I funghi

The Fungi

Armillaria mellea (Honey Fungus). (Photo F. Padovan)

     A well endowed collection of fungi (micoteca) is on display here. All together 184 species are on show as models, reproduced in their natural size (scale 1 : 1), made using moulds by Ivan Fossa.
     They include the most common and widespread fungi in Alpago, both edible and poisonous. Among the edible we find, for example, the boletus (Boletus aestivalis), the chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), and the parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) and many others; among the poisonous there is the deadly death cap (Amanita phalloides), very common in Alpago and the related white fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), the devil’s boletus (Boletus satanas) and the Clitocybe rivulosa.
     They are displayed in a double show case (cod. 61 & 62) in the centre of the room.
     Each model is labelled with its scientific name and code number and further information is soon to be provided on whether the species displayed are edible or poisonous, their popular or local names and most frequent literary references.
     Above the glass show cases there are two explanatory panels: one giving the main morphological characteristics of the fruit body of an agaricus (by agaricus is meant the typical mushroom shape with cap, lamellae and stalk) and some structural and reproductive differences between the Ascomycetes and the Basidiomycetes; the other shows the ecology of fungi with the three main kinds of relationship to plants – mycorrhiza (symbiotic association of fungus hyphae with the roots of green plants), saprophytism (living on dead organisms, their remains and on organic matter or mineral soils) and parasitism (on living organisms, deriving nourishment from them and in so doing damaging them).

List of fungi on display at the Museum. Each model was reproduced from a fungus which had just been picked and so is true to form and size. This rich collection, composed by Ivan Fossa, covers the most common species in Alpago.
Agaricus essettei Amanita citrina Amanita muscaria Amanita pantherina Amanita phalloides Amanita phalloides fo. alba Amanita rubescens Amanita spissa Amanita vaginata Armillaria mellea Boletinus cavipes Boletinus cavipes var. aureus Boletus aestivalis Boletus calopus Boletus fechtneri Boletus luridus Boletus rhodoxanthus Boletus satanas Calocybe gambosa Calvatia excipuliformis Cantharellus cibarius Cantharellus cibarius var. amethysteus Cantharellus cinereus Cantharellus ianthinoxanthus Cantharellus lutescens Cantharellus melanoxeros Cantharellus tubaeformis Catathelasma imperiale Chroogomphus rutilus Clavariadelphus pistillaris Clavariadelphus truncatus Clavulina coralloides Clitocybe gibba Clitocybe inornata Clitocybe nebularis Clitocybe odora Clitocybe phyllophila Clitocybe rivulosa Clitopilus prunulus Collybia distorta Collybia maculata Coprinus atramentarius Coprinus comatus Cortinarius cumatilis Cortinarius cyaneus Cortinarius praestans Cortinarius rufoolivaceus Cortinarius splendens Cortinarius venetus Cortinarius violaceus Craterellus cornucopioides Cystoderma amiantinum Cystoderma terrei Daedalea quercina Daedaleopsis confragosa Daedaleopsis tricolor Discina gigas Disciotis venosa Entoloma bloxamii Entoloma rhodopolium Fistulina hepatica Flammulina velutipes Fomes fomentarius	Ganoderma lucidum Geastrum fimbriatum Geastrum schmidelii Gomphidius glutinosus Gomphidius roseus Grifola frondosa Gyromitra esculenta Hebeloma sinapizans Helvella crispa Heterobasidion annosum Hydnellum concrescens Hydnum repandum Hydnum rufescens Hygrocybe citrinovirens Hygrocybe conica Hygrocybe pratensis Hygrocybe punicea Hygrophorus agathosmus Hygrophorus arbustivus Hygrophorus camarophyllus Hygrophorus chrysodon Hygrophorus discoideus Hygrophorus eburneus Hygrophorus lucorum Hygrophorus melizeus Hygrophorus nemoreus Hygrophorus penarius Hygrophorus persicolor Hygrophorus poetarum Hygrophorus queletii Hygrophorus russula Hygrophorus speciosus Hypholoma fasciculare Hypholoma sublateritium Inocybe cervicolor Inocybe flocculosa Laccaria amethystina Lactarius badiosanguineus Lactarius pallidus Lactarius picinus Lactarius piperatus Lactarius porninsis Lactarius pyrogalus Lactarius scrobiculatus Lactarius torminosus Lactarius uvidus Lactarius volemus Laetiporus sulphureus Leccinum aurantiacum Leccinum scabrum Lepiota aspera Lepiota clypeolaria Lepiota cristata Lepista caespitosa Lepista flaccida Lepista glaucocana Lepista sordida Limacella guttata Lycoperdon echinatum Lycoperdon pyriforme Lyophyllum cinerascens Lyophyllum fumosum Lyophyllum loricatum	Macrolepiota excoriata Macrolepiota procera Macrolepiota rachodes Marasmius oreades Marasmius rotula Morchella esculenta Morchella hortensis Morchella semilibera Peziza varia Phallus impudicus Pholiota populnea Pholiota squarrosa Piptoporus betulinus Pleurotus ostreatus Pluteus cervinus Polyporus ciliatus Polyporus squamosus Polyporus varius Pseudocraterellus undulatus Ramaria formosa Rhodocybe gemina Rozites caperatus Russula acrifolia Russula aurea Russula cyanoxantha Russula foetens Russula mairei Russula nigricans Russula queletii Russula turci Sarcodon imbricatus Sarcodon leucopus Schizophyllum commune Stereum hirsutum Suillus collinitus Suillus granulatus Suillus grevillei Suillus tridentinus Trametes suaveolens Trametes versicolor Tremiscus helvelloides Tricholoma album Tricholoma argyraceum Tricholoma cingulatum Tricholoma imbricatum Tricholoma orirubens Tricholoma psammopus Tricholoma saponaceum Tricholoma sciodes Tricholoma sejunctum Tricholoma terreum Tricholoma ustale Tricholoma vaccinum Tricholomopsis rutilans Verpa bohemica Xerocomus subtomentosus Xerula radicata Xylaria polymorpha