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28 Sep 2020 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68
Clathrus archeri - Mushroom grows buried in the ground, then slightly protruding from the white, root mycelium cords. In the young phase it has a spherical or ovoid shape, slightly flattened forming the so-called devil egg light gray to brownis...
25 Sep 2020 1 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68
Morchella semilibera, commonly referred to as semi-free apricot, is a species of mushroom from the family Morchellaceae, originating in Europe and Asia. The head height is 20 to 80 (100) mm and the width is 10 to 40 mm. The fungus is ocher, nut, y...
25 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68
Spinellus fusiger - Anamorpha (asexual fruiting phase) has the form of a white mole of hypha - these are numerous stems called sporangiophores, ending with spherical sporangia called sporangium. A single such branch is in the form of a pin. The...
24 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68
Mutinus ravenelii - The fungus develops underground and appears on the surface as a white, oblong-shaped 15 mm thick, 15 to 20 mm high. Attached to the ground with white mycelium strings. Covered with a hard white cover. Under the cover there i...
15 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68
Spider fruit span 30 to 80 mm. In the shape reminiscent of the cerebral ganglia, krizowaty, flap-shaped, grown up. Colors of yellowish-brown, brown, browned or brown sugar. The surface (with a generic layer) has barely visible glandular dots. T...
9 Jul 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Sarah Whitaker
Got a hungry family and you need something in a pinch? Grilled Cheese sandwiches are always a staple, particularly with kids. Even when your darling is in sports and brings the entire team home to feed, just bust out some cheese slices, some bread,...
7 Feb 2020 2 minute read 3 comments Solominer
While walking a trail at this wildlife management area, I saw a mushroom cap sticking out of the ground. The area was wooded and had some large trees all around. Along with some kind of plants growing on the ground all over campsite. It has made a me...
21 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments pataty69
Sometimes you don't have to walk far to find an interesting subject to shoot. When I left the house, I noticed right next to the wall of my residence a tree stump that had been pulled out by a backhoe machine a few days ago. I don't know what...
10 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Solominer
This stump is all that remains, though life will continue to grow from it. The bark of the former tree is food for wood loving mushrooms. It was covered in them, though not sure what kind they were exactly. Growing around the base of the trump was a...
3 Jan 2020 1 minute read 2 comments flatman
This is why fungi are important. All animals and plants cannot live without fungi. This may seem like exaggeration, but recent research has shown that even plants that acquire nutrients from photosynthesis require fungi. In addition, especially for t...
