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Shaggy scalycap- easy to mistake for honey fungus

2 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This mushroom species is a classic example of an autumn arboreal mushroom. It appears regularly in October and grows until late autumn. It can be confused with the honey mushroom by inexperienced mushroom pickers. Shellfish is not poisonous, b...

Laccaria amethystina - Fascinating mushroom shapes

1 Sep 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

The hat of a young marshmallow can have different shapes. Circular to semicircular, wavy or bell-shaped, sometimes the rim is rolled up with a dimple in the center, in older fruiting bodies the cap may have wrinkled edges, then become flat and funne...

So many mushrooms have not been harvested in such a short time

31 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  The mushroom picking trip in the middle of the week did not look promising. Information from friends and from the inhabitants of the town we were going to was rather pessimistic. Something grows, but not much, so we couldn't count on a big harves...

Hypholoma fasciculare - Healing properties of mushrooms

30 Aug 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

    Poisonous doesn't mean useless! Properties. Although Hypholoma fasciculare is a poisonous mushroom, because it causes abdominal pain, vomiting and other symptoms similar to food poisoning, it is a medicinal mushroom. It contains antibioti...

Rubroboletus legaliae - Rainbow in the forest

29 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  The hat is not very pretty. Light gray, beige brown or light brown but with pink discoloration. It can be up to 16 cm in diameter. In youth, semicircular, then convex, surface rather dull, slightly suede, spongy to the touch. Rainbow of co...

New mushroom finds and have previous mushrooms revived or survived?

28 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Nowe znaleziska grzybowe i czy poprzednie grzyby odżyły, przetrwały? Today I decided to visit old and well-known sites of various mushrooms. However, I changed my route and came across a beautiful specimen of chicken-of-the-woods. Dzisiaj postanowi...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Warted puffball, wolf farts or the devil's snuff-box

27 Aug 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  Healing properties - natural medicine Young fruiting bodies, mixed and seasoned to taste, can be made into a food paste that helps in the treatment of anemia. Mixed young mushrooms can be used for compresses difficult to heal wounds, acn...

Edible autumn mushrooms - yellowfoot, funnel chanterelle

25 Aug 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  Yellowfoot, winter mushroom, or funnel chanterelle - The hat reaches a diameter of 15-60 mm; in young fruiting bodies, it is gray-brown, translucent, yellowish, with age they become rusty-orange, ocher. Initially convex, it quickly becomes...

Brown slimecap summer mushroom almost like Suillus luteus

22 Aug 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  This species of mushroom, when viewed from above, is deceptively similar to a butterfish. It likes to grow near Suillus luteus, most often in pine needles. It differs fundamentally, however, because it has gills. It is an edible mushroom...

Fried chicken mushroom - Little known edible mushroom

20 Aug 2024 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  The hat can be up to 15cm in diameter. Color pale brown, sometimes almost white. Semicircular, becomes convex over time. The lamellae are usually white with shades of brown, dense. Leg extended at the base, often bent. Full, fibrous inside...