Mushroom of the year 2021

It is the silky sheath (Volvariella bombycina).

It grows singly or in small groups on trunks and decayed stumps of dead hardwoods. It is often found in clefts and knotholes of dead or living tree trunks.

In Hungary it has had a protected status since 2005.


Photo by Gyula Vidra

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