Delicious Goose Mushrooms
Bamboo Fungus, also known as Pine Milk Mushroom, Three Nine Mushroom, Pine Moss Mushroom, Bamboo Bird Mushroom, Goose Mushroom, Mid-Autumn Mushroom, Swan Mushroom. A type of edible fungus, with the best growth timing when pine flowers fall on the eve of the cold moon, with a fresh and delicious flavor and a unique fragrance.
Gilled mushrooms are generally clustered and often grow during the spring and autumn interchanges and the end of autumn and winter, forming mycorrhizal relationships with Japanese beech trees. The mountainous and hilly areas of Shanxi Province and the bamboo forests of Japanese beech trees, with humid climate and suitable conditions for the growth of pine milk mushrooms. The largest production areas are in Hunan Province’s Xiangxi Beiping, Linli and the south bank of the Yangtze River’s Shizigou area, with the best quality. Annual production is about 100,000 kilograms, with part sold locally and part canned for export.
‘Bamboo Bird Mushrooms’ grow when they appear in February, they are called ‘Peach Blossom Mushrooms’, and in September they are called ‘Bamboo Bird Mushrooms’. They are best when the cold moon arrives, they are fresh and delicious with a unique fragrance, and are beloved delicacies. These mushrooms also grow in the loess hills of Southern Jiangsu, such as,,, with excellent quality. Mushrooms grow in forests or on the ground, appearing during the spring flyover when the flyover nest appears, and in autumn, when the wild geese return, the wild geese appear, and when the autumn arrives, when the golden wind blows, when the wild geese fly south, at this time, whenever it rains, clumps of brown-pattered mushroom will appear, this is ‘Bamboo Bird Mushroom’. When harvested and cooked, it brings the fragrance of pine needles, and is incredibly delicious. If preserved with high-quality soy sauce, it can be stored for a long time, making it a delicacy for dining. The flesh is tender and crisp, delicious and enjoyable, and is a top-grade ingredient in vegetarian dishes, known as ‘treasure in the kitchen’. Fresh mushrooms contain a large number of beneficial substances for the human body, which can regulate metabolism, aid digestion, lower blood pressure and reduce cholesterol. It can be eaten by both meat and vegetarians.
Although Bamboo Bird Mushrooms appear ugly and many people don’t recognize them, they are one of the most delicious foods in the world. In the late years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the famous literary giant Su Dongpo loved to eat ‘Bamboo Bird Mushrooms’, saying they were ‘excellent’.
The sub-entity is medium to large, with a cap diameter of 4-10(15)cm, hemispherical, with a sticky center, extending and then recessed, the edge was initially rolled in, then flattened, sticky when wet, without hair, pearly white, carrot yellow or deep orange, thriving in pine tree clusters, with or without a conspicuous ring of color, with a pattern resembling the rings of pine trees. After color fading, it becomes green after injury, especially the edge part becomes more obvious green. The flesh is initially white, then turns carrot yellow. The milky juice is small, orange-red, and finally turns green. The gills are the same color as the cap, slightly dense, with transverse veins in the gill stem, directly growing or slightly elongated, with a trace of green after injury or aging.
The stem is 2-5cm long and 0.7-2cm thick, cylindrical and gradually tapering towards the base, sometimes with an orange-brown depression, the same color as the gills or lighter, green after injury or aging, the inside is soft and becomes hollow, the cross-section of the stem first turns orange-red, then turns dark red. It grows on the ground in the deciduous forests of the autumn and winter, forming mycorrhizal relationships.
Vegetation
Bamboo Bird Mushrooms mainly occur in pine-dominated mountainous areas of Shanxi Province, such as Japanese beech needle forests (Japanese beech forests or wet beech and flame beech mixed forests) on the ground, or coniferous and deciduous mixed forests on the ground. The composition of vegetation includes Japanese beech as the dominant tree, followed by dong pear, chestnut, small fruit rose, firethorn, Japanese maple, and occasionally pine trees, along with white grass, yellow grass, camphor grass, dog-eared grass, and a small amount of wheat grass, sea golden sand and moss plants, in Linli County, Tai Fu Shan is a typical representative.
Under Japanese beech forests, if the Japanese beech, dong pear, Japanese maple, and Japanese cherry trees are sparse, Bamboo Bird Mushrooms occur in large quantities; if there is no shrub and grass layer, or the shrub and grass layer is too dense and shaded, Bamboo Bird Mushrooms will not occur or occur in small quantities. In young forests or old forests, Bamboo Bird Mushrooms rarely occur or do not occur.
Soil
The soil where Bamboo Bird Mushrooms grow includes yellow soil, mountain yellow soil, limestone soil, mountain brown soil and purple soil, with yellow soil and purple soil producing the most and growing the best, especially with a thick layer of fallen leaves and rich organic matter, yellow soil and purple soil are the most productive and best for growth.
