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Bleeding coral - a very rare species of mushroom in Europe

26 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Bleeding coral is a species of mushroom from the coral family, which has a characteristically bushy and branched shape. The name comes from the mushroom's resemblance to coral found in seas and oceans. The second part of the name, "bleeding...

A beautiful specimen of a mushroom called the oyster mushroom

19 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

After a long break, I decided to check in here and see what's new in the mushroom world. Unfortunately, I'm sad to admit that fewer and fewer people are writing about these beautiful wonders of nature. That's why today I'm sharing my find: a...

Autumn edible mushrooms - the bay bolete and the ruby bolete

12 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

Grzyby jadalne jesieni - podgrzybek brunatny i podgrzybek czerwonawy Although the brown bay bolete and the ruby bolete differ significantly, they belong to the same family. The ruby bolete owes its name to the cap, or rather its surface, which...

About mushrooms different in a more artistic approach

6 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Today about mushrooms a little differently than usual. Without a description of their taste, fragrances, healing applications, places of occurrence, etc. Today's post will be about their beautiful, how they look in nature. Most people entering...

Giant Edible Tree Mushroom - Black-staining polypore

26 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  This is one of the largest edible tree mushrooms found in nature, and certainly the largest in Europe. Various sources describe the mushroom as common, but I encounter it extremely rarely, mostly in the same location each year. This time, I was...

Rain-loving summer fungi - Beech rooter and Sheathed woodtuft

23 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

There are many species of mushrooms that show their beauty primarily during the rainy season. Of course, they also enjoy a bit of sunlight, but water is their element. Without it, they are short-lived, die quickly, and sometimes I have nothing l...

Beautiful mushrooms of the summer and autumn season - Pine coral mushroom (Phaeoclavulina eumorpha)

19 Sep 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  The world of coral fungi is very extensive and it is difficult to clearly determine what species of fungus it is without thorough research. To determine what kind of mushroom this is, in the case of species very similar to each other, one...

Huge mushrooms - Tinder fungus

15 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

When I went to the forest near me, I expected to find various species of mushrooms. Even though it's a forest near a large urban area, I always spotted something in the field. Tinder fungus, as the name suggests, is present everywher...

Fairy Inkcap and our friend a calm, slow killer

12 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

As soon as there is a little more moisture and precipitation, a fungus called Fairy Inkcap appears in the summer. The name of the mushroom is not accidental, because it can grow huge tracts, most often at trees. There may be even several thou...

Gilded brittlegill - Edible lamellar mushrooms

10 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Russula aurea's hat is multicolored. Yellow, orange and red colors are intertwined there. It can reach up to 9 cm in diameter. When young, it has a semicircular shape, becomes flat over time, and in old age it can become concave. The surface of...