After the last rains in the forests there was a flood of mushrooms. How to make mushroom picking even more successful? You can give faith. According to these superstitions, it is better to avoid a few things in the forest. These rituals say both when and which mushrooms should not be collected so as not to take unnotice and lack of prosperity during harvest.
Of course, this applies to edible mushrooms – poisonous and inedible, they can always bring misfortune and you must leave them in the woods. Nevertheless, there are superstitions regarding specimens landing in the kitchen, e.g. boletus. In the north of Poland, it was customary that The first fungus found should be left in the forest – Do not break it or destroy it. It was supposed to be a kind of thank you to nature. If it broke it, it was supposed to come back from mushrooming with an empty basket.
Another superstition says about do not collect very small mushrooms – Others may be buried. It is also definitely less safe than breaking educated specimens. Small mushrooms are more difficult to identify and can be mistaken for inedible or poison varieties. So both because of the superstition and risk of mistakes, it’s better not to risk it.
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Another superstition says about what a specific day should not be collected mushrooms – fortunately it is only one day a month, i.e. Wrześniowa is already behind us, the next one falls on October 7, i.e. on Tuesday. At that time, it was better not to go to the forest – in some regions, it was said that it could be unlucky, it was believed that on this specific day you should not collect mushrooms and give them to grow. In Kashubia, it was claimed that the largest rash occurs immediately after full.
Why such a belief? It has been scientifically proven that the moon phases do not flow to the growth of mushrooms, but Our ancestors often believed that during the full ghosts of the forest – Rusalka, Lesza, etc. are more active, so expeditions were avoided. Of course, it is worth remembering that these are only superstition.
