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More Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms from Eastern North America

18 Oct 2021 5 minute read 0 comments tych0_21

Hello all! I'm here to share some pictures of my most recent finds while hunting for mushrooms in the woods of Western Michigan, USA. This time of the year in Eastern North America is an excellent time to be hunting for edible fungi. While many fungi...

Mushroom Monday - Three Edible Fungal Species from the Eastern United States

4 Oct 2021 8 minute read 4 comments tych0_21

Hello everyone! I'm back from a short hiatus to share a few edible mushroom species I found while searching the woods of western Michigan, USA a few days ago. The fungi that I came across were Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus), Hen of the...

A Choice Edible Species - Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea)

15 Sep 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21

The common name "Honey Mushroom" is a catch-all term ascribed to several members of the Armillaria genus, though in the Eastern United States, it is most often used to describe three distinct species: Armillaria mellea, Armillaria gallica, and Armill...

Melanargia galathea beautiful butterfly of the Rusalka family

9 Sep 2021 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

The Melanargia galathea is a common and numerous butterfly in Poland. It appears in June and can be found until September (if it is warm). He likes sunny meadows, warm glades, and is not present in the mountains. Polowiec szachownica jest pos...

Small is beautiful - Resupinatus trichotis (Odgiętka czarniawa)

7 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

It is a very small mushroom. The hat can be a maximum of 12mm in diameter. The young fruiting body is spherical and sometimes elongated, but they are already visible inside the lamina. It grows to the substrate centrally or laterally. To bardzo ma...

Mushroom Monday - Welcome Invaders: Golden Oyster

30 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments tych0_21

Yesterday, I came across a non-native but welcome invader to my local forest: the golden oyster mushroom (Pleurotus citrinopileatus). Golden oysters are a choice edible fungal species that are native to the subtropical hardwood forests of eastern Rus...

Fungi Friday - More Late Summer Fungi from Across the State of Michigan

27 Aug 2021 1 minute read 1 comment tych0_21

Happy Fungi Friday! I'm back again with more fascinating fungi found in the forests of western Michigan. The following species were found over the course of the last week as I traveled through Michigan's upper peninsula in the Pictured Rocks National...

Fungi Friday - Late Summer Fungi of Western Michigan

13 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments tych0_21

Hello again, and happy Fungi Friday! I'm back with more photos from the woods of western Michigan, USA. My most recent walk through the woods brought me across many more beautiful fungal species. Some highlights from my hike include the Oak Bracket (...

The Color Blue in the Kingdom Fungi

10 Aug 2021 2 minute read 4 comments tych0_21

Despite being known as "the blue planet," our planet is host to a surprisingly few number of organisms that are capable of producing "true blue" pigments. Less than 1 in 10 flowers contain blue pigments, and for animals, the numbers are far fewer. Th...

Mushroom Monday - A Weekend Hike along Sand Creek

9 Aug 2021 2 minute read 1 comment tych0_21

Hello everyone! I'm back again to share my finds from another weekend walk through the woods of western Michigan, USA. This weekend was particularly humid and muggy, which made this walk quite the sweaty and mosquito-filled excursion. That being sai...