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Rain is needed immediately, otherwise there will be no mushrooms

15 hours ago 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

The prolonged drought has caused fewer and fewer mushrooms in the forest. Sometimes you can even come across a boletus, but you have to be very lucky, know the area very well and generally look for these mushrooms in places where there is still som...

So, a little more about autumn mushrooms from the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland

27 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Our last camping trip this year in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland resulted in a fairly decent harvest. There was a large variety of both edible and inedible species. I also came across a mushroom that I had never seen before. There was no short...

A bit about beautiful tree mushrooms that I saw for the first time and not only

26 Jan 2026 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

Autumn is in full swing, so more and more tree mushrooms are appearing in the forests. There is no shortage of edible, medicinal, or just beautiful species among them. One example of a mushroom that is both beautiful and unfortunately harmful, b...

Three parasitic fungi in one place, or rather one on top of the other

5 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

We all know that parasitic fungi exist, many people know that there are fungi that parasitize on others, but few people certainly know that fungi can create a triangle. This case is unique not only because of its appearance, because the parasi...

Another, but delayed, season of Cerioporus squamosus

26 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

I have been observing this type of mushroom for many years in the same place. It grows on an old dead willow and it is beautiful to watch its growth, which is visible from day to day. This year, the fruiting bodies of the scale frog appeared onl...

An off-the-beaten-track walk with unusual mushroom surprises

10 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  I must admit that after today's walk in Silesian Park, I was a bit shocked, thanks to a certain type of mushroom. But first things first. I set out for my walk, as usual, well before noon, and of course, I changed my route when I saw the number o...

A delicate and beautiful tree mushroom - the Variable oysterling

7 Dec 2025 1 minute read 2 comments madventure

Another rain-loving mushroom, strongly dependent on water. This one is airy, delicate, and beautiful. This is an arboreal species called the Cistus variegatus, which appears only in humid, rainy weather. At first glance it looks a bit like an...

Willow bracket, a mushroom with many health benefits

12 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  This perennial species of arboreal fungus is becoming increasingly rare in European forests. The willow bracket, also known as the fire fungus, owes its name to one of its uses. In ancient times, this mushroom was used as kindli...

Delicate, beautiful, subtle and tasty - Parasol mushroom

10 Oct 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

It's amazing, beautiful, phenomenal, and puzzling what nature can create. The world of mushrooms is perhaps a prime example of this, and not the only one. The forms that mushrooms take on are incredibly diverse. Some species can only...

A delicate and beautiful tree mushroom - the Variable oysterling

3 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Another rain-loving mushroom, strongly dependent on water. This one is airy, delicate, and beautiful. This is an arboreal species called the Cistus variegatus, which appears only in humid, rainy weather. At first glance it looks a bit like an...