Biochemist Alexander Grishin, in an interview with Izvestia on August 20, denied reports that parasites dangerous to human health appeared on the trunks of trees in the Moscow region, which should not be touched.
The day before, on August 19, the city news agency “Moscow”, citing the press service of the regional ministry of ecology and nature management, reported that the tree licogala parasitizing on trees is supposedly a very poisonous mushroom, and the touch of its spores on the body can allegedly provoke a number of diseases, including oncological …
“This is absolutely not true, I think this is some kind of fake. Lycogalla woody is an absolutely ordinary non-poisonous mushroom. They are also called slips, because when they have young bodies, they can crawl, ”said Alexander Grishin.
According to him, this harmless mushroom feeds on decayed wood. You can touch it without any fear. Eating them is really not recommended, simply because they are tasteless.
On August 15, the Moscow Region Tourism Committee told where in the region you can find porcini mushrooms. Citizens were offered to go to the forests along the Belorussky, Kazan, Kiev, Kursk, Leningradsky, Paveletsky and Gorkovsky directions.