Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Leaf cup
Mealy Frosted Funnel (Clitocybe ditopus)
- among fallen Oak leaves
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
- among fallen Oak leaves
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Jungle idlies on a stick
Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare)
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Jungle idlies on a stick
Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare)
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Eat me !
Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare)
Actually, don't eat! Although not supposed to be fatally poisonous, they end up giving the eater severe nausea and diarrhoea, which in the jungle can be quite catastrophic.
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Actually, don't eat! Although not supposed to be fatally poisonous, they end up giving the eater severe nausea and diarrhoea, which in the jungle can be quite catastrophic.
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
'Shroom eats 'shroom
Bonnet Mould (Spinellus fusiger) infecting Mycena sp.
- One of the Zygomycota, Spinellus ('little spines') is grouped under Mucorales (bread molds), but this one is no bread eater. It's a genius parasite that doesn't eat its host too quickly, allowing the gilled Mycena to release its spores (ensuring a steady supply of new hosts) before digesting the host into a squishy puddle. Meanwhile, the Spinellus fusiger has lots of time to produce its asexual spores inside the sporangia (the black heads at the end of the spine), which stretch out from the host to be dispersed by wind, water, insects, animals, or photographers!
Size ref:the fallen Oak leaves
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
- One of the Zygomycota, Spinellus ('little spines') is grouped under Mucorales (bread molds), but this one is no bread eater. It's a genius parasite that doesn't eat its host too quickly, allowing the gilled Mycena to release its spores (ensuring a steady supply of new hosts) before digesting the host into a squishy puddle. Meanwhile, the Spinellus fusiger has lots of time to produce its asexual spores inside the sporangia (the black heads at the end of the spine), which stretch out from the host to be dispersed by wind, water, insects, animals, or photographers!
Size ref:the fallen Oak leaves
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
'Shroom eats 'shroom
Bonnet Mould (Spinellus fusiger) infecting Mycena sp.
- One of the Zygomycota, Spinellus ('little spines') is grouped under Mucorales (bread molds), but this one is no bread eater. It's a genius parasite that doesn't eat its host too quickly, allowing the gilled Mycena to release its spores (ensuring a steady supply of new hosts) before digesting the host into a squishy puddle. Meanwhile, the Spinellus fusiger has lots of time to produce its asexual spores inside the sporangia (the black heads at the end of the spine), which stretch out from the host to be dispersed by wind, water, insects, animals, or photographers!
Size ref:the fallen Oak leaves
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
- One of the Zygomycota, Spinellus ('little spines') is grouped under Mucorales (bread molds), but this one is no bread eater. It's a genius parasite that doesn't eat its host too quickly, allowing the gilled Mycena to release its spores (ensuring a steady supply of new hosts) before digesting the host into a squishy puddle. Meanwhile, the Spinellus fusiger has lots of time to produce its asexual spores inside the sporangia (the black heads at the end of the spine), which stretch out from the host to be dispersed by wind, water, insects, animals, or photographers!
Size ref:the fallen Oak leaves
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
'Shroom eats 'shroom
Bonnet Mould (Spinellus fusiger) infecting Mycena sp.
- One of the Zygomycota, Spinellus ('little spines') is grouped under Mucorales (bread molds), but this one is no bread eater. It's a genius parasite that doesn't eat its host too quickly, allowing the gilled Mycena to release its spores (ensuring a steady supply of new hosts) before digesting the host into a squishy puddle. Meanwhile, the Spinellus fusiger has lots of time to produce its asexual spores inside the sporangia (the black heads at the end of the spine), which stretch out from the host to be dispersed by wind, water, insects, animals, or photographers!
Size ref:the fallen Oak leaves
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
- One of the Zygomycota, Spinellus ('little spines') is grouped under Mucorales (bread molds), but this one is no bread eater. It's a genius parasite that doesn't eat its host too quickly, allowing the gilled Mycena to release its spores (ensuring a steady supply of new hosts) before digesting the host into a squishy puddle. Meanwhile, the Spinellus fusiger has lots of time to produce its asexual spores inside the sporangia (the black heads at the end of the spine), which stretch out from the host to be dispersed by wind, water, insects, animals, or photographers!
Size ref:the fallen Oak leaves
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Metals for your Omlettes
Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus)
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Considered ideal for omelettes, this one is supposed to have a high concentration of Potassium - close to half a gram per Kg of mushroom.
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Considered ideal for omelettes, this one is supposed to have a high concentration of Potassium - close to half a gram per Kg of mushroom.
Angles and Points
Leaves of the Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) against the forest canopy
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Mealy Frosted Funnel (Clitocybe ditopus)
Mealy Frosted Funnel (Clitocybe ditopus)
- Gills in view
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
- Gills in view
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Mealy Frosted Funnel (Clitocybe ditopus)
Mealy Frosted Funnel (Clitocybe ditopus)
- Gills in view
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
- Gills in view
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Bitten Cheese
Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare)
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
Hanningfield Reservoir, UK
November 2011
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