If you like to grow mushrooms yourself, you will often find growing kits for "brown caps" in the shops. This popular name hides various mushrooms that you can also collect in the wild.
Brown cap time is from August
Various mushrooms are hiding behind "Braunkappe".
The red-brown giant sapling (Stropharia rugosoannulata) is actually hidden behind the cultivated mushroom "Braunkappe", which occurs between August and October mainly in fields, fields (especially in corn fields) and in gardens. In addition, the chestnut boletus (Xerocomus badius) is popularly referred to as "brown cap". In contrast to the red-brown giant sapling, this edible mushroom cannot be cultivated in the home garden.
When to find the chestnut boletus
This is a typical boletus mushroom that you often find in coniferous and mixed forests between June and November. The chestnut boletus is a typical mycorrhizal fungus of spruce, i. H. he always lives in symbiosis with spruce trees.
tips
You can distinguish the chestnut bolete from other boletes by applying slight pressure to the bolete. Then the pale to green-yellow tubes turn dark blue.