Autumn, everyone knows, is mushroom season. The best time to go for a walk in the woods and fill your basket with porcini mushrooms, porcini mushrooms or chanterelles. But, can we also find mushrooms in other seasons?
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So that the mushrooms growit takes a weather report which is favorable to them. In fact, to develop mushrooms need both mild temperatures and water. So, naturally, 70% of them grow in fallbetween September and November, before the onset of the first frosts and when the rain and Sun most willingly live together in our regions.
But, some mushrooms also grow in other seasons. We can cite the example of the summer boletus. He actually appreciates the heat and it is found in May or June. In particularly warm years, it can also grow until September or October. The cornucopia oyster mushroom, the poplar pholiote or the March hygrophore grow as soon as spring comes.
The weather is not everything
Mushroom picking enthusiasts know this. Mushrooms grow best in “good spots”. And every species to his tree or his favorite terrain. Ceps and boletes, for example, appreciate shaded areas, rich in mosses. They are usually found under pines, oaks, chestnuts, charms where the beeches. Chanterelles also like softwoods and hardwoods.
Most of the time, to find mushrooms, you have to look for poor, sandy soils. Slightly moist soils well exposed to the sun. You also have to know how to be a keen observer. Because many mushrooms play the chameleons and merge with the dead leaves that litter the ground in autumn.
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