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For some creatures like Chanel perfumes - Common Stinkhorn

1 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  It is a fungus that I come across in the forest every summer. It always fascinates with its sophisticated shape and an equally sophisticated smell, which is unbearable for humans, because it resembles the stench of decaying carcass. But to...

Morchella conica - edible spring mushrooms

24 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  The fruiting body of this mushroom is basically one big bag empty inside. It can be up to 15 cm high, of which the hat usually takes 50 to 70%. The mushroom has a conical shape, sometimes oval or round, the edge of the cap is adhered, dist...

Lactarius piperatus - Little-known edible mushrooms

9 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  The hat is very chunky, even young fruiting bodies are firm and large. It can be up to 16 cm in diameter, sometimes larger. White and slightly cream color. Damaged areas turn yellow. The surface of the hat is dry, dull and very smooth. The...

Mushroom Safari - Lemon Mushroom (Scleroderma citrinum)

25 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  Yesterday's mushroom hunting expedition. Unfortunately, despite the rainfall, the forest is empty. I was able to spot the remarkable Lemon Grassskin in several stages of growth. As a mature individual, during the breeding period and after t...

Boletus Edulis - King in the kitchen, the best dishes from Boletus Edulis

30 Jan 2025 1 minute read 2 comments madventure

  *Dried Boletus Edulis from this year's harvest The time has come for a recap of the 2020 season, a strange one dominated by a mysterious virus but on the other hand, in my case, abundant with plenty of free time. I didn't waste i...

Schizophyllum commune - medicinal mushroom with anti-cancer properties

8 Feb 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  Schizophyllum commune - The cap of the fungus can reach a diameter of up to 40 mm. The color of the hat is most often gray-white with shades of pink and beige. In a few cases it becomes olive green. The fungus does not have a shaped foot,...

Edible mushrooms of the world - Fairy fan (Spathularia flavida)

6 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  Yellow earth tongue, the Yellow fan, or the Fairy fan, Spathularia flavida - Mushroom from the helmish family (Rhytismatales), has a separate leg and head, reaches a height of up to 8 cm. The head is mostly spatulate, folded, fan-shaped, ye...

Sulfur tuft and brick cap poisonous almost like toadstool

14 Jul 2024 1 minute read 2 comments madventure

  This innocent-looking mushroom, growing in clumps, usually on the trunks of old trees, contains toxic substances similar to those of the phalloides. It is a very poisonous mushroom and should be avoided. The cap of this mushroom in its young form...

Edible March mushrooms - March mushroom

31 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  The hat is initially convex, bent, then becomes flat. It can be up to 10 cm in diameter. When it is young it has a light color, with age it becomes gray and dull. The gills are wide, usually white, gray white or whitish with age. The...

Mine on the right, wife's on the left - I won for the first time!

17 Oct 2024 2 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

Moje po prawej, małżonki po lewej - wygrałem pierwszy raz! I know that mushroom picking is not a sport, but there are competitions in collecting mushrooms, especially at various rallies of nature lovers. This time I entered my wife in mushroom compet...