Hi, fungi lovers!
It was a beautiful day... September was generally a very warm and pleasant month. And now, when real winter has begun, it is especially pleasant to remember my infrequent, but very interesting trips to the forest.
Getting acquainted with the fungi world is always inspiring and brings joy.
In the beech forest near my house I came across several glades with parasol mushrooms! They are so unreal beautiful! I used to think that these mushrooms do not grow here.
Of course, they were too young to pick. I planned to come back in a few days, but it didn't work out...
Never mind, next season I will finally dare to eat them:)
Wonderful Macrolepiota procera
I went to my favorite "jungle" quite purposefully, just like in the beginning of autumn, because I realized that there you can always find something interesting and edible!
Compare the photo above with the one below.
Above we have a typical beech forest. It is very beautiful, but not all mushrooms like to grow here... In such a forest I like to relax and admire the gray trunks.
And below we have the result of cutting down such an old forest, in the place of which young birches, aspens and pines grew.
These pines and ferns really resemble a prehistoric forest...
Well, in this place with tall grass and almost no paths, I found many interesting mushrooms. Let's go look!
Fomitopsis betulina.
Chestnut bolete I used to meet infrequently. A rare species. Such a beauty with a brown cap, velvety hymenophore and a beautiful shiny leg. This is a delicious edible mushroom, but in this case the worms had already outdone me. Hovewer, from the outside the mushroom looked quite hard and high-quality.
Gyroporus castaneus
Panther fly agaric. A rather rare mushroom with a brown cap and white scales. This mushroom is even more poisonous than its "relative" the red fly agaric. There are unique people who eat these mushrooms, but only the most experienced can eat the panther fly agaric:)
Do not repeat this extreme experience!🍄
Amanita pantherina
And here's another strange find... A handsome boletus of an unusual shape and on a long, thin leg! In my opinion, this is an adaptation to the conditions, because the grass here is quite tall. That's how it reached for the sun!
Boletus edulis
Leccinum aurantiacum
My attention was drawn to such an unusual beauty! I suspect that this is a very old Hypholoma fasciculare. Because I saw quite a lot of this mushroom in other parts of the forest.
But I could be wrong.
And this is someone beautiful. Mushrooms that look like exotic flowers...
An amazing find! A large stump in the middle of a young forest. It shows that there was once an old forest here... Beautiful!
Finally, I want to write a few words about ugly milk-cap.
This is probably the most common mushroom in this area! (With its other close relatives).
This mushroom has a dark cap of a brown, grayish or olive hue, it reaches very large sizes... Some people salt this mushroom after soaking it in water for several days, because it contains bitterness.
But we don't collect it. The mushroom simply ages and becomes completely black. That's why I called it a "ghost mushroom", because over time it leaves black spots everywhere in the forest.
Lactarius turpis
Surprisingly, a small boletus mushroom grew right under the protection of such a "ghost"! I barely noticed it.
And another interesting fact.
I like to photograph mushrooms that seem similar at first glance, but are actually completely different. On the left is someone of
Cortinarius (unfortunately, I haven't identified yet), and on the right is our small boletus.
Looking at all the interesting finds, I didn't even notice how it started to get dark.
And it was at dusk that I finally discovered a clearing where many birch boletus grew. They like thick grass, which is warm and moist.
Well, I continued with the light of the lantern. I was already walking home in complete darkness.
And yet, despite my fatigue, I managed to cook my favorite dish, ie birch boletus with sour cream and breadcrumbs. Hurray!
