#Fungi Friday 🍄 🍄 🍄 - Most Valuable Autumn Polypore (Fistulina Hepatica)

Today I want to introduce you the most beautiful Polyporus Fistulina Hepatica

This mushroom grows from late August to late autumn.

It mainly grows on oak trees, closer to the roots, although there are exceptions ...

We call it "Liver" or "Mother-in-law's tongue"

(In this photo, you can clearly see the pimpled structure, as in the tongue)

This year, during their growing season, there was little moisture, and they grew quite flat, but if there is enough moisture, they are very wide and fleshy, and can weigh several kilograms!

The amount of vitamin C in this polypore is ten times more than in lemon ...

In cross-section, it resembles liver, meat, and lard, depending on the color and its age.

(That's why we call it liver)

This year I practically did not get to their fruiting, but I still could find something)

And even pickled a liter jar)

This mushroom cannot be confused with any other! So harvest without fear of repercussions! You can fry it without preliminary boiling ...
I wish you a successful hunt and Happy #fungifriday!