Mushrooms. Fungi and mushrooms in the Canary Islands. Flowers of the Canary Islands.

Mushrooms

Amanita muscaria

    There are no native species of the cactus family in the Canary Islands. However, some species introduced by humans are widespread throughout the archipelago, such as Opuntia ficus-indica, known as ‘tunera’ or ‘chumbera’, whose fruits are edible and were of great economic importance in centuries past.
    However, the ornamental cultivation of cacti is very widespread amongst the Canarian population, and they can be found in almost all the parks and gardens across the islands. This is particularly true of the families Opuntia, Euphorbia, Cylindropuntia, Cereus, Echinocereus and Echinopsis.
    There are also two major public cactus collections. The Lanzarote Cactus Garden, created by the painter and architect César Manrique, is home to some 4,500 specimens of 500 different species from all over the world. And Cactualdea Park, on the island of Gran Canaria, which boasts more than 1,200 species of cacti and other succulent plants brought from places as far afield as Madagascar, Mexico.