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Tree mushrooms - Trembling Merulius or jelly rot (Merulius tremellosus)

15 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68 $0.38

    Merulius tremellosus (trembling Merulius or jelly rot) - annual mushroom growing horizontally. A single fruit body has a diameter of up to 5 cm and a thickness of about 0.5 cm. It joins with other individuals to form flaps with wa...

The mushroom that grew on my home habanero pepper farm

13 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68 $0.21

    I grew such a mushroom this year in a box with a seedling of habanero pepper. First it was about 4mm tall.       After 2 days it was already about 1 cm tall, but still no characteristic features.       After 4 day...

Deadly poisonous mushrooms - Galerina marginata (funeral bell or the deadly skullcap)

11 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68 $0.19

    Hat - the mushroom is quite small, the maximum size of the hat is about 5 cm. The young fruiting body has a bell-shaped, arched shape, becoming flatter with age. Color brown, light brown, amber, dark brown. the edge zone darkens b...

Winter and late autumn mushrooms - Tremella mesenterica (yellow brain, golden jelly)

9 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68 $0.83

    Tremella mesenterica - other common names are yellow brain, golden jelly fungus, yellow trembler, witches' butter. It is a common jelly mushroom. Most often it occurs on dead branches and recently fallen branches. Jelly-like, orange-y...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Lycoperdon pyriforme

8 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68 $0.56

    Lycoperdon pyriforme- the mushroom is 1 - 5 cm high and 1 - 4 cm wide. Young fruiting bodies are snow-white in color, later turning ocher, coffee with milk and gray-brown. The fruiting bodies are pear-shaped, often with a spherical...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Slimes, Tubifera ferruginosa (Myxomycota, Mycetozoa) arboreal sturgeon red caviar

7 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68 $0.35

    Mucinous (Myxomycota, Mycetozoa) Tubifera ferruginosa. Slime molds are heterotrophic organisms, i.e. they absorb all organic compounds necessary for life from the environment, they do not produce them themselves. They feed on other fu...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Dumontinia tuberosa

6 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68 $0.67

    A young fruiting body has a shape, specifically its cup-shaped cap, with time it flattens and becomes a saucer, it can be slightly wavy. Diameter up to 3 cm.       The leg is quite long, up to 10 cm, but most of the leg i...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Slimes, Tubifera dimorphotheca (Myxomycota, Mycetozoa) arboreal sturgeon caviar

5 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68 $0.63

Mucinous (Myxomycota, Mycetozoa) Tubifera dimorphotheca Mucinous organisms are heterotrophic organisms. They feed on other fungi, bacteria and protozoa.   They can be observed on rotting wood, decaying organic matter, forest litter, faeces of herbi...

Phlebia radiata (Radiant varicose veins) - autumn arboreal mushroom

4 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68 $0.12

Radiant varicose vein - (Phlebia radiata) - Autumn arboreal mushroom, found in the Silesian Park on larch. The fungus has no special properties, except that it looks phenomenal, especially after rain. It can sometimes be found on wet coniferous bran...

Mushrooms occurring in the world - Tricholoma sulphureum

3 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68 $0.40

    Tricholoma sulphureum - or sulfur goose, also called sulfur agaric, sulfur moth, is quite a popular mushroom found in autumn. The cap is sulfuric, sulfur-golden in color, it can sometimes be slightly scaly. It rarely exceeds 7 cm in diameter....