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Wolf's milk, neither an animal, nor a plant, nor a fungus, so what?

24 May 2022 2 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

Scientists have quite big problems with this species of organism. They do not belong to animals, although they have certain characteristics of animals. They do not belong to plants, although they also exhibit plant features, and the same is the cas...

Polyporus brumalis (Żagiew zimowa) - arboreal medicinal mushroom

22 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

The fungus is classified as a species that has anti-cancer properties. In scientific research, a substance was isolated from the mycelium of the winter torch that inhibits the growth of sarcoma-type neoplasms. This species of mushroom is a model fo...

Magpie Inkcap - a fungus in danger of extinction (Coprinopsis picacea)

15 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Magpie inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) is an endangered mushroom species. There are only a few sites in Poland where the fungus occurs. It can be found in Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and North America. Czernidłak pstry (Coprinopsis picacea) je...

It does not look like a Ganoderma, but when we pour water on it? Ganoderma carnosum

28 Apr 2022 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

The spore-covered fungus does not look very attractive and is even difficult to identify. Seemingly an ordinary hubaceous mushroom on a tree trunk. Pokryty warstwą zarodników grzyb nie wygląda zbyt atrakcyjnie, a nawet trudno go zidentyfikowa...

Despite the drought, a few mushroom curiosities and a recipe for a marinated Scarlet elfcup.

21 Apr 2022 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Walks around the places visited in February have not resulted in great finds. The weather in March was responsible for thisit brought high temperatures during the day, frosts at night, and no rainfall. Spacery po miejscówkach odwiedzanych w lutem...

Arboreal fungus globetrotter - Orange Porecap (Favolaschia calocera)

18 Apr 2022 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

A true traveler Prawdziwy podróżnik This species of mushroom can indeed be called a traveler. His home is the island of Madagascar, but at the moment he can be found in many places around the world. In the first place, it went to Australia and...

Wood hedgehog (Hydnum repandum) - Almost like a chanterelle

10 Apr 2022 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

This mushroom is deceptively similar to an edible pepper, but only from above. Its hymenophore is completely different than the plaques known to all mushroom pickers. Ten grzyb do złudzenia przypomina pieprznika jadalnego, ale tylko z góry....

Dacrymyces variisporus like Haribo jelly - little known arboreal mushrooms

8 Apr 2022 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

This species of mushroom is one of those that can be said to come and go. Its appearance is closely related to weather conditions, namely - it must be humid. Ten gatunek grzyba należy do tych, o których można powiedzieć ''pojawiam się i znikam''....

Reishi mushroom - even a snail knows about the health properties of this mushroom

6 Apr 2022 4 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68

This rare mushroom species that can also be found in Europe. It has been used in traditional medicine of the Far East for over 2,000 years. Although, according to many sources, it is considered an inedible mushroom, it has many healing properti...

Fairy Inkcap (Coprinellus disseminatus - Czernidłak gromadny) uncollected edible mushrooms in spring

3 Apr 2022 3 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

This delicate, beautiful mushroom is a very frequent visitor in our forests. You can already meet him in early spring. And although it is edible and grows in large groups, it is not popular with mushroom pickers. This is mainly due to the size....