (Ryazan). In search of mushroom prey, the villagers go around the nearby forests, where they usually gather mushrooms for two purposes: for food and for sale.
village Dubrovichi
This settlement is located 13 km from Ryazan. The main highway connecting the village with the city passes through it. Therefore, getting here is easy and quick, in total it takes about half an hour. Every citizen will be able to visit these places and take away rich forestry. It is enough to get on a passing bus and go to the forest.
the village of Zanino-Pochinki
The forests of the Shilovsky district are rich in mushrooms
In the forests of the Shilovsky district, located near Zanino-Pochinka, there is an unprecedented abundance of mushrooms. There are boletus, boletus, Krasnogolovtsy. Also, these forests are rich in milk mushrooms, chanterelles, nigella and other types of edible mushrooms.
Kochemary village
The Kasimov region has long been famous for its abundance of mushrooms. Along the highway, you can freely purchase a variety of mushrooms from sellers to your taste. Kasimov forests in this respect are the richest in the region. Tourists visiting this destination never return empty-handed.
Other places
- village Fedot'evo: surrounded by birch groves, where not only boletus, chanterelles, honey agarics, but also porcini mushrooms are found. The settlement is located in the Spassky forests.
- village Kriusha: this settlement is rich in forests. They contain not only a lot of mushrooms, but also berries. Here cranberries can grow in abundance in the marshy lowlands of the area.
- Ungor village: is located next to the small forest, where mushroom pickers come every year. Oddly enough, there are few forest mushrooms in the ordinary forests of this area.
- village Nazarovka: is located next to the forest, in which mushroom pickers most often come across boletus. This area is located in the Chuchkovsky district.
- Tuma village: surrounded by forests, in which fruit bodies of a wide variety of species are found - from white to milk mushrooms and russula. These places are located in the Klepikovsky district. It is also worth visiting the landing near the village of Tyukovo. In addition to the main noble (tubular) species, in this area, baskets are filled with chanterelles, flyworms.
- villages Polyany, Korostovo, Zaokskoena Kasimov direction: near them there are meadows where mushrooms, mushrooms, raincoats are collected. Agro-desert - the most popular place among mushroom pickers.
- Solotchinsky coniferous forest: In addition to whites and chanterelles, you can find a lot of butter, russula. Moving towards the village of Polkovo, their basket is replenished with milk mushrooms, mushrooms, morels.
- village Zaokskoe: here they not only swim and enjoy outdoor recreation, but also pick mushrooms. Usually they return home from the Lukovsky forest with a rich harvest. The village is located just 20 minutes from the regional center.
The address of all the settlements of Ryazan, near which mushrooms are picked, is constantly being replenished.
We have mushrooms with eyes in Ryazan
“And we have mushrooms with eyes in Ryazan. They are being eaten, they are looking. " Who first came up with this verse is unknown.Historians ascribe its authorship to local residents, who learned from the knocked down mushroom caps in the forest that only recently enemy military units marched here. That is, these representatives of the forest life were a kind of eyes for the Russian land, which was constantly raided by the wild horde. Some historians say that the Moscow boyars, who disdain the city, tried to humiliate its importance. Like, except for mushrooms, there is nothing worthwhile here.
And the people of Ryazan were so fond of the cheerful and mischievous rhyme that they even dedicated a monument to it in the city park. The sculpture "Mushrooms with eyes" was assembled and installed for the city day. It happened on August 2, 2013.
Irina Selyutina (Biologist):
The authors of this unusual forest fairy tale, made of bronze, are Vasily and Polina Gorbunovs, whose sketch in 2011 won the competition “And we have mushrooms with eyes in Ryazan”. This competition was organized with the aim of creating a brand symbol of the city based on a popular proverb dating back at least 300 years.
The monument has become a unique decoration of the territory of the city park. His visit today brings pleasure to all guests of the city. The monument includes not only the main characters (mushrooms that look), but also other inhabitants of the forest. Now it is a kind of national brand. Having become popular, it attracts numerous tourists from other regions of the country to the region. They come in search of unusual forest creatures with eyes and a rich harvest.
Conclusion
As the mushrooms went, so did the rows of tourists along the mushroom places of the Ryazan region. In summer, it attracts a large number of lovers of quiet hunting and those who simply want to relax.
