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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: rosko on October 20, 2019, 12:24:13
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I am fond of wild mushrooms...
There are many growing this year
I love pick up them, cook them, eat them and of course photograph them...
I you are like that, don't hesitate to feed this thread.
1# A ''nest'' of penny buns or ceps. (Boletus edulis).
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2# Boletus edulis.
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3# Boletus edulis.
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4# Fly Agaric. Amanita muscaria.
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5# the same, but older.
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6# End of life... :o
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7# Not sure about this one...
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Some with 300mm f/4 PF except #5, no identifications:
#1
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3662452035.jpg)
#2
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3662452034.jpg)
#3
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3662452040.jpg)
#4
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3662452041.jpg)
#5
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3662452788.jpg)
#6
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3662462451.jpg)
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Wow, looks like a promising thread.
Thank you for starting it, Francis! Thank you for the contribution, Øivind!
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Some with 300mm f/4 PF except #5, no identifications:
Øivind, the first pic looks like the Caesar's mushroom, but it should show an orange cap, so it might be the poisonous fly agaric without white spots.
The last one is the yellow Stagshorn (Calocera viscosa).
Nice series, BTW ! ;)
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Wow, looks like a promising thread.
Thank you for starting it, Francis! Thank you for the contribution, Øivind!
Thanks for stopping by, Akira ! :)
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8# Boletus edulis again !
The king of edible wild mushrooms... :P :P
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Very very interesting seeing these photos.
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Cantharellus cibarius - golden chanterelle mushroom. This was growing at an unusual place for the species, overhanging the water at at edge of a lake (Store Åklungen, Oslo), only visible when swimming. It cost me an attack of swimmers rash, exploring the shallows to pick it for firm identification.
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3671200215.jpg)
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I do hope it tasted good, Øivind !!
Swimmer's rash is a nasty experience, by the way. One never know when one is attacked. Once happened to me in an alpine lake in a pristine mountainous setting :(
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The essential notion of fungi: the pretty yet dangerous Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria. An old capture done with the 10mm f/5.6 OP-fisheye-Nikkor and a remote-controlled camera.
At that time, I used the lens in its stock configuration thus near focus capability was limited. I attempted to make the most out of the restricted range available, however.
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Last week I visited a forest on mount Rodopi in the North of Greece very close to the border with Bulgaria.
I took some shots of mushrooms, my first ones ever. I did not have the time to check the names, so here they are.
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Thanks guys.
Wonderful Ceps and Chanterelles.
Get the pan on, melt the butter, get the shallots diced....!
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Thanks guys.
Wonderful Ceps and Chanterelles.
Get the pan on, melt the butter, get the shallots diced....!
Colin, you are connoisseur ! ;)
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I do hope it tasted good, Øivind !!
Swimmer's rash is a nasty experience, by the way. One never know when one is attacked. Once happened to me in an alpine lake in a pristine mountainous setting :(
Thanks for commenting, Birna. It was really not enough of the cantarels to prepare them, and they got water soaked and indelicate :( (this one was the nicest looking one). Yes the swimmers rash was nasty, got quite an immune reaction, like the first of season's mosquito bites, just much worse. A telltale sign is when you suddenly feel like you got several insect bites shortly after getting out of the water. Interestingly it only hit one arm, with more than half a dozen "bites", and one or two where the arm would touch the body. It must have been on some substrate that I touched/hung on to when picking the cantarels. The person who was with me and swam out from shore did not get it. Lots of ducks were around that can be the parasites' target carriers, snails the other middle host for the parasites.
Getting it in a pristine mountain lake, that must have been disappointing. I guess both birds and snails may be around, but usually it is not warm enough for the parasites to thrive.
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Colin, you are connoisseur ! ;)
I can't claim that.
But some of these made me hungry.
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Some with 300mm f/4 PF except #5, no identifications:
#1
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3662452035.jpg)
Amanita caesarea is a little more orange (and gills are creamy yellow), this one is more probably a Russula emetica, but from one photo and one angle it's impossible to identify it for sure.
