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Chip Cherries

leratiomyces ceres

Chip Cherries are colorful mushrooms that look like tiny cherries growing on trees! They are fun to find during nature walks, especially in the forest.

Lebensraum: Chip Cherries thrive in damp, wooded areas, often found at the base of trees.

Aussehen

The Chip Cherries has striking bright red to orange-red caps, often with a paler, yellowish margin. Its small, round caps sit atop a slender white or pale yellowish stem, sometimes growing in scattered groups. This mushroom truly stands out against its woody backdrop.

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Chip Cherries
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Chip Cherries

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

If you crush them, they can sometimes smell faintly like radishes!

Its scientific name, *ceres*, refers to the Roman goddess of agriculture!

The cap can change from deep red to orange as it gets older!

These tiny mushrooms often pop up in gardens using wood chip mulch!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Warning Colors

Chip Cherries has bright red caps that act as a visual warning, helping to deter animals that might try to eat them.

Fähigkeit

Wood Recycler

Chip Cherries can break down dead wood into useful soil nutrients, helping to clear debris and enrich the forest floor.

Fähigkeit

Spore Shooter

Chip Cherries releases millions of tiny spores that float on the wind, helping new mushrooms grow far away.

Maße und Details

Höhe
2-6 cm
Edibility
inedible
Cap Diameter
1-4 cm
Wachstumssubstrat
wood
Saison
Sommer bis Herbst
Sporenfarbe
Purple-brown

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Black slug

Arion ater

Slugs sometimes munch on its caps.

eaten by

Common rough woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Woodlice occasionally feed on decaying fungi.

depends on

White Oak

Quercus alba

Decomposes dead wood from oak trees.

depends on

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

Helps break down fallen maple branches.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Cherry MushroomsForest CherriesLittle Red Mushrooms

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Do not touch or eat mushrooms without an adult's help.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Chip Cherries?

2-6 cm

Was ist der/die/das edibility von Chip Cherries?

inedible

Was ist der/die/das cap Diameter von Chip Cherries?

1-4 cm

Wo findet man Chip Cherries normalerweise?

Chip Cherries thrive in damp, wooded areas, often found at the base of trees.

Was ist der/die/das wachstumssubstrat von Chip Cherries?

wood

Was ist der/die/das saison von Chip Cherries?

Sommer bis Herbst

Was ist der/die/das sporenfarbe von Chip Cherries?

Purple-brown

Snap-Karte

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Neueste Snaps

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