Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

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Mushroom Safari - Lemon Mushroom (Scleroderma citrinum)

29 Jul 2022 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

  Lemon crowskin, irregularly spherical or bulbous in shape, has no stem, grows up to 10-15 cm in diameter. It is hard and heavy, with a strong spicy smell. Straw-yellow, ocher-yellow or yellow-brown-ocher in color, covered with flat warts 1.5-4 mm h...

Imleria badia (Brown Boletus) - Edible mushrooms occurring in the Europe

28 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Imleria badia (Brown Boletus) - Edible mushrooms occurring in the Europe       The mushroom cap is most often brown, chestnut, diameter up to 15 cm, but there are specimens over 20 cm. The shape is slightly arched, later flattened, even cu...

Common Stinkhorn - for some creatures like Chanel perfumes

24 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

It is a fungus that I come across in the forest every summer. It always fascinates with its sophisticated shape and an equally sophisticated smell, which is unbearable for humans, because it resembles the stench of decaying carcass. But to lower-lev...

Warted amanita the cone fly agaric, one of the first edible toadstools of the season

22 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Lipiec to okres, kiedy mimo letnich upałów pojawiają się jakieś jadalne gatunki grzybów. Lubią zacienione lasy, gdzie ściółka mimo iż jest gorąco, za sprawą porannej rosy utrzymuje na tyle dużą wilgotność, że mogą na niej wyrosnąć mało wymagające, a...

Shiny cap as long as light is edible, but is it worth collecting?

21 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Not all edible mushrooms should be picked and brought to the kitchen. An example is the Shiny cap, as a young fruit body, is edible, but when it is ripe, it is not suitable for eating. Nie wszystkie grzyby które są jadalne warto zbierać i przynosić...

Can forest mushrooms be eaten raw? - Weeping milk cap (Mleczaj smaczny)

20 Jul 2022 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Most mushrooms in their fresh form are difficult to digest and it is not recommended to eat them without heat treatment. But there are exceptions. Apart from mushrooms, they include, for example, Mleczaj Smaczny, also known regionally as fudge or re...

When I go out to the forest in search of mushrooms, I always find something interesting - Cordulegaster boltonni

18 Jul 2022 2 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

The situation when you enter the forest and nature suddenly surprises you appears very often, most often when you do not have photographic equipment with you, but if you have, you are not prepared for an interesting situation. This time it was diffe...

White-backed woodpecker, a beauty among woodpeckers

16 Jul 2022 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

This woodpecker is much larger and more massive than other birds of its species. It has beautiful plumage with a characteristic red cap, which is found only in the male. This woodpecker has a beautiful brindle and a contrasting white rump. The under...

Edible summer mushrooms, but is it worth taking them to the kitchen?

15 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Bare-toothed Russula is a delicious and tasty edible mushroom Gołąbek wyborny i smaczny grzyb jadalny It is also one of the first edible mushrooms. There is quite a lot of it in the first days of summer. The mushroom is perfect for pickling in vi...

Balcony crops and mysterious mushrooms in an exotic plant from the Andaman Islands

14 Jul 2022 3 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

After a cold month of May, a moderately warm June came, which turned out to be much more favorable than in the previous years. For several days the temperature has fluctuated around 25-30 degrees Celsius, and my balcony crops have clearly started to...