Chapter 116: What About the Fungus (Part II)
Qi Jingtao took Shi Lei's words, and said with a smile: "Hehe, why haven't I seen it, I have seen a lot of chicken fir holes that have been broken and exposed, some of them are as big as a few buffaloes, and the chicken fir rice inside is like a stalactite in the cave and reaches the top of the cave, and the rhizome of the chicken fir is directly rooted in the chicken fir rice."
As soon as the rain penetrated, the yellow ants climbed out of the chicken fir hole, spread their wings one after another, and flew like the sky. These gods who created the elven chicken fir worked hard in the dark underground for a year, and finally planted and bred the exquisite chicken fir - the elves of the rainy season, and they were done, and they bathed in the rain baptism to the fullest, and then died tragically.
Seeing this scene, I was shocked, shocked, sympathized with them for their lives, and sometimes even felt that they should not eat chicken fir, which is the lifework of them, millions of yellow ants!"
Su Min was stunned by the poignant scene described by Qi Jingtao, looked at him and asked, "Ah Tao, is this chicken fir an animal or a plant!"
Qi Jingtao pondered the information in the "Caiyun Wild Mushroom Encyclopedia" provided to him by Lao Qi, and introduced it in popular science: "According to the classification of modern species, it belongs to fungi. There are four kinds of chicken fir fir, such as one-legged chicken fir fir , torch chicken fir fir , dew chicken fir and matsutake mushroom.
Matsutake mushrooms are actually a type of chicken fir mushroom. It's just that the mushroom cap of matsutake mushroom is not like a small umbrella, but a basin, and the meat is not pure white, commonly known as pheasant fir. However, it does not have the yellow ants that are characteristic of the chicken fir, and many people believe that it does not belong to the chicken fir.
Dew chicken fir is the chicken fir that is opened in the morning dew, the fungus cap is very thin, like dew, easy to wilt and dry up, so it is named dew chicken fir.
It is common to say that the chicken fir that is often eaten is the one-legged chicken fir and the torch chicken fir.
One-legged chicken fir is a nest of chicken fir that only produces one flower, I just bought it back a few days ago, hehe, you cook soup and eat it. The one-legged chicken fir is quite strong, so it is also called the barbarian chicken fir. Most of the chicken fir that came out earlier from the Torch Festival (June 24 of the lunar calendar, the traditional festival of the Yi nationality) are one-legged chicken firs.
The one-legged chicken fir is fat and has a unique taste, and a litter of yellow ants only cultivates such a chicken fir. Some particularly fat one-legged chicken fir roots, its roots can be as thick as an arm, one foot as high, and the chicken fir hat can be as big as a hat after opening, just like a silver-gray or gray-black hat, or like a small umbrella, some have not yet been opened, and some have been opened.
The chicken fir that comes out before and after the torch festival is called the torch chicken fir, and the torch chicken fir is a large piece as soon as it comes out, like a small silver-gray torch, burning all over a mountain depression or hillside, it is called the torch chicken fir in the image, and we also have a name in Yunnan, placing a rain hat. ”
"So, are there any special requirements for the place where the chicken fir grows?" Su Min asked curiously.
When Shi Lei heard this, he also said: "Cousin-in-law, there are no special requirements for the place where the chicken fir grows, and the yellow ants will build nests wherever they fly." Hehe, there is a nest of chicken fir in front of my yard for a few years, and in the past few years, there will be chicken fir in the rainy season every year.
As long as there is a chicken fir nest and it is not dug and trampled through the hole, she will pop up there every year. And according to the lunar calendar, the same nest of chicken fir is about the same date unearthed every year, and the difference between before and after is one or two days.
Hehe, like the nest of chicken fir outside my yard. The first year is on the fifth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and these years basically come out of the chicken fir in those days, which is very regular, and it is also the same kind of chicken fir that comes out.
Wild-footed chicken fir generally produces one flower at a time in a nest, and there are special cases where a few flowers are unearthed in a nest, but most of them are quite strong. It's not the same with torch firs, if you find them this year and sprinkle them all over the hillside, you will find them there on the same day next year. If you know the chicken fir nest, when you go out to harvest, you must carry a large flower basket on your back. ”
"Hahaha...... According to what you say, the growth of wild mushrooms is very regional and seasonal, and the regularity is very strong, especially the varieties of chicken fir mushrooms you mentioned. Is it possible to draw a map and make a time comparison table when you collect mushrooms, as long as you go to a specific place regularly to pick them according to the time. I've found out that the growth time of the chicken fir is more accurate than the time it takes to grow crops artificially!"
