Akuwona wonke umuntu owaziyo ngakho, kodwa amakhowe angathathwa hhayi kuphela ehlobo noma ekwindla, kodwa nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka. Ngokwemvelo, inkathi ngayinye kunezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlobonhlobo. Eqinisweni, isikhathi sonyaka singesinye isisekelo sokuhlukanisa amakhowe.
Isibonelo, amakhowe asentwasahlobo yilawo akhula entwasahlobo kuphela. Angatholakala ehlathini kusukela phakathi no-March kuya ekupheleni kukaMeyi noma ekuqaleni kukaJuni. Amanye amakhowe asentwasahlobo aziwa kabanzi (isibonelo, imigqa nama-morels), kanti amanye aziwa kuphela kubaqaphi beqiniso "bokuzingela ehlathini" (i-collibia - i-spring honey agarics, imigqa kaMeyi, ama-spring grebes, ama-lobes nabanye).
Phakathi kwamakhowe asentwasahlobo, iqembu elihlukile lalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "indawo yonke" yamakhowe asentwasahlobo nawo ahlukaniswa. Ngokokuqala ngqá kusukela ngaphansi komhlabathi zivela ngo-April futhi zitholakala emahlathini kuze kube uSepthemba. "Ama-Universalists" angaba kokubili okudliwayo (i-russula ephuzi, ama-flakes, amakhowe ezinyamazane), kanye nezibonelo ezingafaneleki futhi eziyingozi (ulwembu oluhle kakhulu, isikhunta esingamanga kanye ne-sulfur-yellow burr yamanga).