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Rõuge mushroom days in focus
Every year different species catch the eye. This year there are notably many different amanitas. Three of them came into my camera focus. All quite common and beautiful mushrooms.
Did you know that all amanitas actually don’t have a nice skirt or ring around their stem? The tawny grisette (Amanita fulva) is like that. It is one of the most common mushrooms in our forests. So if you find a mushroom with no ring then, before thinking of eating, check the stem of the mushroom too – the tawny grisette definitely has a cup.
The mushroom world often has a habit of playing hide-and-seek with colours. The name of the mushroom hints at one colour, but in the forest a differently coloured mushroom grows. The blusher (Amanita rubescens) can play such hide-and-seek with us. Look as best you can, its cap is still delicately green. But spots that are damaged do turn pink.
The exhibition tables that opened in the evening have already received 84 species. Guesses were offered as to when this number would be doubled or trebled. Obviously faster than anyone dares to believe. Anyway – welcome to Rõuge. Being in the mushroom forest is cool!
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