Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

everything about what lives on Earth


Mushrooms with unusual colors - Hygrocybe coccineocrenata - (Wilgotnica czerwona)

19 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Hat reaches a diameter of 3 cm, rarely larger. In young fruiting bodies it is convex and becomes flat with age. Intense scarlet, red color clearly visible. The edge of the hat is slightly rolled up and has a lighter - orange, yellowis...

Autumn mushroom with a garlic smell - Mycetinis prasiosmus

17 Dec 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

    Mycetinis prasiosmus is a mushroom from the lamellar family. His hat is about 3 cm in diameter. The color of the hat is brown, translucent, slightly ribbed, lighter at the edges. During a dry aura it becomes whitish, faded.    ...

Edible arboreal mushrooms or forest oyster - (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum) Galaretek kolczasty "Tooth mushroom", "Cat's tongue"

16 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Toothed jelly fungus, false hedgehog mushroom, cat's tongue (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum) - Spiny jellies are a fungus with a structure different from other known edible mushrooms. It has no plaques or pores and has tiny flexible spikes. The...

Cordyceps militaris - medicinal mushroom, hope for patients with joints

15 Dec 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

Cordyceps militaris Medicinal properties - Cordyceps medicine for joints     It is true that the mushroom is inedible, but it has a wide range of health applications. It is a parasite of caterpillars and insect pupae from which it grows. The fungus...

Little-known underground mushrooms - Rhizopogon roseolus

13 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Introduction     A short series on underground mushrooms. Most of you associate underground mushrooms with a species called "Truffle" (Tuber), but there are many more underground species. It might seem that the mushroom underworld is sad and colorles...

Magic mushrooms - Liberty Cap (Psilocybe semilanceata - Łysiczka Lancetowata), from the expedition to Sumatra, the island of Samosir

10 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

Sumatra, Samosir Island on Lake Toba, Indonesia     Today I am combining information about mushrooms with my travels. I present (Liberty Cap), the family is indeed interesting.😉 This specimen in the photos comes from Poland, from Silesia,...

Little-known edible mushrooms - Cabbage leaf Helvella (Helvella acetabulum)

9 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    The cap, or rather - the upper calyx-shaped part of the fruit body, reaches a diameter of up to 60 mm, the young fruit body is irregularly hemispherical, becoming cup-shaped with a jagged edge over time. The surface of the calyx is smooth, most...

Edible mushrooms of the world - Black trumpet (Craterellus cornucopioides)

6 Dec 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

    Horn of plenty, Black chanterelle or Black trumpet (Craterellus cornucopioides) - The mushroom can reach a size of up to 120 mm in height and 60 mm in diameter. It has a characteristic shape of a funnel, a trumpet. The trumpet is hollow,...

Sepilok, Rehabilitation Center for orangutans - victims of human greed and stupidity, Malaysia, Borneo

5 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

We flew from Kuala lumpur to Tawau, we are going to the town of Sepilok     Tawau is a quiet coastal town in the Malaysian part of Borneo which we flew to from Kuala Lumpur. It does not stand out with anything special - it is like most towns in the...

Autumn tree mushrooms - Smoky polypore or smoky bracket (Bjerkandera adusta)

4 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Smoky polypore or smoky bracket (Bjerkandera adusta), one-year-old arboreal mushroom, without a stem. His hat has decorative sides, is tiled, in the shape of plates, sometimes it is outstretched and blends with other individuals.  ...