Anyway, the white marks at cap's border tell for sure it's not an Amanita caesarea
Ciao from Massimo
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Shelf fungus (Polyporus sp.)
Norway, just below the Polar Circle. Rock hard, on a live birch tree.
It seems that every year a new layer grows on top of previous years' layers.
Ciao from Massimo
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Norway, just below the Polar Circle. Rock hard, on a live birch tree.
It seems that every year a new layer grows on top of previous years' layers.
Definitely not edible... ;D
below, a very moist one.
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The forests around me are filled to capacity with winter chanterelles Cantharellus tubaeformis this time of the year. Evidently they have a splendid season and we share the felicity :).
A tiny fraction of what was collected today ... snapped with my mobile.
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Amanita caesarea is a little more orange (and gills are creamy yellow), this one is more probably a Russula emetica, but from one photo and one angle it's impossible to identify it for sure.
Anyway, the white marks at cap's border tell for sure it's not an Amanita caesarea
Ciao from Massimo
Thanks for further attempts to identify this specimen, Massimo. Unfortunately I did not capture images from any other angles.
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The forests around me are filled to capacity with winter chanterelles Cantharellus tubaeformis this time of the year. Evidently they have a splendid season and we share the felicity :).
A tiny fraction of what was collected today ... snapped with my mobile.
You got a mobile with a camera Birna??? :o
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You got a mobile with a camera Birna??? :o
By necessity not by intention. My old one gave up the ghost after approx. 15 years of service.
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Some nice specimens, in lovely autumn light
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Amanita pantherina
Poisonous, not deadly, its habitat is the same as that of the good Boleti.
Ciao from Massimo
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Late autumnal creatures:
(https://otoien.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3687483475.jpg)
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49001879546_f92b6d6357_o.jpg)
D500, 70-210mm f/4-5.6 nearfield the lens is sharp focusing distance is a hit or miss story.
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48989888543_7460e44d8a_o.jpg)
D850, 105mm f/1.4 @ f/2
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Fiocchetto di Culatello
There's more autumnal creatures than mushrooms... This is the period of the year when swines are sacrificed, and the results can be appreciated one year after.
Here's a 2.6 kg Fiocchetto di Culatello, from last year's pork
In the Parma area this time of the year they have November Porc (a pun on the Oktoberfest, with pork as a theme)
Ciao from Massimo
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Boletus luridus
This one is edible, although the name is somewhat unattractive. (=filthy boletus)
#31 looks like an Amanita rubescens, edible
Ciao from Masssimo
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Nice creature, Massimo !
Another edible bolete : Bay bolete (Xerocomus badius). Tubes get bluish when touched. It's a good one although I prefer Penny buns (boletus edulis).
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Nice creature, Massimo !
Another edible bolete : Bay bolete (Xerocomus badius). Tubes get bluish when touched. It's a good one although I prefer Penny buns (boletus edulis).
Penny buns (aka Cèpes de Bordeaux) have no color change, and we eat the young specimens uncooked, as a salad with very thinly sliced boleti, very thinly sliced parmesan, and olive oil. A super experience! In the same league as truffle.
Ciao from Massimo
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Penny buns (aka Cèpes de Bordeaux) have no color change, and we eat the young specimens uncooked, as a salad with very thinly sliced boleti, very thinly sliced parmesan, and olive oil. A super experience! In the same league as truffle.
I know Italians are fond of ceps ! they prefer the very young one to make carpaccio, as you said. To my taste, I prefer the older ones when the tubes are turning from yellow to pale green. I reckon they are more ''tasty'', as flavours are developed when older.
When I pick-up few kilos, I deep fry them, put them in jars with sunflower oil, and then sterilise them in boiling water 2 hours.
Yummy !
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The very common field mushroom.
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Great thread you've started Francis!
I do like mushrooms but never pick them myself for eating .. but they are fascinating and fun to get close to with a camera, including the deadly ones :)
Here are some devouring an old tree - and a close up of some that looks like "bacon mushrooms".
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Found this in my local wood, don't what it is ???
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Found this in my local wood, don't what it is ???
Nice colour Bent .. almost looks like wine gum. But could be Tremella mesenterica (Gul bævresvamp in danish).
