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What
a cold and wet day we are having and it is plant day today's plant is
the Humongous Fungus if you think it is a mushroom you would be
right. It is a
colloquial name given to large colonies of mushrooms
When
you think mushroom you think small above ground plant but this one is
found underground and you may not even see it if you are standing
next to it.
A
mushroom isn't just what you see but also has a network of hair-like
roots called the mycelium that spreads through the soil sucking up
food.
The
mycelium keeps spreading out and new mushrooms pop up in places as it
grows. The biggest known fungus is a type of honey mushroom growing
quin Oregon USA, it coves 965 hectares which is nearly 4squ miles or
1300 football fields.
They
are edible if cooked, if raw they have an acid taste.
Dearest Jo-Anne,
ReplyDeleteThe mycelium lives underground and it transports the water and nutrients to the top where fruit bodies are formed and that are mushrooms!
In the fall, you see them after lots of rain, cooler temperatures and they live on the decomposing leaves and other pieces from nature that only mushrooms can digest due to their enzyme system. No human, animal or insect can handle that. So they are at the end of the chain in recycling things in nature.
Hugs,
Mariette
Interesting to read about the mushrooms.
ReplyDeleteThat would go good on a giant pizza...
ReplyDeleteWow, 4 square miles? That's a whole lot of mushrooms.
ReplyDeleteMariette.......Thank you for that information adding to what I wrote
ReplyDeleteMargaret D.......Thank you
Chris...If you say so
Karen........Bloody oath it is
😉
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't dare pick any of the wild mushrooms because I don't know whether they are edible or poisonous.
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