Vaulted star (lat. )

It seems as if Mother Earth decided to create a mushroom in the image and likeness of man. The vaulted asterisk really resembles a human figure. Also, this mushroom looks like a domed earth star. Therefore, among the people, in English-speaking countries, they call it that. The second version of the name is an acrobatic earth star.

It reaches a height of 4-8 cm. It is usually found singly or in small groups in the forests of North America and Europe, mainly in Mexico and the southwestern United States of America. If you find this mushroom, you should know that it is inedible.

Trembling brain (lat. ) - forest brain

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Striped goblet (lat. ) - a small bird's nest with miniature eggs

What tiny bird found this nest and laid her eggs in it? Calm down: this is not at all the work of the wings of a miniature bird. We are talking about a beautiful striped cup mushroom, or, as it is also called, striped cyatus. You can find these summer and autumn on dead wood in temperate regions all over the planet: in Asia, in Europe, in North, Central and South America, in New Zealand. The color and size of the striped goblets may vary slightly, but, as a rule, they are no more than 1 cm in width and height. Cyatus striped has a gray or brown color. By the way, in the scientific literature, tiny "eggs" are called peridioles.

Auricularia ear-shaped (lat. ) - the forest hears everything

Ears in the middle of the forest? It looks like a David Lynch movie. But it can actually happen to you. You can even eat them if you like. In fact, these are mushrooms called auricularia auricularis. Their size varies from 3 to 12 cm. You can meet these reddish-brown "ears" in wet places, mainly on dead deciduous trees and shrubs. Mushrooms grow all year round, but they are most often found in autumn. They are widely distributed in temperate and subtropical climates throughout the world.

Mushroom auricularia auricularis in Asia, especially China, is considered delicacy. It is specially grown on dead wood, for example, wood of cork oak, elderberry, banana of paradise. While in the People's Republic of China, you can try the Chinese Black Mushroom Soup, an essential ingredient of which the aforementioned mushroom is. Auricularia auricularis is also used for making salads. In China, Ghana, Nigeria, it is believed that dishes from these mushrooms are medicinal. In particular, the Chinese believe that soup with "ears" helps in the fight against colds and fevers.

Anthurus archer (lat. Clathrus archeri) - devil's fingers, octopus or starfish?

When the Archer Anthurus mushroom opens, outwardly it resembles a starfish or an octopus. Usually has 4 to 7 pinkish-red "tentacles". Popularly known as the fingers of the devil, the scariest mushroom in the world. It is easy to recognize it not only by its appearance, but also by the terrible unpleasant smell of carrion. The scent attracts flies, which spread the spores. Anthurus archer grows in groups, often among wood chips, old stumps and stale foliage. It originally grew in Australia and Tasmania, but now it can be found in Europe, North America, and Asia. Do not try this mushroom open, it is inedible.

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Gidnellum pitcha (lat. ) - "bleeding" mushroom

If you walk through the forests of North America and some European countries, you may find a mushroom with a frightening folk name, bloody tooth or devil tooth. Although there are people who look at it from a culinary point of view. To them, the mushroom resembles ice cream with strawberry syrup.

Only young wet mushrooms can “bleed” with a bright red liquid. Interestingly, the liquid contains an effective anticoagulant. While young, the hindellum pitcha is easy to identify, but as it ages, the fungus becomes brown and inconspicuous. "Bleeding" mushroom inedible although it is not toxic. It is extremely bitter in taste. The size of the fungus ranges from 5 to 10 cm in height. Gindellum peka grows on the ground under coniferous trees, often among mosses. Mutually beneficial relationships are established between the roots of some trees and these fungi, and useful substances are exchanged.

- dead man's fingers

When this mushroom is encountered on the way, it seems that the dead man tried to get out of his grave with his own hands. But again we are talking about mushrooms, the popular name of which dead man's fingers. Inedible mushrooms Xylaria polymorpha appear in spring, most often on damaged stumps or rotten wood. At first they are bluish or bluish, then, by the summer, the mushrooms gradually acquire an ominous look for the human eye. Polymorpha means "many forms". As the name suggests, the form of Xylaria polymorpha fungi is very diverse. But in most cases, the shape is club-shaped, that is, thickened at one end.