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Great thread you've started Francis!
Thanks, Lars !
Here are some devouring an old tree - and a close up of some that looks like "bacon mushrooms".
Yes, crispy bacon ! ;D
Below, tiny creature invading a cattle poo.
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Seeing these photos has been a real treat. Here in North America we also have boletes, chantarelles, shelf fungi of various sorts, and amanitas including fly agaric, among many others. In lowland California where I live, the rainy season has started and mushrooms are popping up. Next time I go on a hike with a camera I'll keep my eyes peeled.
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Nice colour Bent .. almost looks like wine gum. But could be Tremella mesenterica (Gul bævresvamp in danish).
Thank you Lars.
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I'm going through my images for autumnal creatures .. found these
Shot #1 .. these are a bit too "tender" for me to decide the species.
Not sure, but I think #2 and #3 are edible: Coprinus comatus (lawyer's wig .. in danish, Paryk blækhat)
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Thanks, Lars !
Yes, crispy bacon ! ;D
Below, tiny creature invading a cattle poo.
I guess, not the first ones you would pick for eating .. ;D
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I guess, not the first ones you would pick for eating .. ;D
Definitely not, Lars ! ;D
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Too many mushrrom and fungi induced deaths here in Australia for me to pick from the field. Maybe the fungii one finds in European forests are safer - I most certainly hope so. Pretty though.
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Not sure, but I think #2 and #3 are edible: Coprinus comatus (lawyer's wig .. in danish, Paryk blækhat)
There are, but only young.
Below :
Taken 3 years ago on 14 December. Didn't find any clue for identification.
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Francis - thanks for the advice.
Very nice shot. I'm no expert, only curious. Maybe it's Laccaria amethystinathe. It's common, colour is special and its shape can be both curved and depressed. It has gills and they have same violet colour.
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#1: A Puffball - Lycoperdon perlatum as far as I've googled..
#2: An invasion of mushrooms. Looks like Ink caps (Coprinus atramentarius) and probably other species.
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There are, but only young.
Below :
Taken 3 years ago on 14 December. Didn't find any clue for identification.
Could be Rhodopaxillus nudus, edible but only after cooking.
That was the name by which I knew it as a child (when my father was teaching me mushrooms), now they have changed its name to Lepista nuda. Commonplace but confusing habit to change the names, so a mushroom has at least two-three aliases, like pornstars... It is also known as Agaricus nudus; Clitocybe nuda; Gyrophila nuda; Tricholoma nudum
Ciao from Massimo
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Thanks, Lars and Massimo !
Taken today, a dried one :
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Probably from Polypotus family.
Turkeytails.
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2020 new autumnal creatures...
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Thanks, Lars and Massimo !
Taken today, a dried one :
And thank you Francis for that last nice series!
Here is another dried one I found on a forrest hike not long ago. Pretty big one - or maybe two growing very close. And a few smaller ones on a broken tree.
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Amanita phalloides and Amanita citrina side by side
Deadly poisonous (on left) and edible (on right). Easy to get confused if you are not an expert. AVOID BOTH
Amanita citrina smells of potato, A.phalloides has a foulish smell, especially the older samples.
Ciao from Massimo
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Gyroporus cyanescens aka Boletus cyanescens
Turns pale green when sliced, after some minutes the greenish tinge vanishes.
NOT NECESSARILY a sign of poison, as a matter of fact this one is quite good. We made a fantastic risotto with mushroom sauce
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Nikon 1 AW1, AW 10mm/2.8+Olympus FCON-T01
Ciao from Massimo
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Wow, Francis, Lars and Massimo collectively offer amazing series of mushrooms! Thank you for sharing!
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Wow, Francis, Lars and Massimo collectively offer amazing series of mushrooms! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Akira!
More pictures to come, as this fall the mushroom presence in woods has been massive.
Ciao from Massimo
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@ Lars
@ Akira
Thanks for commenting.
@ Massimo : very similar mushrooms your are showing ! ???
Below :
Boletus pinicola (left)
Boletus edulis (twinted, top right)
Definitely my fav wild mushrooms... :P
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@ Massimo : very similar mushrooms your are showing ! ???
