Petsitsa

In addition to lines and morels, other amazing mushrooms are often found in the spring forest. For example, small, brightly colored mushrooms, which at a young age resemble miniature bowls, and over time spread out on the ground and become more like saucers or plates, for which they were popularly nicknamed saucer mushrooms. However, scientifically, these unusual fungi have the name of pecitsa.

In fact, the cave is the closest relative to lines and morels - all of them belong to the class Marsupials. In order to understand what unites such different mushrooms, it is enough to remember that their spores are located on the surface of the morel hat. In addition, if you stretch this hat, straightening all the folds and giving the shape of the bowl, you get a real cave.

Basically, the sands grow on the ground, but they are able to master more interesting habitats. For example, some types of stoves eagerly inhabit the places of former fires, which is also similar to morels, which often occupy the places of fires.

Regarding the size of the sands, you can see that these are not particularly large mushrooms, the diameter of which is mainly 1-5 centimeters (although rare specimens up to 10 centimeters are found). The color of the sands is diverse - depending on the species, mushrooms can be yellow, purple, brown, gray and even bright red.

So, for example, one of the species of these mushrooms - brown sand - prefers to live on ordinary forest soils, although moist. Often, small diameter chocolate-brown fruit bodies of these pecs can be found in the forest on soil or on deadwood. Forming a bowl, the edges of the hat are somewhat wrapped up. By the way, most authors attribute this species to inedible mushrooms.

In addition, the pieziza vesiculosa is a permanent inhabitant of gardens and greenhouses. Sometimes it settles even in flower pots, while growing in large groups and deforming. The pulp of the bubble-shaped penza is rather tough, brittle and waxy.

But the brightest and most eye-catching is considered orange sand, which features a very thin orange flesh that resembles a piece of orange. It is it that mushroom pickers collect most often.

Regarding the gastronomic qualities of stoves, it must be said that this genus of mushrooms is quite edible, but their distinctive feature is the complete absence of any taste. Undoubtedly, you can fry or salt (marinate) the prepared cans, but it is best to use them to decorate the salads, as their attractive appearance and bright color will greatly enrich the aesthetic side of the finished dish.