Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

everything about what lives on Earth


Spruce and fir blood beetle versus purple blood beetle, comparison

17 Aug 2021 3 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus Bloody spruce and fir boletus (Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus) Krwistoborowik świerkowo-jodłowy (Rubroboletus rubrosanguineus) This species of mushroom belongs to the group of red-pore porcini mushroo...

Edible lamellar mushrooms - Gołąbek herring / wine Russula xerampelina

16 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Where did the name herring or guilty dove come from? The answer is trivial. The first name comes from the fragrance. When mature, it smells like fish, herring. The second, however, from the characteristic color of the hat, i.e. wine...

Rare parasitic fungi - Elaphocordyceps capitata (Maczużnik główkowaty)

15 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    The mushroom can reach a height of up to 15 cm. It does not have a separate hat. It consists of a stem and a small and usually round head. The head is olive-black, olive-black, coarse with tiny protrusions. Grzyb może osiągnąć wys...

A mushroom that resembles a chanterelle - Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

11 Aug 2021 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

    The hat can reach up to 9 cm in diameter. The color of the hat changes as the fungus grows. The young fruiting body is flesh-colored, becoming orange-yellow over time, later orange, and even orange-pink. Often the edges of the hat a...

Home breeding of exotic plants - Poinciana, Peacock flower, Red bird of paradise (Brezylka nadobna - Caesalpinia pulcherrima)

9 Aug 2021 2 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

For many years, we have been bringing home seeds of exotic plants from every long journey. It was not different this time. This seed is to give rise to the plant that appears in the first photo. It has beautiful flowers arranged symmetrically on a c...

Coprinellus micaceus Glossy blackbird - a fungus that turns into black goo

8 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

The hat is bell-shaped, with distinct longitudinal stripes. It spreads out with age. It can be up to 4 cm in diameter. Young fruiting bodies have the edges of the hat slightly tucked downwards. The color of the hat is usually in shades of brown, be...

Noble edible mushrooms in summer - Boletus reticulatus - growth phase

7 Aug 2021 3 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

In the photo above, we can observe individual, spectacular stages of growth of the entire colony Borowik. From baby to adult fruit. Na powyższym zdjęciu możemy zaobserwować poszczególne, spektakularne fazy wzrostu całej rodzinki Borowika usiatkowa...

Lurid bolete in my park? Silesian Park?

5 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Today I went for a walk in my favorite park to take a photo session of some plants. In fact, I'm still on a walk, because the post is made on a bench, and the photos are called pig iron without processing, full spontaneity. Wybrałem się dzisiaj na s...

Edible lamellar mushrooms - Gilded brittlegill (Russula aurea)

4 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Russula aurea's hat is multicolored. Yellow, orange and red colors are intertwined there. It can reach up to 9 cm in diameter. When young, it has a semicircular shape, becomes flat over time, and in old age it can become concave. The surface of the...

Hemileccinum depilatum - A scalloped scallop, a rare edible mushroom, where does the name come from?

1 Aug 2021 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

The name of the folded fawn comes from its structure. The mushroom has characteristic folds on the cap, and as a young fruiting body it is dark brown, chestnut, and when it matures, its cap fades to ocher, ocher yellow. Nazwa płowiec pofałdowan...