Below :
Boletus pinicola (left)
Boletus edulis (twinted, top right)
Definitely my fav wild mushrooms... :P
Same here, definitely!
Boletus aereus and Boletus regius
The ones with the blackish cap and white tubes are B.aereus, the B.regius (quite rare in my area, first time I found it in 50 years) has a reddish tinge in the cap and yellow tubes.
Ciao from Massimo
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Boletus aereus and Boletus regius
The ones with the blackish cap and white tubes are B.aereus, the B.regius (quite rare in my area, first time I found it in 50 years) has a reddish tinge in the cap and yellow tubes.
Ciao from Massimo
Are these fungi "porcini"?
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Are these fungi "porcini"?
In italian, yes! (meaning "little pigs"). But we have many other regional names (for example, Brisa, Bronzino, Ciupadello, Caponero, Moccicone, Mocciardone, Biodo, etc...)
For example, the B.aereus is known in France as Tête de nègre for the resemblance of the color to a black man's head.
Here's another one, same Boletus family, but not edible: it's called Strobilomyces strobilaceus aka Old Man of the Woods. Has the looks of a furry tortoise (imaginary animal...)
Ciao from Massimo
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In italian, yes! (meaning "little pigs"). But we have many other regional names (for example, Brisa, Bronzino, Ciupadello, Caponero, Moccicone, Mocciardone, Biodo, etc...)
For example, the B.aereus is known in France as Tête de nègre for the resemblance of the color to a black man's head.
Here's another one, same Boletus family, but not edible: it's called Strobilomyces strobilaceus aka Old Man of the Woods. Has the looks of a furry tortoise (imaginary animal...)
Ciao from Massimo
Maasimo, thank you for the details. Here in Japan, the specialty autumn fungi from Italy is mostly known as "Porcini". I have tasted them and love them!
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Maasimo, thank you for the details. Here in Japan, the specialty autumn fungi from Italy is mostly known as "Porcini". I have tasted them and love them!
Only these four species will have the honor of being called Porcini, two of them are depicted in Francis' above photo, one of them in one of mine:
Boletus aereus
Boletus edulis
Boletus pinicola
Boletus reticulatus (aka B.aestivalis)
but then you may encounter a mushroom picker that will tell you he collected Porcini in the morning, and the next inevitable question is "the real ones?" ;) Mushroom pickers are like fishermen...
A group of mushrooms with no food value, but a beautiful composition (Mycena renati aka Beautiful Bonnet)
Ciao from Massimo
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Beautiful structure Massimo
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Beautiful structure Massimo
Indeed, yes. Thank you for the additional explanation, Massimo!
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Thanks, Akira and Paco!
Here's the underside of three wild Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) with the gills giving a nice optical effect.
BTW, this is one of the few wild mushrooms which can be cultivated. Taste is not the same as the wild ones...
Ciao from Massimo
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Trametes versicolor (aka Coriolus versicolor, aka Turkeytail)
A nice wood mushroom, has been the object of antitumoral research.
Has a huge variation in color, you can see a blacker variant by Francis higher up in this page
Ciao from Massimo
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Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
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Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
Beautifully textured fungi, lovely picture Kim
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Trametes versicolor (aka Coriolus versicolor, aka Turkeytail)
A nice wood mushroom, has been the object of antitumoral research.
Has a huge variation in color, you can see a blacker variant by Francis higher up in this page
Ciao from Massimo
As you say, the variety of colors on the mushroom is indeed intriguing!
Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
Yes, I love the exquisite appearance of them!
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Nice shot, Kim !
All very sharp, although not in the same focus.
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Nice shot, Kim !
All very sharp, although not in the same focus.
Thanks!
It is a stack of 4 images.
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Thanks!
It is a stack of 4 images.
No wonder is so sharp ! ;) I use this way some times !
Perfect technique for wild mushrooms in the woods when not enough light and thus no stopping down too much.
Very well done !
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Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
Great shot, Kim. We definitely don't have these in Southern California!
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Found on a tree in Córdoba, Spain.
