Mushroom season has begun in central Russia: Which mushrooms should not be picked in the Moscow region

None of these species grow in central Russia, the Ministry of Ecology and Nature Management of the Moscow Region told RG. Nevertheless, mushroom pickers can still be fined, although not for such a huge amount. Let's figure out why. More than 60 species of mushrooms are included in the Red Book of Russia. I think there is no need to talk about how they get into this publication - scientists include those representatives of flora and fauna that we, people, have almost destroyed with our activities. According to federal law, a resident of any region can be fined from 2.5 to 5 thousand rubles for collecting or destroying red-listed mushroom species. "If we talk specifically about the Moscow Region, only two species of mushrooms from the Red Book of Russia grow here - Sarcosoma spheroides and Sparassis crispa," the press service of the Ministry of Ecology notes. To tell the truth, neither of them look like mushrooms. Sarcosoma resembles a round flower with a black jelly-like center, ...