Forest types · what grows here
Mushrooms of the herb-rich forest
Herb-rich forest (lehto) and herb-rich heath (lehtomainen kangas) are the richest forest ground there is: dark soil, grasses and ferns, birch and other broadleaf trees among the spruce. There is little of it, and it is the best ground for the mapped species.
Which species are on the map
The black trumpet is the strictest of the three: in the model it is a herb-rich forest species and falls away quickly on herb-rich heath. The chanterelle is equally good on both. The porcini is at its strongest on herb-rich heath rather than in true herb-rich forest.
What else grows in the same forest
These are not on the map. They are listed because the same forest is worth reading in one go.
- Karvarousku (Lactarius torminosus)
- A birch associate, in practice wherever birch is. Widely picked and salted. Parboiled before use.
- Koivunpunikkitatti (Leccinum versipelle)
- Birch stands. Well regarded and easy to identify.
- Keltahapero (Russula claroflava)
- Birch on damp ground, often at the edges of spruce mires and hollows.
Identification and use: the Finnish Food Authority's recommended food mushrooms (in Finnish).
How to recognise the forest type
Grassy and ferny ground cover, dark soil, and broadleaf trees in the stand. Stream sides, the lower parts of slopes and old wood pastures are its commonest places. When the grasses give way to bilberry and spruce takes over, you are in spruce forest.
The whole map
All six species and how the prediction is worked out: the mushroom maps and their limits.