Su Min listened to it with relish, and he could summarize it by himself. This woman's head is different, I don't know what I'm thinking, and the advice she gives is quite scientific.
"Hahaha, don't say it, it's a good idea. Wild mushrooms are born and grown in the mountains, and anyone can pick them up, and whoever finds them will take them. Many people pick up mushrooms every time they go up the mountain to pick up mushrooms, and the old and young are swept away without leaving them, which is also an unreasonable waste of resources for wild mushroom resources.
Today, the little girl picked those spicy mushrooms that were tender and big, because those spicy mushrooms were near the orchard contracted by their family, and others would not easily go to the orchard contracted by their family to look for wild mushrooms. After she found those freshly sprouted spicy mushrooms last week, she felt that they were too small to be reluctant to pick them, so she could raise them and wait until yesterday to pick them.
If someone contracts a piece of mountain forest, he doesn't have to worry about others picking it up, so he can plan to pick up the wild mushrooms in that mountain forest. Just like what my cousin just said, draw a map of the distribution and growth of wild mushrooms. Every day, we plan to patrol the mountains and forests, only pick the most suitable wild mushrooms for consumption, and continue to raise those that are too tender and too small to go up the mountain, and keep them for harvesting at the right time. Such planned harvesting can not only increase the production of wild mushrooms in the mountain forest, but also ensure the quality and increase income. Shi Lei was very interested in Su Min's words.
"Hehe, when we have time to have a meeting to discuss, we will come up with a feasible plan. You often go to the mountains to collect mushrooms, and you can also talk to the cadres of the mountain villages you often go to, maybe it is really a good way to manage the mountain forest. Zhang Jinglei suggested with a smile, and also made a note in the notebook she carried.
"How many ways are there to eat this wild mushroom? Su Min's suggestion to her attracted Zhang Jinglei's attention and didn't think about it deeply, she now has a lot of wild mushrooms in her hands, and all she thinks about is eating.
Shi Lei smiled and said: "Hehe, when it comes to eating mushrooms, there are too many ways to eat them." Different wild mushrooms have different ways to eat them. Let's talk about the wild mushrooms we often sell. Wild mushrooms are generally fried and eaten, and some are fried first and then boiled. To cut into thin slices, you can sauté dried chilies, green chilies, or pickles. But you have to enlarge the garlic to make condiments, how much at will. Mushrooms are few and absorb oil, and often eat mushrooms, which is easy to reduce blood lipids and middle qi, which has both advantages and disadvantages. When stir-frying, add more sesame oil. ”
"I know all of this, that's how I fry miscellaneous mushrooms at home. You don't need to introduce the stones. Tell me about the spicy mushrooms, the chili mushrooms I bought on the street are so finely crushed that no matter how you clean them, you can't completely wash the remaining fine sand in the mushrooms. Eating spicy mushrooms always tastes a little bit toothy and muddy, is there any good way?" Su Min's thinking jumped violently, remembering that one was the other, and asked about the troubles encountered in dealing with spicy mushrooms before.
"Hahaha...... You city dwellers are unfamiliar with where the fungus grows. Some of the spicy mushrooms grow in sandy soil, and many of the marketed spicy mushrooms are thin and small, making it very troublesome to handle. Those people in Chuncheng often say when they come to buy spicy mushrooms, 'Dry mushrooms (spicy mushrooms, also known as horse tooth mushrooms) are dry and fragrant, but they are a little bit toothy'. Our salesperson told them that when cleaning the spicy mushrooms, rub them together with flour, and there will be no sand after the water has passed. This method is good, cousin, you can try it yourself when you wash spicy mushrooms in the future. However, there is no need for you to sell these spicy mushrooms today. These spicy mushrooms are fat and tender, and they are still produced in the mountains of Heini Village, so just rinse them with clean water. ”
Qi Jingtao smiled, "Hahaha...... Wild mushrooms are delicious, and more people need to know those varied and safe ways to eat. Stone, you have done a very good job, collect and summarize some common sense about wild mushrooms, and then you can make a booklet in the future, and you can send some out when you sell it. We should not only collect wild mushrooms and sell them, but also promote them and sell them to other provinces and foreign countries to increase the income of people in the mountains......