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Little known arboreal mushrooms - Polyporus alveolaris

18 Apr 2025 1 minute read 2 comments madventure

  The hat is orange yellow, sometimes ocher yellow. It has scales that are slightly darker than the entire hat. The most common shape is round or oval. The center of the hat is slightly concave, the edges slightly wavy. Hymenofor The pores...

Edible spring mushrooms - Morchella conica

17 Apr 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

Morchella conica (Morchella conica) fruiting bodies from lowlands Hat 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 sh...

Mountain buttercup - Very rare edible mushroom

16 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  The cap of this mushroom species can reach a diameter of up to 22 cm. When the fruiting body is young, it has a semicircular shape with the edge rolled up inside, then it becomes cushioned, convex. The color of a young mushroom is initiall...

Lurid bolete in my park

15 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

I went for a walk to my favorite park to do a photoshoot of some plants. Actually, I'm still on a walk, because the post is done on a bench, and the photos are called raw, unprocessed, full spontaneity. What was my surprise when my eyes saw the Lurid...

Gilded brittlegill - Edible lamellar mushrooms

13 Apr 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 surfac...

Giant edible mushroom with anti-cancer properties - Giant polypore

11 Apr 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

  Scientific studies in mice have shown that the methanol extract of this fungus contains compounds that are destructive to 3LL cancer cells in mice It is one of the largest hub mushrooms in the world, both in terms of size and weight. A mus...

Tasty spring arboreal mushroom - dryad's saddle

27 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  It was in my regions that underestimated by many pickers, early spring edible mushrooms appeared. Only that it is an arboreal species and you should not always look for it on rotten wood, but on old trunks. It often grows on healthy tree...

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...

A few beauties from today's collection, Boletus Edulis

22 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

But not every boletus has a dark hat, regular shape. The young specimen is often white, and their heads are also sometimes covered Whenever I go mushroom picking in the forest, I always wonder what magical power these creatures have that fasci...

Fascinating mushroom shapes - Armillaria mellea

16 Mar 2025 1 minute read 1 comment madventure

Armillaria mellea Armillaria mellea The honeycomb cap is 30 to 110 mm in diameter, first hemispherical with a curved edge, then convex to flat with a sharp edge, olive-brown. The surface of the hat is dry, covered with small, darker scales, in...