Moldova Stamps: Mushrooms (IV)

INTRODUCTION

On 27 March 2010, the Post Office of Moldova (Poșta Moldovei) issued a series of postage stamps with the title Mushrooms (IV). The issue comprises four stamps, with associated cancellation (postmark) and first day cover (FDC). The designer was Iurie Palkov. The printing was performed by Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău.

ABOUT THE THEME

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) or pores on the underside of the cap. Read more..

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ISSUE DETAILS

Original Date of Issue: March 27, 2010
Michel Catalogue Numbers: 694-697
Artist/Designer: Iurie Palkov
Printer: Tipografia Centrală, Chişinău
You can see the full details of this series here.

POSTAGE STAMPS

№ 694 | Peppery Milk-cap (Lactarius Piperatus)

Peppery Milk-cap (Lactarius Piperatus)

Michel Catalogue No: 694
Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.50:14
Size: 27.50 x 46.00 mm
Face Value: 1.2 Lei
Quantity Printed: 220,000

Lactarius piperatus, commonly known as the peppery milk-cap is a semi-edible basidiomycete fungus of the genus Lactarius. Despite being edible, it is not recommended due to its poor taste, though can be used as seasoning when dried. The fruiting body is a creamy-white mushroom which is funnel-shaped when mature, with exceptionally crowded gills. It bleeds a whitish peppery-tasting milk when cut. Widely distributed across Europe and eastern North America, Lactarius piperatus has been accidentally introduced to Australia. Mycorrhizal, it forms a symbiotic relationship with various species of deciduous tree, including beech, and hazel, and fruiting bodies are found on the forest floor in deciduous woodland. Read more..

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№ 695 | Panther Cap (Amanita Pantherina)

Panther Cap (Amanita Pantherina)

Michel Catalogue No: 695
Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.50:14
Size: 27.50 x 46.00 mm
Face Value: 2 Lei
Quantity Printed: 120,000

Amanita pantherina var. pantherina, also known as the panther cap and false blusher due to its similarity to the true blusher (Amanita rubescens), is a species of fungus found in Europe and Western Asia. Read more..

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№ 696 | Bloody Brittlegill (Russula Sanguinea)

Bloody Brittlegill (Russula Sanguinea)

Michel Catalogue No: 696
Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.50:14
Size: 27.50 x 46.00 mm
Face Value: 5.4 Lei
Quantity Printed: 70,000

Russula sanguinaria, commonly known as the bloody brittlegill, is a strikingly coloured mushroom, a member of the Russula genus, which has the common name of brittlegills. It is bright blood-red, inedible, and grows in association with coniferous trees. It was previously widely known as Russula sanguinea. Read more..

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№ 697 | Magpie Fungus (Coprinus Picaceus)

Magpie Fungus (Coprinus Picaceus)

Michel Catalogue No: 697
Perforation Type/Size: Comb 14.50:14
Size: 27.50 x 46.00 mm
Face Value: 7 Lei
Quantity Printed: 70,000

Coprinopsis picacea is a species of fungus in the Psathyrellaceae. It is commonly called Magpie Fungus. It is native to Britain. It was first described in 1785 by French mycologist Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1785 as Agaricus picaceus. This poisonous species can sometimes be confused with the edible Coprinus comatus. Read more..

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