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mature black mushrooms.

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Horror! Spilled zombie fingers.

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You must have come across these small mushrooms, often found in summer cottages under old and poorly maintained shrubs, and wherever they have something to feast on. And they feast on any dead plant organic matter - on leaves, trunks, stumps. Goblets are widespread and are found from early July to late autumn. Sometimes during the warm season, the colony experiences several growth waves on one fallen tree.

Goblets got their name from the shape of the fruiting body, reminiscent of a glass or goblet. They are also called nesting mushrooms, as adult mushrooms look like a tiny bird's nest. However, in the systematization of mushrooms, nests and goblets are distinguished into separate genera, therefore, in appearance, it is problematic to establish an exact species correspondence from a strict point of view.

Goblets are small mushrooms, up to a centimeter high. Young cups are light and covered with a white film; as they grow, they darken, the film breaks and the inner part opens, on which round spore storages are visible. In striped goblets (Cyathus striatus), dark and light stripes are clearly visible on the inner surface of the cup.

Glasses have no practical value for a person. But some lovers of the aesthetics of minimalism decorate their miniature gardens with branches brought from the forest with tiny mushrooms. A very specific piece of art.

Striped goblet

Striped goblet - Cyathus striatus Pers

Striped goblet - C. striatus Pers.

Fruiting bodies at first spherical or ovoid, later bell-shaped or elongated-funnel-shaped, 0.8-1.6 cm high, 0.6-1 cm wide, with felted root-like filaments of the mycelium at the base of the fruiting body. Peridium outside is rufous or dark brown, felty, inside is lead-gray to black (below), longitudinally striated. Peridioli 0.12-0.2 cm in diameter, silver-brown, angular, turning white when dry.

On rotting wood and plant debris, rarely on the soil. Almost all over Russia.

Encyclopedia of the nature of Russia. - M.: ABF. L.V. Garibova, I.I. Sidorova. 1999 .

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Cyathus olla Pers see also Goblet genus, Cyathus Pers. Olla C. olla Pers. Fruiting bodies first ovoid, then goblet or bell-shaped, 1.0-1.5 cm high, 0.8-1.0 cm wide, woody texture. Peridium ... ... Mushrooms of Russia. Directory

Cyathus stercoreus (Schw.) de Toni see also Goblet genus Cyathus Pers. Dung goblet C. stercoreus (Schw.) de Toni Young fruit bodies are urn-shaped, mature obverse-conical or bell-shaped, 0.5 1.5 cm tall, 0.4 1 cm in ... ... Mushrooms of Russia. Directory

Cyathus Pers Young fruiting bodies are rounded, when mature, they are broadly cup-shaped, with serrated margins and a single-layered epiphragm. Peridium is three-layered. Peridioli are lenticular, numerous, dark brown or black, attached to the peridium by a cord. On the… … Mushrooms of Russia. Directory

A relatively little-studied group of fungi, numbering about 1000 species from NO genera, grouped into 11 orders according to the structural features of the fruiting bodies. The guide describes about 50 species of the most common and well-marked ... ... Mushrooms of Russia. Directory

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Shaerobolus stellatus Pers see also Genus Shaerobolus Pers. Spherobolus stellate S. stellatus Pers. Fruiting body in the form of a closed goblet or spherical, 0.1-0.2 cm in diameter. Multilayered peridium opens star-shaped from ... ... Mushrooms of Russia. Directory

Nidnlaria pulvinata (Schw.) Fr see also Nesting genus, Nidularia Nidnlaria fr. et Nordh. emend. Tul. N. pulvinata (Schw.) Fr. Fruiting bodies are flattened spherical, often cylindrical, with an expanded ... ... Mushrooms of Russia. Directory

342 crucibulum smooth; 343 Olla's glass; 344 striped goblet; 345 glass of manure; 346 spherobolus stellate (stages of development); 347 pillow nest … Mushrooms of Russia. Directory

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