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Bolete Leccinum scabrum (Fr.) S. F. Gray syn. Boletus scaber Fr. Brauner Birkenpilz Bolet rude, Brown Birch. Cap 5–15cm, hazel, fulvous or snuff-brown, dry but tacky in wet weather. Stem 70–200 x 20–30mm, white to grey covered with brownish-black scales becoming darker towards the base. Flesh white, very soft, watery, unchanging or flushing pale pink. Taste and smell pleasant. Tubes white becoming dirty ochraceous. Pores small, white then dingy, bruising ochraceous. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform, 14–20 x 5–6um. Habitat with birch. Season summer to autumn. Common. Edible – not worthwhile. Distribution, America and Europe (source R. Phillips).
Portrait of Common Moorhen(Gallinula chloropus) in nature
Wild mushrooms in the grass, North China
Autumn in pre-Pyrenees, Catalonian undergrowth.. during autumn season.\n\nLepiota
Pleated inkcap mushroom, or by another name parasola plicatilis grows in the yard of the house
Close up of beautiful two young Snow geese in wildlife refuge in southern USA
A solitary garden mushroom with its visibly furry cap imbedded in grass with damp moss
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Several Agaricus mushroom growing on the edge of the sidewalk on a cloudy day
Amanita phalloides (Fr.) Link in Willd. Death Cap, Amanite phalloide, Oronge ciquë vert, Grüner Knollenblätterpilz, Tignosa verdognola, Groene knolamaniet, Gyilkos galóca. Cap 6-15cm across, convex then flattened; variable in color but usually greenish or yellowish with an olivaceous disc and paler margin; also, paler and almost white caps do occur occasionally; smooth, slightly sticky when wet, with faint, radiating fibers often giving it a streaked appearance; occasionally white patches of volval remnants can be seen on cap. Gills free, close, broad; white. Stem 60-140 x 10-20mm, solid, sometimes becoming hollow, tapering slightly toward the top; white, sometimes flushed with cap color; smooth to slightly scaly; the ball-shaped basal bulb is encased in a large, white, lobed, saclike volva. Veil partial veil leaves skirt-like ring hanging near the top of the stem. Flesh firm, thicker on disc; white to pale yellowish green beneath cap cuticle. Odor sickly sweet becoming disagreeable. Spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, amyloid, 8-10.5 x 7-9µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly or in small groups on the ground in mixed coniferous and deciduous woods. Quite common in Europe. This is the most deadly fungus known, and despite years of detailed research into the toxins it contains, no antidote exists against their effects on the human body. Poisoning by Amanita phalloides is characterized by a delay of between six and twenty-four hours from the time of ingestion to the onset of symptoms, during which time the cells of the liver and kidneys are attacked (source R. Phillips). \n\nThis deadly poisonous Species is quite common in the Dutch Woods.
solitary specimen of boletus edulis among the dry autumn leaves
Tufted duck getting into a lake in Gosforth Park nature Park viewed from the Ridley Hide.
Cyathus olla is a species of saprobic fungus in the genus Cyathus of the family Nidulariaceae. , an intresting photo
Picking mushrooms
Black Soldier Fly - latin name is Hermetia illucens.  Close-up of fly sitting on a leaf. This species is used in the production of protein.
One toadstool growing in grass on an Autumn morning in rural south west Scotland
Close up of white echium flowers in bloom
Coprinus comatus, the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas.
A solitary horse mushroom, \tAgaricus arvensis, sitting in the middle of luscious green grass
A single mushroom growing on the forest floor.
A mushroom Russula virescens is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Russula, and is commonly known as the green-cracking russula, the quilted green russula or green brittlegill. Mushroom with a green or grey cap and white stem growing among fallen leaves in autumn forest.
Close-up of a turkey tail mushroom growing on the floor of a woodland in Minnesota, USA.
Closeup of Shaggy ink cap mushrooms growing in rural Estonia, Northern Europe
At this young stage, shaggy ink caps (Coprinus comatus) are said to be good to eat, sliced longitudinally and fried in butter. As they grow older the bottom edges curl up, revealing the black 'ink' under the 'wig'. Another common name for this fungus is lawyer's wig.
Close-up of beautiful mushrooms in the sunshine in autumn, taken in Bavaria.
Taxon name: Tasmanian Native-hen\nTaxon scientific name: Tribonyx mortierii\nLocation: Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
A colony of white mushrooms. \nProbably the deadly poisonous \
Close-up of mushrooms on mushroom culture medium
Reishi Mushroom, Lingzhi(Ganoderma) is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine.
close up mushroom in green grass
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