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Sunday 15 May 2022

Bleeding mushrooms


Mushroom season is still a way off. There is a species found across Europe called the Bloody Milkcaps, or Rovellons in Spain. It's proper scientific name is Lactarius sanguifluus. It's a mushroom that is edible and strange in behaviour for it looks as if it's bleeding. While picking the mushrooms in forests is quite normal, it's believed that picking these mushrooms found near industrial complexes and roads is not a good idea, as the soil will be contaminated, producing toxic mushrooms full of heavy metals.  


There is Hydnellum peckii mushroom, mostly called other nicknames "Devil's tooth," "Strawberries and cream" and "Bleeding tooth". This bizarre looking fungus appears as if it's bleeding heavily. These are not actually bleeding, as they grow bright ruby red nodules. While not poisonous, they're not edible either because of their unpleasant taste. They don't look very appetising if I'm to be perfectly honest.

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