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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...

Cantharellus cibarius versus Worms - health properties of mushrooms

15 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  Since ancient times, Cantharellus cibariu has been widely used in folk medicine as a specific that supports the work of the liver and eyes, alleviates conjunctivitis, increases resistance to infectious diseases and is irreplaceable in the e...

Today's photo hunting - autumn mushrooms

14 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure

  The world of mushrooms is about 5 million different species, which we see little. Most of the mushrooms have a form invisible to a human specimen, but those who are visible can surprise with their beauty. Mushrooms that we meet in the for...