4876 x 3328 px | 41,3 x 28,2 cm | 16,3 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 settembre 2011
Altre informazioni:
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Like all fungi, mushrooms are not plants and do not undergo photosynthesis. The standard for the name 'mushroom’ is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi ( Basidomycota and Agaricomyetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamella) or pores on the underside of the cap. 'Mushroom' describes a variety of gilled fungi, with or without stems, and the term is used even more generally to describe both the fleshy fruiting bodies of some Ascomycota and the woody or leathery fruiting bodies of some Basidiomycota depending upon the context of the word. Forms deviating from the standard structure usually have more specific names, such as 'puffball', 'stinkhorn' and 'morel '. Piptoporus betulinus commonly known as birch polypore, birch bracket or razor strop, as the name suggests grows almost exclusively on birch trees. It is predominantly found growing on the deadwood of birch. It has an unusual kidney/hoof-like shape with whitish brown surface. Birch Polypore taste slightly bitter, and has a strong pleasant smell. It is predominantly found in the Northern Hemisphere.
