Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

Nature, animals, plants, mushrooms

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Schizophyllum commune - medicinal mushroom with anti-cancer properties (schizophylan)

3 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Schizophyllum commune - medicinal mushroom with anti-cancer properties (schizophylan)       Schizophyllum commune - The cap of the fungus can reach a diameter of up to 40 mm. The color of the hat is most often gray-white with shades...

Chaga (Inonotus Obliquus) - medicinal mushroom

29 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    (Inonotus Obliquus) The Chaga, or the popular name Czaga, is a fungus from the spider family. It is a parasite of mostly deciduous trees, and its favorite type of tree is birch. The fungus is thin and flat and attacks the tree from the inside....

A small white mushroom, probably from the Fomes family, waiting for spring

28 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

Friday's find is a small tree mushroom. It grows on an old dead tree. Probably the beginning of a small hubbie. The young mushroom and its hymenophore look as if it is looking for life. I won't turn, but maybe the sun will turn towards me...

Autumn mushrooms of Europe - Clitocybe nebularis

27 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

    Clitocybe nebularis - The cap of this mushroom can reach over 25 cm in diameter. As with most of this type of species, it is convex at first, then becomes flat, and in old age it is concave. The hat's skin is dull. Color most often...

Autumn mushrooms of Europe - Clitocybe nebularis

25 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Clitocybe nebularis - The cap of this mushroom can reach over 25 cm in diameter. As with most of this type of species, it is convex at first, then becomes flat, and in old age it is concave. The hat's skin is dull. Color most often...

Edible mushrooms in Europe - Gymnopus dryophilus

24 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

      Gymnopus dryophilus Hat can have different colors, from white, to pale cream, cream, yellow-brown, orange-red. The diameter of the hat usually does not exceed 7 cm, the surface is smooth, slightly wavy, dull when wet it is slippery and sticky...

Autumn arboreal mushrooms - Cinnabar polypore (Pycnoporus cinnabarinus)

23 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

      Pycnoporus cinnabarinus - Cinnabar polypore has a hat, which is usually flattened, semicircular, sometimes resembling a kidney. Width up to 12 cm, thickness can reach 5 cm. The color of the upper side of the hat is most often brig...

Edible mushrooms in the World - Tricholomopsis rutilans

21 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Tricholomopsis rutilans - Has a hat up to 100 mm in diameter. In youth it is convex, later becomes arcuate, flat, concave in the center, sometimes with a small hump. Golden yellow, yellow-orange, red-orange in color, covered with delicate...

Edible mushrooms in the World - Boletus luridus (Lurid bolete)

20 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

    Boletus luridus (Lurid bolete) - The hat can reach 20 cm in diameter and more. The color is yellow-orange, sometimes olive with a pinkish tinge, darkening when touched.       In young mushrooms, the pores are yellow, change...

Autumn arboreal mushrooms - Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius)

19 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Gymnopilus junonius - Commonly known as the Spectacular Rustgill. The hat can reach a diameter of more than 10 cm. It may be yellow, through yellow-ocher, orange and beige. It feels slightly suede and matte to the touch. The young fru...