Did you know that such an incredibly beautiful mushroom exists, called Gyroporus cyanescens, popularly known as the "Bruise" (Sinyak), and looking as though it had been painted in Gzhel blue?

The mushroom is edible, and moreover very tasty. In Russia it grows in mixed forests, most often under birches, and is listed in the Red Book

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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Frederic Leighton

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Did you know that such an incredibly beautiful mushroom exists, called Gyroporus cyanescens, popularly known as the "Bruise" (Sinyak), and looking as though it had been painted in Gzhel blue?

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

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