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Lecture by Professor Andrzej Grzywacz from the Faculty of Forestry at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) organized as part of the Science Festival Science Café, April 14, 2014 [1h05min] https://wszechnica.org.pl/wyklad/idzi... Mushroom season – especially the spring season – is just around the corner. Contrary to the readings from old children's textbooks, it is not like this: "It's already September, boletus mushrooms are poking their brown heads out of the moss". The first edible mushrooms appear in June and it is good to look at all of them consciously. During his lecture, the professor told how many species of mushrooms there are in our forests, both large-fruited and microscopic. He talked about what species of mushrooms and since when our ancestors collected them. The professor explained which species we can collect now and which are deadly poisonous. He warned against the death cap mushroom, which is the most poisonous organism naturally living in Poland. As he said, "one of its fruiting bodies can poison an entire family". The death cap mushroom does not show that it is the most poisonous organism found in Poland. "It smells nice, insects and snails feed on it. It has a greenish cap, it is somewhat similar to the green dove, and sometimes to the green goose". Professor Andrzej Grzywacz also explained how mushrooms differ from plants and animals and what role they play in the ecosystem. He spoke about the role played in forests by saprotrophic, parasitic, hyperparasitic and symbiotic (mycorrhizal) fungi; what their natural, economic, medicinal and aesthetic significance is. Prof. Dr. Hab. Andrzej Grzywacz – specialist in phytopathology and forest mycology, Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences Find us: / Wszechnicafww / Wszechnicafww1 https://anchor.fm/wszechnicaorgpl---h... https://anchor.fm/wszechnica-fww-nauka https://wszechnica.org.pl/ #kawiarnianascientowa #mushrooms #phytopathology #mycology #forest #toadstool #ediblemushrooms #poisonousmushrooms