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Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Lycoperdon perlatum

21 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano

Lycoperdon perlatum - Mushroom quite variable in shape, initially spherical, later pear-shaped, clavateous or capitate, with a narrowed lower part (stipe). Heights from 40 to 80 mm and a width of 20 to 50 mm. The surface of the fruiting body is do...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Lycoperdon umbrinum

20 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano

Lycoperdon umbrinum - Mushroom pearly or cone-shaped, in the middle with a blunted umbo; 20 to 50 mm high, 20-50 mm wide; upper part spherical, bulbous; bottom short narrowed, advised. At the base of well-developed mycelial cords (rhizomorphs). Oute...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Gyroporus cyanescens

20 May 2019 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano

Hat diameter from 35 to 150 mm. Cream-colored, straw-yellow or with an ocher shade, at the touch points changing the color of the ink-blue. In the shape initially hemispherical, later convex, with age slightly flattened. Matte surface, covered with...

Selective Color Infrared Photography Single - Blueberry flower and branch

20 May 2019 2 minute read 1 comment Solominer

  I took a few pictures of my blueberry plants using a tripod. Switching between filters I captured different wavelengths and then used GIMP to merge them and bring out color in the details I wanted to use. Gives the scene a unique look with the infr...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Typhula phacorrhiza

17 May 2019 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano

Typhula phacorrhiza - Mushroom height 4-12 cm, yellow-brown to red-brown, mature sporocarps whitish, cylindrical to filamentous, stem weakly separated, short. Sporocarrh grows from discreet sclerosis, 2-3 x 0.5 mm, yellow-brown, adnate to the substr...

Mushrooms occurring in Poland and Europe - Very BIG Macrolepiota procera

17 May 2019 1 minute read 5 comments marianomariano

  The largest I found was 39 cm in diameterThe largest I found was 39 cm in diameter!   Macrolepiota procera or Lepiota procera - The parasol mushroom - is a basidiomycete fungus with a large, prominent fruiting body resembling a parasol. It is...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Cordyceps militaris

17 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano

Cordyceps militaris - Mushroom 10 to 100 mm high, 2 to 10 mm thick, consisting of head and stipe. The fertile head. In the shape of a club, spindle-shaped, at the top narrowed, usually single, but sometimes branched; on the entire surface, slightl...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Boletus luridus

17 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano

Boletus luridus - Hat up to 23 cm in diameter, yellow - orange, olive to brown - brown, sometimes with a pinkish tint, darkening when touched. In young hemispheric patients, in older people it can be almost flat, thick-grained. The surface is dry an...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Boletus pinophilus

16 May 2019 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano

Boletus pinophilus - A hat in diameter from 60 to 300 mm, chestnut brown, dark red brown, dark brown, pale brown-purple, wine red, less often but also shiny red; young hemispherical, later convex, very regular, thick-grained; matt surface wrinkled,...

Mushrooms occurring in Europe - Lycoperdon pyriforme

16 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano

Lycoperdon pyriforme - Mushroom reaches 10 - 50 mm in height and 10 - 35 mm in width; young specimens are white, later they change color to ocher and gray-brown; sporocarps have a pear-shaped shape, often with a spherical head and a long stem; ve...