Mushroom Week diary, part 5
Text and photos: Urmas Tartes
Translation: Liis
Common earthball
Friday, September 10, 2010
The largest mushroom at the mushroom exhibiton – a giant puffball mushroom - was found between the buildings at Rõuge. I decided to make a tour of the park and the churchyard. As might be expected, a nice variety of mushrooms were there.
Panther cap
In the grass, just beside the main buildng, there were nice panther caps (Amanita pantherina) in the grass. Vello Liiv said that they were rather atypical. But the looks of mushrooms are variable. The colour in particular often varies.
Larch bolete
Giant funnel
Near the earthballs on the lawn there were great numbers of yellowish mushrooms – larch boletes (Suillus grevillei). One more step, and large giant funnels (Leucopaxillus giganteus) gleamed in the grass.
Northern tooth
There is one real advantage of touring a park rather than the woods – many fungi prefer to grow on park trees. It may be that the trees in the park are less vigorous because of the effects of human activities, or that the competition between fungi is less hard than in a forest. Who knows precisely. But the trunk of the maple growing in the churchyard was decorated by a splendid northern tooth (Climacodon septentrionalis).
An all-time record of species, more than 230, have already been brought to the mushroom exhibition this year.
Mushroom Week programme
Saturday, September 11
10:00-18:00 Mushroom exhibition open, Urmas Tartes’s nature photo programme
12:00 Mushroom preserve competition
10:00-18:00 Mushroom exhibition open, Urmas Tartes’s nature photo programme
12:00 Mushroom preserve competition
Sunday, September 12
10:00-13:00 Mushroom exhibition open
10:00-13:00 Mushroom exhibition open
The Mushroom Week is arranged by Viitina Loodushariduskeskus, Viitina Nature Education Centre.
See also: www.viitinalhk.ee
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