Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

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Green bud "dragonfly born badly" / Pałątka zielona „ważka źle urodzona”

22 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    This individual dragonfly named Chalcolestes viridis is a so-called "badly born dragonfly". Probably her abdomen was still hardened in the molt, and it could not straighten, hence the deformities. Its flight capabilities are quite limited,...

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) - hard landing - like a Kamikaze with a happy ending

12 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

[EN] This story happened on Sunday afternoon in Silesian Park. I sat down on my favorite bench to admire the beautifully blooming roses when suddenly a bird fell down with great force. He quilted like kamikaze into a concrete post. [PL] Ta historia...

Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua) - a beautiful caterpillar that will turn into an ugly butterfly

10 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

[EN] Caterpillars are beautiful insects. Their shapes and colors always fascinate. This time they are sitting on a bench under the linden tree, I met such an individual. [PL] Gąsienice to przepiękne owady. Ich kształty i ubarwienie zawsze fascynują...

When ripe it looks like gingerbread. Puffballfish Lycoperdon (Czasznica Oczkowata)

6 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

[EN] The mushroom is club-shaped, but very often also bulbous. It can reach up to 15 cm in diameter. Initially white, it turns brown [PL] Grzyb ma kształt maczugowaty, ale bardzo często też bulwiasty. Może osiągnąć do 15 cm średnicy. Początkowo ma k...

Mallard Duck - Not available here for fun, but for bathing.

5 Jul 2021 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

This time, a female Mallard Duck was under fire from the camera. Although at first I had doubts whether it was a duck or a drake, the expression of the beak indicated a drake, but the coloration clearly indicated a duck - a female, and one with a c...

Parasitic fungi - Pseudoboletus parasiticus - a fungus on a fungus

4 Jul 2021 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

[EN] This is a rare case of the canine fungus that is edible. It mainly parasitizes on the fruiting bodies of the warty and common marsh. [PL] To rzadki przypadek grzyba psaożytniczego, który jest jadalny. Pasożytuje głównie na owocnikach tęgoskóra...

Honey festival in the Silesian Park - lectures on bees, hives, what is bee bread, propolis and many strange honeys

23 Jun 2021 4 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

[EN]  An information point about the life of bees is organized at the exhibition. The sound board tells the story of the bees quite precisely. Additionally, you can see an example of a hive - a hive protoplast, which was created in tree trunk...

Tawny funnel cap - a fungus poisonous like a toadstool

22 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

[EN]  Hat - Lepista flaccida or Paralepista flaccida can be up to 10 cm in diameter. Initially, it has a convex shape and a folded edge, but over time the cap becomes flat or funnel-shaped. The surface of the hat is smooth, matte. The color of the...

violet star cup - Deadly underground fungi - (Sarcosphaera coronaria)

20 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

[EN] The fruiting body does not have a hat. Spherical in shape, it grows underground initially, sometimes slightly visible on the surface. Over time, it begins to crack, forming triangular lobes similar to a crown. There can be from 4 to 10 of thes...

Ranunculus cantoniensis (Jaskier) - bile that stings the eye

19 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

[EN]  This species of plants from the buttercup family occurs naturally in few countries in the world. These are India, China, Nepal, South Korea and Japan. But it turns out that it is also growing in my country, Poland. [PL] Ten gatunek rośliny z...