Stamp: Polyporus umbellatus. (Maldives 1992)
Polyporus umbellatus. (Maldives 1992)
14 May (Maldives ) within release Mushrooms goes into circulation Stamp Polyporus umbellatus. face value 5 Maldivian rufiyaa
| Stamp Polyporus umbellatus. in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:MV 1732 |
| Stamp Number: | Sn:MV 1706 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Mushrooms:
- Stamp - Laetiporus sulphureus. face value 10;
- Stamp - Coprinus atramentarius face value 25;
- Stamp - Gandoderma lucidum. face value 50;
- Stamp - Russula aurata. face value 3.50;
- Stamp - Polyporus umbellatus. face value 5;
- Stamp - Suillus grevillei. face value 8;
- Stamp - Clavaria zollingeri. face value 10;
- Stamp - Cep (Boletus edulis) face value 25;
- Souvenir Sheet - Marasmius oreades. face value 25;
- Souvenir Sheet - Pycnoporus cinnabarinus face value 25;
Stamp Polyporus umbellatus. it reflects the thematic directions:
A mushroom (or toadstool) is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing. lamella) on the underside of the cap. These gills produce microscopic spores that help the fungus spread across the ground or its occupant surface. "Mushroom" describes a variety of gilled fungi, with or without stems, and the term is used even more generally, to describe both the fleshy fruiting bodies of some Ascomycota and the woody or leathery fruiting bodies of some Basidiomycota, depending upon the context of the word. Forms deviating from the standard morphology usually have more specific names, such as "bolete", "puffball", "stinkhorn", and "morel", and gilled mushrooms themselves are often called "agarics" in reference to their similarity to Agaricus or their order Agaricales. By extension, the term "mushroom" can also designate the entire fungus when in culture; the thallus (called a mycelium) of species forming the fruiting bodies called mushrooms; or the species itself.
