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

4 Oct 2021 8 minute read 4 comments tych0_21 $0.14

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 $0.04

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 $0.08

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 $0.07

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 $0.08

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 $0.05

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 $0.02

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 $0.14

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 $0.06

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...

Coprinellus micaceus Glossy blackbird - a fungus that turns into black goo

8 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68 $0.06

The hat is bell-shaped, with distinct longitudinal stripes. It spreads out with age. It can be up to 4 cm in diameter. Young fruiting bodies have the edges of the hat slightly tucked downwards. The color of the hat is usually in shades of brown, be...