Curly fungus sparassis (Sparassis crispa) Is an extremely unusual species and is rarely found in nature. Appreciated for its high culinary and medicinal properties. Learn more about it from the article.
Description
The mushroom has the shape of a bush in the form of a ball. Looks like a head of cauliflower. Young mushroom of white color. Further, when dried, it darkens to brown. It grows up to 20-30 cm in diameter. Has a leg with a thickness of 2 to 5 cm, located mainly in the ground. The color of the legs varies from white in young mushrooms to brown or even black in adults. The pulp of young mushrooms is white; when pressed, it breaks easily. Later it becomes stiff. The fruiting body has a specific nut-mushroom smell and taste. There are specimens of mushrooms weighing several kilograms.
Other names
Curly sparassis lamellar-like sparassis. But he is found under the oaks. On this basis, they are difficult to confuse.
Curly mushroom sparassis is also known for other names:
- Mushroom cabbage.
- Boron cabbage.
- Rabbit cabbage.
- Sagging.
- "Mushroom happiness."
- Ram mushroom.
- Mushroom king.
Gathering season
Gather mushroom cabbage in the wild in late summer and early fall. It is a parasite, grows alone on the roots (or stumps) of conifers, most often pine trees, destroying the roots and then the trunk of the tree.
Where is growing
In vivo curly sparassis is found in Europe, Asia and North America. A method of dilution on a substrate has been developed. It is not much different from breeding other types of mushrooms. Fresh softwood sawdust is used as a substrate. Decks of trees are also used as a breeding ground.
Food quality
Cheesecake is edible, has good taste. It is used in raw form in salads, subjected to heat treatment in soup, dumplings, sauces, gravy, etc. It is used as a spice, dried and ground into powder. In the description of all recipes indicate that you can use only young porcini mushrooms, old - hard and bitter taste.
Important! Mushroom cabbage should be introduced into the diet gradually, since it is difficult to digest. Limit food to children, and small children should not eat at all.
Benefit and harm
The healing properties of the species are determined by the antimicrobial, antitumor effect of polysaccharides.
Mushroom food enhances the body's immunity, as it contains such minerals as:
- potassium;
- magnesium;
- phosphorus;
- copper;
- selenium;
- sodium;
- calcium.
Sparassis is used in the treatment of oncology, viral hepatitis, diabetes, hormonal disorders of the body. Being non-nutritive, it is used in the treatment of obesity.
- Boron cabbage has the following useful properties:
- Antimicrobial and antibacterial.
- Aligns blood pressure readings.
- Reduces blood sugar.
- Helps to eliminate toxins in viral diseases.
- Resists hormonal disorders.
- Helps with menopause.
- Suppresses HIV.
- Smoothes depressive conditions.
Like any other, cabbage mushroom has the ability to absorb toxins, heavy metals and other harmful substances from the environment.
Important! It is undesirable to pick mushrooms from highways and railways, landfills, enterprises and in cities.
- No need to consume:
- with a disease of the digestive system;
- with pancreatitis;
- with a stomach ulcer;
- with gastritis;
- with food allergies.
When introduced into the diet, it is good to use artificially grown mushrooms. Sparassis has valuable dietary properties. It can be used as an addition to the treatment of many diseases. At the same time, it requires care for conservation as a biological species.