Z6, 60mm 2.8G
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Found on a tree in Córdoba, Spain.
Z6, 60mm 2.8G
hmm, looks like a pancake snake. Great colours.
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Calendar says autumn around here.
I think this one is Fuligo Septica - Troldsmør in Danish (Troll butter).
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Probably Amanita Citrina - False Death Cap.
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I do not know the identity of this mushroom.
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I do not know the identity of this mushroom.
Looks like Shaggy parasol. ;)
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Thanks rosco. This individual has vanished. If I spot another of its' kind I'll photograph the stem and gills to more or less confirm identification.
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A few more.
First one is probably Meripilus Giganteus - it was quite large :-)
Second one - maybe same species but couldn't see their surface.
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Probably Amanita Citrina - False Death Cap.
Definitely Amanita citrina: positive identification is its smell of potatoes, contrary to the Death Cap (A.phalloides), which has little or no smell (young samples). Still it's a mushroom to avoid, not having any culinary uses.
On account of recent rains, mushrooms are popping up everywhere in my area (N Italy). In the Alps, August has been a very good period for collection of edible mushrooms.
Ciao from Massimo
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Definitely Amanita citrina: positive identification is its smell of potatoes, contrary to the Death Cap (A.phalloides), which has little or no smell (young samples). Still it's a mushroom to avoid, not having any culinary uses.
On account of recent rains, mushrooms are popping up everywhere in my area (N Italy). In the Alps, August has been a very good period for collection of edible mushrooms, while in the plains (Po valley) nothing was to be spotted.
Ciao from Massimo
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Definitely Amanita citrina: positive identification is its smell of potatoes, contrary to the Death Cap (A.phalloides), which has little or no smell (young samples). Still it's a mushroom to avoid, not having any culinary uses.
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Ciao from Massimo
Thanks for the verification and elaboration Massimo - I didn't get close enough to notice any smell of potatoes.
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Taken in the woods in Michigan this morning. Had missed it on my hike out, was hurrying back because of rain, and couldn't pass it up.
Panasonic GH4. 60mm macro, hand held, leaning against against a downed log. 1/10 sec, ISO 500, f/9
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A Porcelain fungus
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Wow Kim! Very nicely portayed, it really stands up to its name.
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Wow Kim! Very nicely portayed, it really stands up to its name.
+1 :)
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Wow Kim! Very nicely portayed, it really stands up to its name.
+2 :)
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Commelina cummunis - Asiatic Dayflower
Attractive, but an undesirable weed on our pastures.
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Sun and cloudy day. Rendition of Blue diminished by sunlight. A different flower.
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Bob:
Quite attractive indeed . Your comment about it reminds me of Datura (moonflower) which grows here, is amazingly beautiful, but posionous.
Randy
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Parasol mushrooms
Possibly Coprinus sp.
Nikon Df, AFS-VRII Nikkor 70-200mm/2.8
Ciao from Massimo
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Sun and cloudy day. Rendition of Blue diminished by sunlight. A different flower.
It’s showing off as much as a mandarin duck!
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Commelina cummunis - Asiatic Dayflower
Attractive, but an undesirable weed on our pastures.
I don't know where are your pastures, Bob, but I saw and shot this nice flower in the Southwest of France.
Rated as ''invasive specie''.
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Parasol mushrooms
Possibly Coprinus sp.
Nikon Df, AFS-VRII Nikkor 70-200mm/2.8
Ciao from Massimo
I don't think I have seen this elegant mushroom before.
Very nice !
I'd have however got rid of the background one, just my taste. ;)
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A Porcelain fungus
A pure delight, Kim !
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Beautiful specimen shown here!
Z6, Voigtländer 90mm f/3.5
Amanita muscaria, fly agaric
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Great shot, Fons!
Well Done.
Bellow : Bay bolete. Very good edible bolete, but rather laxative if you eat too many.
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Some Parasol mushrooms from the West Coast of Wales last month
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Some early autumn Welsh coastal wildlife
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Interesting Lichen, Colin!
I like this ochre color. :)
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Autumnal Tokyo Mantis
500mm reflex nikkor + 1.4tc
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Great shot, Fons!
