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Mushrooms found in Europe - Tricholoma virgatum

8 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    The hat is gray, silver-gray, sometimes delicate cream inserts, with a pointed tip, striped. Diameter up to 8 cm. The surface of the hat is dry, prone to cracking. The gills are dense, light gray, they darken with age. Stem, widening dow...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Astraeus hygrometricus

6 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Astraeus hygrometricus - A young fruiting body is 20 to 40 mm in diameter, fully or partially immersed in the substrate. Ripe ones reach 120 mm. (peridium - the inner shell surrounding the mushroom's fruiting body) is thick and quite hard. The o...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Laccaria amethystina

4 Oct 2020 2 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

  EN PL Laccaria amethystina Lakówka ametystowa The hat of a young marshmallow can have different shapes. Circular to semicircular, wavy or bell-shaped, sometimes the rim is rolled up with a dimple in the center, in older fruiting bodi...

Cantharellus cibarius versus Worms - health properties of mushrooms

1 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Since ancient times, Cantharellus cibariu has been widely used in folk medicine as a specific that supports the work of the liver and eyes, alleviates conjunctivitis, increases resistance to infectious diseases and is irreplaceable in the elimi...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Clathrus archeri

28 Sep 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

Clathrus archeri - Mushroom grows buried in the ground, then slightly protruding from the white, root mycelium cords. In the young phase it has a spherical or ovoid shape, slightly flattened forming the so-called devil egg light gray to brownis...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Macrolepiota procera (a very tasty edible mushroom)

27 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Macrolepiota procera or Lepiota procera - The parasol mushroom - is a basidiomycete fungus with a large, prominent fruiting body resembling a parasol. It is a fairly common species on well-drained soils. It is found solitary or in groups and fai...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Pycnoporellus alboluteus

26 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Pycnoporellus alboluteus - Mushroom annual. In the shape of a rather irregular, mostly cushion, resupinate, more or less elongated. Reaching a length from 100 to 3000 mm and a width of 50 to 500 mm. Sometimes it spreads out - bent 4-40 x 30 -...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Mitrophora semilibera

25 Sep 2020 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

  Morchella semilibera, commonly referred to as semi-free apricot, is a species of mushroom from the family Morchellaceae, originating in Europe and Asia. The head height is 20 to 80 (100) mm and the width is 10 to 40 mm. The fungus is ocher, nut, y...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Spinellus fusiger

25 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Spinellus fusiger - Anamorpha (asexual fruiting phase) has the form of a white mole of hypha - these are numerous stems called sporangiophores, ending with spherical sporangia called sporangium. A single such branch is in the form of a pin. The...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Mutinus ravenelii

24 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Mutinus ravenelii - The fungus develops underground and appears on the surface as a white, oblong-shaped 15 mm thick, 15 to 20 mm high. Attached to the ground with white mycelium strings. Covered with a hard white cover. Under the cover there i...