According to Wikipedia:
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food sourceAs far as I could determine from another place in Wikipedia, the mushroom I found were of the type
Birch Bracket (Piptoporus betulinus - also known as Razor Strop) is one of the most common polyporous bracket fungi and, as the name suggests, grows almost exclusively on Birch trees. The brackets burst out from the bark of the tree, and these fruiting bodies can last for more than a year. Technically, it is an edible mushroom, with a strong, pleasant "mushroomy" odour but a bitter taste. It is said to have medicinal properties, and the velvety cut surface of the fruiting body were used as a strop for finishing the finest of edges on razors. Dried specimens have also been used as tinder, and this fungus was carried by "Ötzi the Iceman" - the 5,000 year old mummy found in the Tyrol.We seem to be in good historic company here. And it is also evident from the pictures here that this particular mushroom is very fond of birches.
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52 comments:
Those are huge mushrooms!
I always like the information that you give.
Interesting pix.
Marvellous the photographs, mushrooms enormous with very beautiful colours.
I insistently look at and admire second!
Great post!
Jøss, så store de er! Nydelige bilder enno en gang fra deg. Nydelige skarphet og farver. Ja dette kan du!
Wonderful photo's from you ones again. Fantastic color too! well done:)
Great "M" post. I love the information you give and the photos also.
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Lacking birch trees I could not get those here... we have other types but they don't get nearly that big. Did you take a bite of one? They are edible, after all - right? I'll pass. :)
Bra valg for M! Ble nesten som en liten skoletime innlegget he hos deg. Derimot har man ikke vondt av en liten oppfrisking av kunnskap:)
Petunia's ABC
WOW! I have never seen mushrooms growing on tree trunks before! Interesting.
Fabulous photos! Congratulations. :D
excellent choice, wonderful shots
And the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Is it harvesting season at Vestlandet for these vegetables. When.
Great M.
Fine funn. Dise soppene er dekorative.
Og du, en digresjon, da blir det te...! ;)
Håper vi får det til i løpet av sommeren da. Når trønderen og rogalendingen ankommer.
Mightly mushrooms - interesting photo's.
We discovered a huge puffball in our garden last year. I checked the reference books and when I found it was safe to eat I cooked it! Delicious! Haven't had any more grow since however, I do keep looking!
Marvellous shot.
I'll give you the french name...if I remember it , maybe "langue de boeuf"
Miss Yves
Stilige bilder.
Lykke til neske uke med N..
Marvellous info and magnifcent mushrooms. Don't think i have ever seen any so big in the flesh.
great shot. What a huge mushrooms you have :D
Hope you have time visit my M Thanks
I love mushrooms, but i guess these will not end up on my plate. Great photos and information.
I like the different shapes of these Mushrooms - lovely photos
Amazing how those mushrooms grow. Interesting post.
Wow! That's amazing. I don't think I've ever seen mushrooms growing out of trunks like that!
Fungi growing on trees make fantastic photographs.
I've seen a few in various places over the years - never harvested them though.
I've never seen mushrooms growing on trees! Thanks for the great shots, and the post.
Disse bildene av flotte da, for å beskrive M i ABC.
Excellent photos. I have seen some on the birches here but most of them have been destroyed or eaten by wildlife or perhaps humans now that I read they are "edible"... very nice.
Boy those are some huge mushrooms, they look like they could be great for a waterfall, LOL
Also very good information
Ojjj....det var litt av noen sopper du!
Tøffe bilder:)
Ha en fin kveld Rune!
Perfect choice for the letter M. I love the second picture. The simplicity of the branch and single fungus is eye catching.
Takk for kommentaren..hehe...jeg kan jo late som om pest-bildene er fra et eller annet snekkermagasin iallefall...som "før"-bilder;)
Sky in middle picture seems to blown out, but other than that, I like your idea of using M for mushrooms and the photographs that you've taken about mushrooms.
De der var jammen store.Bildene dine er fantastiske,greit med litt informasjon også.Skikkelig bra!
I have had a fascination iwth mushrooms I have found on forest hikes. They are of such variety. I posted a couple of series of pictures of different ones last fall, and will probably do so again after another season of hiking. Your selection of mushroom photos is beautiful.
Fin og informativ post for M, bildene var også veldig fine.
Her lærte jeg litt også.
Great mushroom! Looks tasty, I love eating them, specially with pasta, yummy! By coincidence, Kostas also posted a mushroom at his blog! :) Loved the info, I'm the kind of person who likes to know everything behind the scenes! Kisses from Nydia.
My daughter says that some tree mushrooms will burn your skin....so I am not fan of many mushrooms....those are huge.
Always such a reward to visit your blog. My favourite shot is the last one.
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Just go back to my post titled `Writers Block' and it's all explained there.
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great shots RunE...
the only ones I see are all over my lawn after a rain... probably toadstools ... but who knows for sure.
Stilig!
Og som alltid hos deg er det lærdom puttet inn.
Har du gått på soppjakt for å få så fine M-bilder eller var de der rett framfor deg?
Det bilde som du har som heading nå, er det fra hytteområdet ditt? Det er så nydelig.
Takk for fin kommentar på mitt M-valg idag.
... jeg har studert bildet ditt... og jeg finner et koselig grønt hus i venstre hjørne. :-) Minner veldig om fargen som vi fikk se i en post 24. mars.
The mushrooms are magnificent!
Kathy b
We have these beauties over here Rune.. I have never tasted them but Peter my friend eats them when they are young and more tender..
Eg er berre såvidt innom på ein lynvisitt til dei som har kommentert hos meg.
Nydelege bilete!
Great pictures and good info! thanks.
they look so cool! I have to publish the ones that we spotted too!
Great photos. I don't know the name of these mushrooms in French.
These do a magnificent job in getting rid of wood. Nice shots.
look like they are gigantic ones.
Thanks for the info as well.
Very informative - and fascinating! I love the last photo.
Marvellous mushrooms! I love funghi, especially bracket fungus as these would be called over here.
Oh my, I have never seen mushrooms growing on trees and logs. Normally, you will have to get very low to the wet ground to photograph these beauties.
Love the shrooms and your post!
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