If competitions were held among boletus mushrooms, this mushroom would win them in two categories and win two championship titles.
He is the earliest. Its popular nickname "summer white" is not entirely true: it appears in the eyes of mushroom pickers not even at the beginning of summer, but in May (and continues to delight quiet hunters until October).
And one more indisputable prize - it is the most fragrant among its siblings! Especially good, its powerful, rich smell is felt if it is dried. By the way, if you prefer vegetarianism, fast or simply don't like meat, make a white oak soup, always using dried. In this case, 80% of the protein contained in it will be easily absorbed by your body! And digestion will become more active.
It is not difficult to recognize this fungus in the forest: the coffee-gray cap in dry weather cracks with a net, the size of which is from the mini version of 8-10 cm to the championship: 25-30. The leg is a strong cylinder. A young specimen has a cap with a ball, a leg with a mace. The pulp is loose compared to the pulp of its siblings, it does not darken in the air.
Fluff the ground under the tree so that a depression of 5-15 cm is formed, depending on the location of the roots near the surface of the soil.
Scatter the mycelium evenly over the entire fluffy surface.
Cover with garden (or forest) soil, mixed with any humus, in equal parts.
Sprinkle on top with the earth that was formed during fluffing with a recess.
Planting can be done at any time of the year and under any tree species.
Watering is carried out in dry times, often with a garden watering can or in another way, about 10 liters per 1 m2.
Mushrooms appear in spring and autumn, but for the first time not earlier than 5 months after planting. Sometimes they grow even next year.
The first harvest is 350-500g/m2, subsequent 3.5-4.5kg/m2.
The mycelium grows for many years, while the tree lives.