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

9 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    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

    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

    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...

Sulfur tuft Top Model 2020, or mushrooms on the catwalk.

6 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

This was my first association when I saw these beauties "parading" on a cut spruce trunk. There are not many creatures in nature that look beautiful throughout their lives. Mushrooms are such an example. Their lives are short-lived, but the phases t...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Dumontinia tuberosa

6 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

    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

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

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...

A mushroom with feathers of a bird of prey - Sarcodon imbricatus (Roe deer)

3 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

    Strobilomyces strobilaceus Roe deer has different names in Poland. The mushroom has a hat with a diameter of up to 25 cm. Color from gray-brown to gray-black, densely covered with thick, lumpy, lamellar, protruding, soft scales with gray...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Stereum hirsutum

2 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

    Stereum hirsutum is an annual fungus, it is a parasite that damages living trees. The thickness is about 2 mm, the size a few cm. The shape of the fruiting body is wavy, a bit like a shelf, roof tiles. The color of the top is yellow-oche...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Ganoderma applanatum

27 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Parasite fungus. It causes a strong white rot of wood, large, perennial, arboreal, adhered to the side of the tree and the ground. Semicircular shape. It can grow up to 50 cm in width, and can be up to 7 cm thick. The edge is often with a charact...