Giant leucopax this is a mushroom that we don't often encounter in late summer or early autumn. Although it's edible and has a sweetish flavor, it has a rather unpleasant odor and is rarely found in our kitchens, and when it does appear, it's only as a side dish with other mushrooms.

The mushroom gets its name from its size, as its cap can reach a diameter of over 30 cm. I had the opportunity to encounter one last year in the forests of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland.

This time, however, I came across much smaller young specimens, and in a completely different place, in the Silesian Park.

As I have already mentioned, the cap can reach enormous dimensions, but when young it has an arched shape, with rolled-up edges, and with age it becomes flat, then concave and funnel-shaped.

It has a white, white -white color, or yellow discoloration. Initially, the fungus plaques have a white color, but with age darken, yellow, light brown.

The leg is full of hard, with a cylindrical cross -section. Quite a short, also white mushroom, but in older fruiting bodies it brown.

The flesh is also white hard, has a sweet taste and an unpleasant, small -scent smell.

Miąższ również jest biały twardy, ma słodkawy smak i nieprzyjemny, mało grzybowy zapach.

The fungus prefers sunny locations, such as deciduous forests or open glades. However, it is a rare species and can form fairy rings. Grass often dies in the area where it occurs, as the fungus secretes a specific antibiotic.