Stavroula Fatsa

Human intervention in nature before and after a forest fire: Myths and reality

I am returning after eight years. Have we learned anything from the devastating fire of 2017? The outcome suggests that...

White Corals in the Forest

Clavaria fragilis Holmsk. In the darkest corners of the forest, the fragile clavaria suddenly appears before me like pure white coral. The...

Tapinskaya, the pan-like

Tapinella panuoides (Fr.) E.-GilbertSyn. Paxillus panoides (Fr.) Fr., Paxillus fagi Berk.&Broome, Paxillus panuoides var.fagi (Berk &Broome) Cooke, Crepidotus...

Agaric the blond

Agaricus xanthodermus Genev. Syn. Pratella xanthoderma (Genev.) Gillet, Psalliota xanthoderma (Genev.) Richon & Roze A fairly common mushroom throughout Europe and North America. It usually grows...

Maries in Kythira

Macrolepiota phaeodisca Bellu Macrolepiota phaeodisca A fairly common mushroom in southern Europe. It grows in sunny grasslands depending on weather conditions...

Avrineoi in Kythira, Avronies in Crete, Dioskouria the common

Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin Syn. Tamus communis L. A climbing plant that can reach a height of 3 m. Native to the Mediterranean...
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Asphodel

Asphodelus L. The genus includes seventeen species of perennial plants native to western, central, and southern Europe. Many of them have...

Greek cumin…

Hellenocarum multiflorum (Sm.) H.Wolff 1927 Carum multiflorum (Sm.) Boiss. Syn. Athamanta multiflora Sm. In an earlier classification, the plant I am presenting here belonged to...

Yoskyamos the white

Hyoscyamus albus L. Syn. Hyoscyamus varians Vis, Hyoscyamus major Mill., Hyoscyamus aureus sensu Gouan,non L.SolanaceaeAn annual or biennial plant with hairy hairs, with a...

Brassica brassica

Gymnopus brassicolens (Romagn.) Antonin & Noordel. Syn. Micromphale brassicolens (Romagn.) P.D. Orton Syn. Marasmius brassicolens Romagn, Collybia brassicolens Quite common, relatively small mushroom (diameter...

Anthemida on glass

Anthemis rigida Boiss ex Heldr. subsp.liguliflora (Halacsy) Greuter Syn. Anthemis pusilla Greuter subsp. liguliflora (Halacsy) W. Greuter & Rech.f. Anthemis rigid subspecies...

Spring bulbs: “Bitter in the mouth, sweet in the body!”

Leopoldia comosa (L.) Parl. Leopoldia comosa Syn. Muscari comosum (L.) Mill. Hyacinthus comosus (L.) Mill. Perennial bulbous plant, native to the Mediterranean and...