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Rarest mushroom species found in the streets of Brest

Screenshot of the video from STV channel

MINSK, 7 October (BelTA) – The sand stinkhorn and the golden boletus, the new mushrooms for Belarus, popped up right on the streets of Brest, BelTA reports with reference to the Belarusian STV channel.

These mushrooms are extremely rare for Belarus and were previously found only in forests.

This year, the sand stinkhorn began to grow in large amounts right on the city lawns of Brest. The mushroom is considered rare. The neighboring countries of Poland and Latvia have it listed in the Red Book.

The golden boletus is a recent "newcomer" to the Polesie landscapes. The last time it was found was about ten years ago. Now the mushroom has been found in the city environment, the first occurrence in history. Scientists explain the anomaly by the climate change and are carefully studying it.

The appearance of the relatively new mushroom species for Belarus was commented by Viktor Demyanchik, the head of the Laboratory of Ecosystem Optimization of the Polesie Agrarian and Ecological Institute at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. According to him, such mushrooms appeared in urban environment due to a heat wave and regular rainfalls.

In particular, the golden boletus is an edible mushroom, so it is of interest to mushroom hunters.

Brest has also recorded the abnormally large quantities of the pheasant's back mushroom and the sulphur shelf. The second, by the way, is edible.

With the warming of the climate, the Caucasian ash-black slug, which had not been seen before, also made its way to Belarus. Its amount gives scientists sound alarm about a potential threat to all fruit and vegetable crops.

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