I think almost everyone loves mushrooms. Even if you don’t eat, then wander through the forest, breathe some air, communicate with nature and find mushrooms - few people will refuse. Of course, we all know our favorite mushrooms - white mushrooms, milk mushrooms, chanterelles, champignons, etc. But on Earth, with its diversity, there are many other mushrooms - unusual and surprising.
Lots of beauty and some interesting facts
Mushrooms are not animals or plants. They are classified into a separate kingdom of fungi. In terms of protein content, mushrooms are closer to animals, and in terms of the composition of carbohydrates and minerals - to plants.
The mushroom is the largest organism on the planet, because the mycelium of some mushrooms can extend for many kilometers underground.
Even before trees appeared on Earth, its surface was covered with giant mushrooms
Devil's mushroom - looks like the birth of "Alien"
The only mushroom in the world that can move is Plasmodium, which grows in Russia. The fungus is very slow, but can, with the help of protoplasmic outgrowths, roll along a tree trunk at a speed of 1 cm per hour.
Some mushrooms can catch, kill and eat their prey.
Today, more than 100,000 species of mushrooms have been discovered, but they still remain the most unexplored.
Mushrooms are everywhere. They are in the air, underground, on the ground, inside bodies, even in the atmosphere
Mushrooms are the most tenacious creatures - many of them are not afraid of temperature changes, lack of light, water, oxygen, many survive even in sulfuric acid and calmly tolerate high doses of radiation.
Mushrooms have even been found in a nuclear reactor
If mushrooms disappear, the Earth will suffer greatly, because mushrooms destroy a lot of organic waste, and also help plants by delivering water and minerals to them.
Mushrooms are widely used in cooking and are grown not only by people, but also by animals. For example, leaf-cutter ants have been growing mushrooms for twenty million years, which they subsequently eat.
More than a hundred poisonous mushrooms are known in nature, the most dangerous of which is the toadstool - it was the cause of death most often
A large number of porcini mushrooms grow in Switzerland, but local residents do not collect or eat them.
Lion's mane mushroom (blackberry) is rare, but very tasty - reminiscent of shrimp meat
Mushrooms contain glutamate, ribonucleotides and free amino acids, which is why they have been called “meat for vegetarians.”
To be poisoned by fly agarics, you need to eat at least three kilograms of them in one sitting.
The "potato blight" fungus destroyed the entire potato crop in Ireland in 5 years, but it was noticed that potatoes survived in the fields near the metal smelter. This is how the Bordeaux mixture was invented - a compound of copper and sulfur that kills the parasite
Mushrooms have gender differences
By taking chanterelle tincture you will get rid of parasites in your body in a month
Pilobolus kleini is a microscopic fungus that shoots its spores over vast distances. The acceleration imparted to the spores is 180 times greater than the acceleration of gravity
Molds have the ability to live on machine oil, brake and fuel fluids, and kerosene. They can corrode not only leather, but also wood, plywood, many other organic materials and even glass!
Medicines obtained from mushrooms not only treat various diseases, but also prevent the rejection of transplanted organs, including the heart.
Certain types of mushrooms have the ability to glow in the dark, with a ghostly greenish glow.
Truffle is the most valuable mushroom. The best varieties of these mushrooms cost about two thousand euros per kilogram
If you are going on a mushroom hunting trip, have a good mushroom hunting!
