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Conifer-cone baeospora - is it an arboreal fungus?

31 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Can this mushroom be called an arboreal mushroom? It seems so because it grows on cones, which, however, are part of the tree. However, this species, unlike similar specimens appearing in early spring, grows in autumn. Its growth substrate...

Little known edible mushrooms - Hare's ear

30 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This inconspicuous mushroom counts over a dozen similar species in Europe. They are all edible, but not necessarily tasty and collected by mushroom pickers. First of all, the species of this mushroom is not mass-produced, and its size also di...

False morels, early morels or thimble morels - poisoning by fumes

29 Jan 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

I'll start from the end - why is this mushroom poisonous?! This mushroom contains a volatile substance called "Gyromitrin". Many connoisseurs of this species of mushroom are not aware of the danger posed by the consumption of this mushroom. Th...

March mushroom and its sensual gills - Early spring edible mushrooms

28 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  It appears already in early spring and even late winter, if it is warm enough. Most often, this species of fungus can be found right after the thaws, in mountainous regions, in mainly coniferous forests - pine, spruce, fir. But there...

Rare edible gill mushrooms - Monk's head or trooping funnel

27 Jan 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  This is another species of the type "I don't collect because I don't know". Although it is edible, it does not inspire confidence because it has plaques. Generally, it's a good approach, you don't know the mushroom - don't collect it...

Is the proximity of certain mushroom species accidental - Miller or Sweetbread mushroom and Porcini

26 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Walking through the forest in search of mushrooms, in particular Boletus edulis, I noticed a certain relationship. Namely, in its vicinity, you can often find other mushrooms. But one of them is very characteristic, and has even become an in...

Edible Amanita in three color versions

25 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Although this toadstool is edible, not everyone has the courage to collect it. The more that this species has several color varieties. It can be completely white (albinistic), it can have a gray or yellowish tint. This, among other things, causes co...

Like fire on a tree - Velvet shank

24 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

It is an underestimated or perhaps overlooked species of winter edible mushroom by many. When there is no snow, it is difficult to see it among the trees and still colorful leaves. But as soon as a little snow falls, it can spot it, often on...

Satan's boletus is almost as poisonous as toadstool?

23 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Yes, boletus satanic, although it contains much smaller amounts of the poisonous substance muscarine, can also cause food poisoning. Of course, it is not as harmful as toadstools, but it can chase us away after the toilet. By some people, the...

Green brittlegilly, they call it the tastiest Russula in the world?

22 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This supposedly the tastiest mushroom of its kind is rarely picked by inexperienced mushroom pickers. Its greenish coating of the cap and gill effectively deters, as it can be confused with the greenish toadstool, stinkhorn. Of course, this i...