Mushrooms have taken over our village! I’ve had to watch my steps because they’re popping up everywhere. Mushrooms are everywhere, particularly in this little street where the village bus passes. A big

While I was writing this post, it was pouring rather heavily outside. Even Coldplay's song "Hymn for the Weekend" was drowned out by the thunderous sound of the tin roof by the weight of the

Early Morel, Latin name Verpa Bohemica, is a species of edible fungus from the Morchellaceae family of mushrooms. It’s the same family of mushrooms as True Morels (Morchella species), and while closely

Scarlet Elf Cup (Sarcoscypha Austriaca) is a saprophytic fungus that grows on dead and decaying wood. It can be found in winter and early spring, when not many other mushrooms grow. Along with its unique

Today I had some spare time to walk around the nearby forest to seek for mushrooms. We had a very dry and hot summer this year, so I found very few fungi. The mushrooms hunted were in a very bad condition.