Mushrooms
Giant Polypore
Giant polypore is one of the giants. It can grow enormous, even with multiple fruit bodies around a single stump. If you are very lucky, you can find up to 50 kilos in a single spot. When young it is yellowish and almost rounded like an unreal 3D construction. As it ages it becomes more dark brown and black with distinct lobed caps.
Find it in nature
At the base of deciduous trees, can have multiple fruit bodies around a single stump
Sjælland
Gribskov · Store Dyrehave
On stumps of felled deciduous trees
Østjylland
Silkeborg-skovene
Deciduous forest with old stumps
Fyn
De fynske løvskove
Old beech and oak stumps
The Mushroom Handbook
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Morel
A rare and capricious mushroom that thrives with elm – years can pass between finds of edible morels.
Hooded Morel
A lovely bonus find in April and May – appears in thickets and parks after rain and mild spring temperatures.
Chanterelle
Found in many types of forest from June to November – peaks after good rainfall and always grows in small groups.