Grifola curly (aka mushroom-sheep) representsone of the largest species of trutovikov - amazing objects of the mushroom kingdom, attached lateral legs or a fruit body to trees, old stumps, dry. The weight of such a bush splice, listed in the Red Book, can reach 20 kg with a diameter of 1 meter. To the merits of griffly curly high growth rate: a 10-kilogram weight such a mushroom can reach in just 8-10 days. It is not eaten by worms and insects.
There is a curly griffle (photo,below) is rare, not every year; most often on stumps of lindens, maples, beeches, chestnuts, oaks in the period from mid-August to almost the end of September, so the time to harvest such a mushroom is limited.
On the dinner table grifol curly (mushroom-ram)- an infrequent guest. Only young, not yet darkened mushrooms are suitable for use; in adult specimens - bitter and fibrous, pleasant taste is not preserved. Mushroom-ram is not recommended for eating in raw form - making heat treatment (boiling or frying) is mandatory. Most often griffin curly in cooking is used as an additional ingredient and is a component of soups and sauces, as well as a fine filling for dumplings; original such a mushroom as an independent dish. To prepare the seasoning used for sprinkling salads, in meat and fish dishes, the mushroom-sheep must be dried and ground to a powdery state. In frozen form, griffle is curly in quality very close to fresh mushrooms.
To collect griffins it is recommended to use a large sharp knife, which requires cutting off the fruit body of the fungus from the tree or soil surface.
Mushroom-sheep contains in its composition a hugethe number of vitamins, minerals, trace elements and valuable amino acids useful to the body. Traditional medicine has long appreciated its bactericidal properties, which have been successfully used in the treatment of migraines, fatigue, chronic fatigue, skin diseases and even tuberculosis.
Modern medicine uses the mytake mushroom (sootherwise called griffin curly) in the treatment of cancer, as well as alleviating the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. By the way, the name "Maytake" from Japanese means "dancing mushroom"; people thought his luck was luck and therefore danced with happiness.
According to studies, griffinCurly has anti-cancer activity, suppresses the growth of cancer cells and protects healthy cells from malignancy. The principle of action is to stimulate the growth of macrophages - cells that can absorb and digest foreign, including malignant and harmful to the body particles: the remains of destroyed cells, bacteria and others.
Often macrophages in the body are in sleepydue to environmental conditions, stress, unhealthy lifestyle. Grifola curly is an excellent stimulant for their activation: macrophages wake up and immediately come into conflict with the pathogens of various diseases and with the diseases themselves. Powder based on Maytake, used as an additive to the main food, prevents metastasis by more than 80%.
Also curly griffle is successfully used forhepatitis, diabetes, hay fever, high cholesterol, to relieve chronic fatigue, lower high blood pressure, and control body weight and reduce it in excess.
Mushroom-ram is practically harmless.When overeating is capable of causing indigestion, since it contains a lot of chitin. Among many mushroom pickers it is considered inedible. Do not collect it near megacities, industrial plants, busy roads, as mushrooms have the ability to absorb and accumulate harmful substances in the air. It is not recommended to use drugs based on grifola curly pregnant women and nursing mothers because of insufficient information about the safety of the fungus.