Well Done.
Bellow : Bay bolete. Very good edible bolete, but rather laxative if you eat too many.
Thank you Francis
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A rather jaunty Parasol mushroom
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4# Fly Agaric. Amanita muscaria.
Loved these mushrooms
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Not exactly autumnal.. :)
Fomitopsis pinicola - red-belted conk.
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Mobile shot. Crowded .. :)
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Lars you have been active, nice image btw.
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Mycena.
Probably arrived after I had to remove my dead Sorbus that didn't survive the hot summers.
They only lasted a few days ;-)
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Lars you have been active, nice image btw.
Yes Fons - new toys and some nice trips recently ;)
Thanks .. unfortunately only had the mobile.
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Mycena.
Probably arrived after I had to remove my dead Sorbus that didn't survive the hot summers.
They only lasted a few days ;-)
Very nice John - great you spotted them in time!
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Thanks Lars. Like your crowded mushrooms too. Probably a different species than the Mycena.
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I found this tiny beastie growing in my compost heap.
About 6cm high
Anyone know the name?
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Thanks Lars. Like your crowded mushrooms too. Probably a different species than the Mycena.
Thanks John - maybe some cousins in the Mycena family but not sure - I found them on a decaying tree stump and Mycena are usually (quote:) decayers (saprotrophs).
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I found this tiny beastie growing in my compost heap.
About 6cm high
Anyone know the name?
Colin - with the long stem and blackened liquid cap then take a look at Coprinus species - ink caps.
According to Wikipedia: Coprinus means "living on dung" - living on your compost heap :)
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Clathrus Cancellatus
You can smell this one from tens of meters away, it smells of cadaver, attracts flies and they get stuck in its sticky flesh
Nikon Z7, 60mm f/2.8G AF-S N ED micro-Nikkor + FTZ
Ciao from Massimo
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I found this tiny beastie growing in my compost heap.
About 6cm high
Anyone know the name?
Coprinus lagopus
Found this one in yesterday's stroll across the mountains, your sample shows a mushroom in an advanced state of decay: the edge starts rolling up and blackening, eventually it melts into a black puddle (deliquescence).
My sample had probably just emerged from the leaves and humus in the forest, it's translucent to the point that you can see through it. In the forest it looked like someone had lost some liquor glasses...
Nikon Z7, 60mm f/2.8G AF-S N ED micro-Nikkor + FTZ
Ciao from Massimo
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Clathrus Cancellatus
You can smell this one from tens of meters away, it smells of cadaver, attracts flies and they get stuck in its sticky flesh
Nikon Z7, 60mm f/2.8G AF-S N ED micro-Nikkor + FTZ
Ciao from Massimo
Wow, this looks beautiful and scary at the same time. Thank you for sharing!
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Wow, this looks beautiful and scary at the same time. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Akira!
Please note the pentagonal shape of each facet, just like a football (soccer) sphere, allowing for a spherical shape. Had it been hexagonal, you'd have had a bidimensional mushroom...
Ciao from Massimo
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Thank you Lars and Massimo
Coprinus lagopus
... your sample shows a mushroom in an advanced state of decay: the edge starts rolling up and blackening, eventually it melts into a black puddle (deliquescence).
Fascinating
Plus your Clathrus is amazing Massimo
With that reputation, I'm happy to gaze at its fascinating structure and colour, without being overcome by the smell ;)
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Phallus impudicus
growing in the street
Zfc - 23mm f.1.4
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Phallus impudicus
growing in the street
I love it when nature reminds us who's really in charge Fons :)
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Phallus impudicus
growing in the street
Zfc - 23mm f.1.4
Not a Phallus impudicus, see for comparison this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_impudicus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_impudicus), it's a Coprinus type fungus, possibly a Coprinus comatus. You can tell by the blackening edge of the mushroom. Phallus impudicus has a greenish tinge (Wikipedia descibes it as "...with a slimy, dark olive colored conical head.", and it stinks to high heaven, just like the Clathrus cancellatus.
