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A representative of widely spread but little-known arboreal fungi. - Gymnopilus liquiritiae

25 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  This fungus is another representative of widely spread but little-known arboreal fungi. It can be found throughout Europe, both Americas, Asia and even in North Africa. It prefers moist places on rotting coniferous trees, on the...

Scarlet elfcup - a mushroom with a toxic appearance, edible, but is it tasty?

23 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

However, the Austrian cup does not have any special taste, it basically has no taste or smell. Its feature that may appeal to gourmets is its cartilage, or its aesthetic qualities, because it looks nice and mysterious on the table. The diame...

Meadow representative of coral-shaped mushrooms - Clavulinopsis corniculata (Meadow Coral)

21 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  The first encounter with such a mushroom may slightly disturb our thinking about this species. The fungus is arboreal and unusual. Its structure does not remind us of any known mushroom species. It is very delicate to the touch, and the growing...

Meadow representative of coral-shaped mushrooms - Clavulinopsis corniculata (Meadow Coral)

19 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Unlike many similar mushrooms whose shapes resemble corals, this species usually grows in the open, not deep in the forest. Hence its name - Meadow Coral, because it loves pastures, meadows, all kinds of grass, lawns. It grows out of the grou...

Devil's urn - an interesting mushroom with a demonic name

18 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Devil's urn - interesting tree fungus Although its name sounds quite mysterious and demonic, there is nothing unusual about this mushroom other than its shape, which may indeed resemble an urn with ashes. It is one of the first harbingers...

Mushrooms like ripe flowers - Microstoma protractum

17 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

Mushrooms like ripe flowers Although it looks like the fungus grows in the ground, it is actually an arboreal fungus. It grows on rotting, dead wood, often buried in the ground. Indeed, this creature looks more like spring flowers than mush...

Little-known arboreal fungus - Schizophyllum amplum

16 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This little arboreal mushroom looks wonderful, but you need a bit of luck and good eyesight to spot it. It is very small, its diameter is a maximum of 20 mm. We can meet it on dead pieces of poplar, aspen and sometimes willow wood....

Cinnabar polypore - an arboreal mushroom with a beautiful cinnabar color

15 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  This uncommon arboreal fungus stands out from other similar tree-dwelling species. Its bright red, vermilion color is visible from a distance, and the mushroom itself sometimes, especially after rain, looks like a piece of meat attac...

Fairy fingers or white spindles - a rare edible mushroom that looks like an anemone

13 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

    There are many more species like this mushroom, which look like sea anemones or white worms. Colloquially, this mushroom is called fairy fingers or white spindles and in Latin Clavaria vermicularis. It is a rare edible mushroom tha...

Greater Toothed Cup - a small forest beauty

10 Feb 2024 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

This beautiful translucent goblet-shaped mushroom is common in Great Britain and Ireland, as well as throughout Europe and North America. It is also reportedly found in Japan. The fungus chooses quite peculiar places to live. They are often a...