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    Carob Mushroom in Early Stage of Growth   
      
      November 29, 2022   
      
      
       Fungo di carrubo   
      
      Photographer:  Emanuele Nifosì   
      
      Summary Author:  Emanuele Nifosì   
      
      Shown above is the rather rare carob mushroom I came across in Regusa,   
      Sicily (Italy). The scientific name of this yellow-orange fungus is   
      " Laetiporus sulphureus." This year, due to the drought, these   
      mushrooms were even more rare. They can be found on the lower trunk of   
      some  carob trees, or, even more rarely, on the trunks of  almond   
      trees. August and September, after a rainy day or two, is when the   
      Carob mushroom begins to grow.   
      
      The  fruiting body of the fungus grows in only a small percentage of   
      carob trees for two reasons: firstly, because it’s generated by a   
      secondary parasite that manages to "infect" the tree only through   
      wounds; secondly, because the carob tree is widespread, but in a very   
      narrow climatic belt. In Italy, about 70% of this species exists in the   
      province of  Ragusa. Note that this mushroom also forms on deciduous   
      trees such as chestnut, beech or eucalyptus, but when it does it seems   
      to develop a certain toxicity, which is why it’s considered edible only   
      when plucked from carob or almond trees -- after boiling. Photo taken   
      on September 11, 2022.   
      
      Photo details: Nikon D700 camera; Nikkor lens 70-210: ISO 400; f. 5/6;   
      1/100 second exposure.   
      Contrada Cuturi, Regusa, Sicily, Italy Coordinates: 36,815488,   
      14,700164   
      
      
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