You can see a Coprinus comatus on the attached photo, notice the less robust stem compared to phallus impudicus, which has a dicky appearence (phallus=male member)
Nikon Z7, 60mm f/2.8G AF-S N ED micro-Nikkor
Ciao from Massimo
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Thanks Colin and Massimo for the clarification
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...Phallus impudicus, see for comparison this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_impudicus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_impudicus)
I think you were understandably being modest by just posting the link to the Common Stinkhorn Massimo
(well that's one English name for it).
A long, long time ago I did a Biology degree. The head of the faculty was a Botanist and one autumn he took great delight in bringing back a very well endowed example of this.
It was put on full display (under a tall domed glass container) in the front entrance, so everyone arriving would walk past it.
Nowadays, that might not be considered politically correct (though of course perfectly fine in that faculty)
I wonder if any of our NG searchers for Autumnal Creatures will find an example to share here?
:)
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I wonder if any of our NG searchers for Autumnal Creatures will find an example to share here?
I'm pretty sure I have a pic somewhere, but it could be in the remaining 24000 color slides I haven't scanned yet... A quick look in the -many- pics of my digital database turned up nothing.
For the time being, here's another mushroom from last outing, a Coriolus versicolor (Turkey tail):
NIKON Z7, 60mm f/2.8G AF-S N ED micro-Nikkor + FTZ
Ciao from Massimo
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September 17, 2017
IR image, D5300, 18-140mm
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As far as I can see this is Pholiota squarrosa. Shaggy scalycap.
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Interesting Lars
One fungus I see a lot in the UK (and over a period of several weeks from September until well into October) has the UK name of the parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)
I noticed some similarities with the scaling on the top, though the colours are quite different.
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Interesting Lars
One fungus I see a lot in the UK (and over a period of several weeks from September until well into October) has the UK name of the parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera)
I noticed some similarities with the scaling on the top, though the colours are quite different.
Many thanks Colin. You could easily be right that it is the parasol mushroom I've photographed. I didn't check or take a shot of the stem which is too sloppy :-[ The parasol mushroom can be large, and these were more average in size. Colour wise - it was shot in the afternoon in the shadow under some trees so could be the white balance. I might go back and take a shot of the stem - it seems the Pholiota squarrosa have scales on the stem.
Btw., a great shot, the first one - lovely landscape in the background!
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I also took a shot of these - mostly because of the light. Fomes fomentarius is my immediate guess because they are common here.
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Many thanks Colin. You could easily be right that it is the parasol mushroom I've photographed. I didn't check or take a shot of the stem which is too sloppy :-[ The parasol mushroom can be large, and these were more average in size. Colour wise - it was shot in the afternoon in the shadow under some trees so could be the white balance. I might go back and take a shot of the stem - it seems the Pholiota squarrosa have scales on the stem.
One way to disinguish the L.procera for sure is the unattached ring on the stem, it moves freely up and down without breaking. It shows very well in Colin's pic #2. On other mushrooms, if you attempt the operation, very likely you'll rip off the ring
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Feeding on a dead birch.
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Btw., a great shot, the first one - lovely landscape in the background!
Thanks Lars
It's a great viewpoint with England, then Wales spreading out in front of you.
Using my Google Pixel phone made it simple to get the low, wide viewpoint
Feeding on a dead birch.
As the saying goes, small but beautifully formed
There are exquisite Tom.
the unattached ring on the stem...moves freely up and down without breaking.
It shows very well in Colin's pic #2.
Thanks Massimo.
One of the benefits of a mobile phone is it can often get into places that I (or my DSLR) can't:)
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Agaricus nudus
When I was a boy, the name was a more boisterous Rhodopaxillus nudus, but then they changed the name -several times-
It becomes a full time job to follow the quirks of scientists reorganising the classification of mushrooms
Mushroom is poisonous unless properly cooked. Flavor is *not* spectacular
Nikon Z7, FTZ + 60mm f/2.8G AF-S N ED micro-Nikkor
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Agaricus nudus
When I was a boy, the name was a more boisterous Rhodopaxillus nudus, but then they changed the name -several times-
It becomes a full time job to follow the quirks of scientists reorganising the classification of mushrooms
Mushroom is poisonous unless properly cooked. Flavor is *not* spectacular
Nikon Z7, FTZ + 60mm f/2.8G AF-S N ED micro-Nikkor
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Does it have a blue umbrella?
