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A mallard with a split brain

17 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Birdbrain Saying someone has a bird's brain certainly shouldn't apply to ducks. Did you know that almost all ducks only use half of their brains at a time? The work of the duck's brain is closely related to the life of the duck, which must be a...

Dirty tricholoma - very tasty summer edible mushroom

16 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This edible mushroom, which appears in Europe already in July, can be found mainly in pine forests. It usually grows in groups, growing directly from the ground. It often grows in an environment where there is a lot of moss. If the autumn is...

Orange oyster beautiful arboreal mushroom

15 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This representative of arboreal fungi appears in late spring and grows until late autumn. Its habitat is dead coniferous trees, most often it is pine or spruce. It grows trees in bundles. Its cap has a diameter of 2 to 10 cm. Like most arb...

Scutiger pes-caprae - a very rare edible mushroom

14 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This very rare species of mushroom, if you are lucky, can be observed from summer to autumn in European conditions in coniferous forests, especially in foothills. It is a mycorrhizal species and needs the vicinity of pine trees. It grows dire...

Golden jelly fungus like "Haribo gummies"

13 Mar 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  This arboreal jelly-like mushroom is a common species. This fungus is a tree parasite and can be found in all types of forests. Mushrooms can have different colors. Most often it is a shade of yellow or orange. It does not grow too large, it can...

Rosa sericea, the silky rose - beautiful in a different way

12 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Walking along the park alleys led me to an interesting species of rose, I have never met it on my trails before, and in fact only one shrub grows. After searching many sources, all roads led to a bush called the four-petalled rose. According to...

st. George's mushroom underestimated very tasty spring mushroom

11 Mar 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

This species of mushroom is one of the first edible mushrooms. It often appears as early as April in Europe. It is a very tasty edible mushroom, but underestimated and avoided by many. The hat is usually light cream in color, sometimes white,...

Russula graveolens - a fungus with an unpleasant fish smell, also called stinky

10 Mar 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

This edible mushroom has the nickname "smelly" for a reason. In the state when it is ripe or already overripe, it smells like decomposing fish. It can be found already in spring in deciduous forests under oaks and birches. Likes acidic soils....

Medicinal and poisonous plants encountered during forest walks in search of mushrooms

9 Mar 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

Juniper Juniper is a fairly common plant in the forests. It is a shrub that has several varieties. It is used in households as a spice. On the basis of juniper, you can make a popular alcohol, which is called Gin. Juniper is also used in med...

Autumn edible mushroom - Lyophyllum loricatum

8 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This autumn mushroom with gills can reach up to 20 cm in diameter. It is an edible mushroom, but not recognized by connoisseurs because of its tart taste. The color of the cap is most often gray, olive-gray and hygrophanous, that is, it chan...