Frosts are not a hindrance: winter mushrooms have gone to Mari El

In Mari El, despite the night frosts and the first signs of frost, mushrooms continue to grow in the forests. Winter mushrooms can already be found in old aspen forests and floodplain forests.

During the day, the weather in the republic remains relatively warm for the end of October, and at night the temperature drops below zero in some places. Small puddles and individual old women of the rivers are already covered with ice. Daytime heat is not enough to melt it.

Winter mushrooms prefer to grow on old aspens and elms. Therefore, it is worth looking for them in aspen forests and floodplain forests, where these trees are found.

As Gennady Bogdanov, a senior researcher at the Bolshaya Kokshaga Nature Reserve, said, in abnormally warm winters, velvet flammulins can be harvested even in December.