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The dry summer left Kazan residents without the gifts of the forest. And only now the shortage of boletus and white boletus is more than compensated for by the rainy September.

Fourth day since the boletus started to appear. Before that, we didn’t have mushrooms at all,” says Galina Krylova.

A resident of Mari El and her family collected several boxes worth of mushrooms in the forest and brought them to Kazan to sell. By lunchtime, a couple of the boxes were already empty.

The rains came and mushrooms appeared. They're doing well everywhere now. Not only in Mariyka, but also here, in Tatarstan. For boletus it is best to go to a pine forest, for white ones - to a birch forest. And go right after the rain, Galina advises Kazan residents, as an experienced mushroom picker.

Well, if you are not tempted by quiet hunting, and are only interested in the mushrooms themselves, you can find them these days at the Central, Moscow and other markets of the capital. Galina has butter on the counter for 130 rubles per 1.5 kilogram bucket.

There are porcini mushrooms on the next table. The price for them varies depending on the size of the mushrooms. The largest ones, like burdocks, are cheap - 150-200 rubles per kg. The medium ones are 300 each, and the small ones are the most expensive - 350-400. Two pensioners came up and negotiated a reasonable price with the hostess:

I thought there would be no mushrooms at all - it was so hot. It’s very nice that they finally came,” the customer rejoices.

Last year we didn’t buy any, we went for mushrooms ourselves. And now we decided to go to the market and not to the forest. The prices are quite affordable,” her neighbor adds.

Walking along the rows at the Central Market you can also see boletus, aspen, chanterelles and milk mushrooms. Most of the mushrooms are from Mari El and Chuvashia, there are fewer from Tatarstan, but they still exist:

Last year it was the other way around: there were mushrooms in the summer, but not in the fall. This season there are a lot of mushrooms, just like in 2010,” says Lyubov Titova.

How was it in 2010? There was a drought! - we are surprised.

There was a drought, but there were a lot of mushrooms in the fall. “We live next to the Volga,” explains the seller.

Prices for mushrooms in Kazan markets

Porcini mushrooms - 150-400 rub/kg

Boletus mushrooms - 100 rub/kg

Boletus - 200 rub/kg

Butter - 100 rub/kg

Chanterelles - 100-150 rub/kg

White milk mushrooms - 150 rub/kg

Dried porcini mushrooms - 300 rub. per 100 grams

Dried boletus - 100 rub. per 100 grams

Buying Tips:

1. Ask for veterinary permission to sell. Buying mushrooms at the market is sometimes even safer than picking them yourself. Here they are checked daily by a doctor from the state veterinary laboratory: first for the level of radiation, then for toxicity and inedibility. If everything is fine, he issues a trade permit. Each seller must have such a document confirming the quality of his boletus, boletus and white boletus.

2. Come to the market by lunchtime. This way you will save money. Mushrooms are a perishable product. And sellers are trying to sell it out as quickly as possible. At noon, many begin to reduce prices.

Where to pick mushrooms yourself?

It is a myth that mushroom pickers do not reveal the secrets of “silent hunting”. Many of them willingly share the coordinates of mushroom places. “Events” compiled a map of the areas richest in mushrooms near Kazan.

Tips for mushroom pickers:

1. Collect only known mushrooms. This is the main rule! Do not make gastronomic experiments with unfamiliar mushrooms to avoid sad consequences.

2. Follow the cooking technology. According to doctors, due to inept preparation you can also get poisoned. edible mushrooms. Experts do not recommend mixing mushrooms, for example, frying white mushrooms with honey mushrooms.