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Does it have a blue umbrella?
It is a beautiful opalescent blue tending to violet, entirely blue in youngsters, forming a brownish center cap in the mature ones
More specimes follow
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It is a beautiful opalescent blue tending to violet, entirely blue in youngsters, forming a brownish center cap in the mature ones
More specimes follow
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Thank you for the details, Massimo. That is really unique and beautiful!
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It is a beautiful opalescent blue tending to violet, entirely blue in youngsters, forming a brownish center cap in the mature ones
Fascinating Massimo
Don't think the first 2 are related to yours.
I found all of these in the "wild flower" area of our allotment
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Macrolepiota procera
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from todays walk in the forest.
105mm f2.8 MC @f3.2, Z6
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Bent, I´m loving what you did here; and I have gas syndrome with this lens; and you are not helping one bit...
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Bent, I´m loving what you did here; and I have gas syndrome with this lens; and you are not helping one bit...
Sorry, it is quite amazing, works wonderful as a portrait lens as well ;)
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Thanks ;D
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I want one too!
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Robust brackets
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Robust brackets
Very nice find and shots, Colin.
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A fascinating find on a forest hike yesterday - a large specimen and if I'm correct it's a coral tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides). I found a smaller specimen back in 2015 and it's a rare species in Denmark.
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Very nice find and picture, Lars!
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A fascinating find on a forest hike yesterday - a large specimen and if I'm correct it's a coral tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides). I found a smaller specimen back in 2015 and it's a rare species in Denmark.
Great find and capture,..!
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A fascinating find on a forest hike yesterday - a large specimen and if I'm correct it's a coral tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides). I found a smaller specimen back in 2015 and it's a rare species in Denmark.
That looks superb Lars
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Many thanks Kim, Fons and Colin. I received a confirmation yesterday that it is the Hericium coralloides - not that there are many other species to confuse it with.
Shot with Z7 and Z 50/1.8 S at f5.6.
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A group of Agaricus nudus
NIKON Zfc, 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR Nikkor Z DX @125mm
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[Lars, beautiful Hericium coralloides! Haven't seen one -yet- in real life ]
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Sorry, I don't know the breed of #1
but lovely to see the lower veil breaking free & showing its puffball origins
#2 looks like one of the Bolete family, maybe one of you can advise
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Shiitake
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#2 looks like one of the Bolete family, maybe one of you can advise
Surely Bolete family, certain identification is quite difficult from a single photo, but in the case of boletes you have several steps to ascertain the edibility of the mushroom...
First, all boletes have spongy tubes instead of gills, so it's easy to tell if a mushroom is a bolete or not
Second, the only really poisonous (non-deadly) bolete is Boletus satanas: cap is dark grey, tubes underneath are red, easy to recognise
Third, the remaining boletes fall in three categories:
- Bitter boletes, avoid completely, a single mushroom will spoil your dish entirely
- Tasteless boletes, avoid for the same reason as bitter ones: no point in eating something with no taste!
- Tasty boletes, the remaining ones!
So, for the bolete in picture, I would taste a very small corner, the size of a grain of rice, and decide if it's a keeper or not...
Some bitter boletes are red or reddish at the base of the stem, but it's not a general rule, the only final rule is the direct tasting. (Small to very small piece!!! And spit it out after tasting)
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First, all boletes have spongy tubes instead of gills, so it's easy to tell if a mushroom is a bolete or not
Second, the only really poisonous (non-deadly) bolete is Boletus satanas: cap is dark grey, tubes underneath are red, easy to recognise)
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Thanks Massimo
I think I must visit Italy in Autumn 23 and book some training from you
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Shiitake
Beguiling Fons
I used the dried commercial variety often in cooking.
Are you growing these or do you have a friendly grower?
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Red Belted Conk (Fomitopsis pinicola)
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This time of the year when these automnal creatures do return.