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A delicate and beautiful tree mushroom - the Variable oysterling

7 Dec 2025 1 minute read 2 comments madventure $0.08

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 $0.17

  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 $0.12

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 $0.13

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...

Can death be beautiful? It all depends on the point of view

30 Sep 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure $0.13

Many people are fascinated by mushrooms, but mainly living, we rarely wonder if plants, fungi or other creatures, are aware, feel? It is difficult to find meaning in these photos, because these are more artistic shots than cognitive. These mus...

Giant leucopax, supposedly edible but no one collects it

29 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure $0.16

Giant leucopax this is a mushroom that we don't often encounter in late summer or early autumn. Although it's edible and has a sweetish flavor, it has a rather unpleasant odor and is rarely found in our kitchens, and when it does appear, it's o...

Fire and Fungi

16 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments soyernesto $0.02

A few weeks ago, a small fire occurred in a forest near my house. Two days later, I decided to investigate what had happened. During that small exploration, I encountered some fascinating examples of nature’s resilience. Armed only with my phone, I c...

Mock oyster or Orange oyster - Winter arboreal mushrooms

26 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure $0.11

  Orange-yellow oyster mushroom. The hat can be up to 8 cm in diameter, has a bright orange color, very visible in winter weather. Semicircular in appearance, in the shape of a fan, outstretched with age. Adherent to the ground sideways. The...

An inhabitant of dead trees - Cinnabar polypore

23 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure $0.07

  This is an example of an arboreal fungus that occurs practically only on dead branches. The name of such a species is sporophyte. Most often I meet it on fallen birch branches, where it beautifully contrasts with its orange or red color ag...

King Alfred's cake - a very interesting arboreal mushroom

9 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure $0.08

This species of mushroom, although quite common, is rarely found, due to its appearance. It is not very characteristic, the shape and color blend in perfectly with the surroundings. It grows on trees, where we also rarely look for mushrooms, st...