Hola, setero! Today I share some tropheys and mushroom impressions from this summer trip to a local forest, near my countryside place (its located south to St.Petersburg, Russia). The trip was successful, I've finished with a basket of orange-cap boletus, russulas, porcini (ceps), and some bright festive colourful amanita muscaria.
Enjoy the goodies! (All photos are clickable for hi-res).
Leccinum aurantiacum aka Orange-cap boletus (in Russian: подосиновик) in two lifecycle phases: early (below) and matured (above). Finding its bright red or orange cap among the green grass or dead leaves is always a pure pleasure!
Boletus edulis, aka Porcini - the best 1-st grade edible mushroom in our woods.
Russula claroflava (in Russian: сыроежка желтая). Edible mushroom, we always collect this kind. Sadly, worms enjoy it too, and quite often find them before we do.
Russula alutacea (сыроежка зелёно-красная). Edible mushroom, too.
Look at this handsome redhead fella. Does it look the same as above one? A grilled cap, white spots on a red-orange cap. But it is totally different specie. When the mushroom have aged, its outlook is far from 'classical', ideal for identification, and maybe it is enough for the application to mis-identify it. This one is not Russula but Amanita muscaria - a toxic toadstool mushroom (also named Fly agaric). Where are its famous 'white spots' on the cap? Ha, the rain flushed them away! Where is the intense crimson-red color of the cap? Aged, as well. But the ring on the stem is still partly visible, and the cup at the stem's downside is very visible too.
Now, its time to part ways, I wish you good luck -- and Good Hunting!
Happy #FungiFriday to you!
And a little reminder: we have a nice fun challenge at HIVE, hold by @EwkaW
#FungiFriday!
I hope many of you will join, as there are only 2 simple rules:
- when Friday comes, share your fungi with us! post your own, original photo/drawing/art/food/anything-at-all of any type of fungi (yes, stolen images will be checked and reported !)
- add #fungifriday (not necessarily must be your 1st tag). that's all!
