Nature, Photography
Nature, Photography

Nature, Photography

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Meeting a young jay - a surprise on both sides

12 Apr 2024 1 minute read 2 comments madventure

My favorite autumn walking paths are coming back into favor. Unfortunately, there are generational changes among my favorites. The tits that I used to feed from my hand have already flown away, or maybe they are gone forever, and the young generati...

Jonquil amanita - rare, beautiful and deadly

11 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

This is quite a rare species of fly agaric, which can be found mainly in warm regions of Europe. This fungus prefers deciduous and also coniferous forests. Its appearance can be expected already in June if it is warm and humid enough and it gro...

Wolf's milk - a slime mold moving towards the light

10 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This quite common miracle of nature, which is neither a plant, nor an animal, nor a fungus, but combines all these features, belongs to the slime mold family (Eumycetozoa) and is called Wolf's milk. We can usually find them in the company of d...

Parasitism occurs throughout nature - Parasitic bolete (Pseudoboletus parasiticus)

9 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

Parasitism is a common phenomenon in nature, it occurs in all animal species, humans and plants. It also includes mushrooms. One such example is a mushroom called Parasitic bolete This is a very rare fungus that parasitizes another fungus cal...

A slightly different Lactarius than all others - Lactarius pterosporus

8 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  This inedible species of mushroom can be found mainly in deciduous forests, where there are many beech trees. It appears from August to October. At first glance, this species of mushroom does not resemble any of the Lactarius famil...

Woolly milkcap - a hairy, poisonous cousin of the well-known, edible and popular milkcap species

7 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

A species of mushroom often found in my forests, and equally often confused with an edible similar species. It has many common names, e.g. False milkcap, horse milkcap, hairy milkcap, wild milkcap, dog milkcap, woolly milkcap, but its correct...

An inconspicuous aviator who can cross the Mediterranean Sea in both directions - Painted lady

6 Apr 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  Who doesn't like butterflies, maybe fruit growers, foresters and gardeners who know what a butterfly is before it becomes majesticly beautiful. But the rest of the people perceive butterflies as a romantic part of nature, fleeting, b...

This is a very rare species and can be confused with the pine boletus - it is a dark cep or bronze bolete

5 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  This rare species of boletus mushroom can be found during this period. It is very thermophilic and appears around July and August. It is often confused with pine boletus or reticulated boletus, but this applies to specimens in which...

Freckled dapperling - not one amateur would think it was a Parasol mushroom

4 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This mushroom may remind inexperienced mushroom pickers of the popular Parasol mushroom, only small. Nothing could be more wrong. This is the Freckled dapperling (Echinoderma asperum or Lepiota aspera), which is not poisonous, but its repulsive...

Citron amanita - a death trap for the inexperienced

3 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

I'll start right away with a warning. The lemon fly agaric is very similar to the white, deadly variety Death cap (Amanita phalloides). During walks in the forest in search of edible mushrooms, we often come across this species of mushroom. It...