Fungi 2010

[Stephenb]

Great pictures as usual, Olga. I also see Lycogala epidendron in there, a fairly common species which we call Wolf's milk here.

[Olga Bondareva]

And Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

Lycogala epidendron

Yes! Since last year I've forgot some names. 

Maggi, 

[Olga Bondareva]

Crying mushroom



Pearls hunter.  Do not know what does this ant do with fungi.





Romaria sp.



Armillariella mellea



Chroogomphus rutilus. Interesting edible fungi becomes purple after boiling.

[Ragged Robin]

Two images captured in late August.

Cliff the colour and shape of the fungi you captured make a great photo 

I have tried to take some locally and it is really difficult to get the focus and perspective right - let alone the light

Meanwhile Olga is Queen of the fungi photo - each one so full of character, so captivating, so amazing in close up 

thanks to you both 

[Stephenb]

Chroogomphus rutilus: We have that one here too and call it rabarbrasopp (Rhubarb mushroom)...

Fantastic picture of Honey Fungus (Armillaria)!

[ranunculus]

Just got back from Quinta Arboretum (near Congleton, Cheshire) ... a few images captured during the two hours we spent there.

It is an amazing place, with trees growing in the middle of a mere; an early array of fungi; avenues of trees; aged trees that feature drapes of wood and timber caverns ...

[Maggi Young]

Spooky kind of place, Cliff.... somebody left their eye on that lichen limb.......

[daveyp1970]

I'm sure i can see a Boars head in the tree mask,its pointing towards the sky.

[Maggi Young]

I'm sure I can see a Boar's head in the tree mask,it's pointing towards the sky.

 On the right hand side? Yes!! I can see it too 

[ranunculus]

Are you two psychic? ... here are two oak rhino images from today (and a few others) ...

[cohan]

lots of wonderful images here--glad i can see olga's this year, must have been a browser issue that prevented me in the past..
cliff--wonderful place!
here are some from around here--many of them are right in my non-lawn, explaining the preponderance of clover and dandelions!
others are into the woods on my 6 acres, and a few farther out onto the farm--i'll probably put a few of the wider context shots in my alberta wanderings thread...
this first is one of the oddest things i have seen--like mouldy velvet, or elephant skin with algae growing on it! i didn't smell anything (didn't try hard) but there were bugs around them-including what seemed to be our common black scavenger beetles underneath them...

[Olga Bondareva]

Umbrella fungi



And it's fried

[Olga Bondareva]

Cohan, sometimes fungi dies beautifully. 

[cohan]

Cohan, sometimes fungi dies beautifully. 

true
these last little ones with the 'optic fibres' are wild!

[cohan]

some more from here; these are mostly in my yard, and in the edges of the woods just beyond..i don't know what any of them are..
full albums here:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/cactuscactus/September162010FungiA#