Anyone else photographing fungi?

[pnodrog]

A few more.

[killwilly]

It is a type of bracket fungi. http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/orna...ket-fungus.htm If you google it you will find many of different examples.

Thanks for the link.

[xpatUSA]

I shot some ex-fungi recently

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54668451
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[Geoff F]

There is a useful interactive key which should get you to the most likely family if not a full identification.

http://www.mycokey.com/newMycoKeySit...dentQuick.html

Mark. That Paxillus looks likely; I found one last year but I'm not overly familiar with them. I tend to think that Pax-ill-us is a very good name for a fungus which is seriously lethal.

I wonder if that possible Inonotus might be a Ganoderma instead? It dost tend to have a wider range of host trees.

And I noticed a little black fly on the Penny Bun. Maybe one of the Sepsidae family?

Not sure about that bracket, Alan. A silvery top is a colour form which I haven't seen before. I think Inonotus dryadeus starts off greyish but I would have severe hesitation about suggesting that as an identification.

[killwilly]

This is one I had forgotten about, probably because I had gone a bit mad with the saturation in PP.


162 by killwilly, on Flickr

[mknittle]

I shot some ex-fungi recently

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54668451
.

Are you sure that isn't a cow plop?

[marlunn]

Mark. That Paxillus looks likely; I found one last year but I'm not overly familiar with them. I tend to think that Pax-ill-us is a very good name for a fungus which is seriously lethal.

I wonder if that possible Inonotus might be a Ganoderma instead? It dost tend to have a wider range of host trees.

And I noticed a little black fly on the Penny Bun. Maybe one of the Sepsidae family?

Geoff, sorry been away - taken a few more fungi shots, will post them later, yes the Pax-ill-us is a good way of thinking of them - more convinced now with a reread of the book, suspect you are more on the money than me with the Inonotus poss australe being its the most common

I think I have yet to get a fungi shot without a tiny fly somewhere, I bow to your far superior knowledge on that one!

[Geoff F]

That Mycokey link which I posted earlier is a good means of identification. I struggle with most of the identification keys because they ask for judgements or opinions. For example; thick or thin stem. Well I think my fungus comes into the medium category, so which way to go!

And a lot keys seem to go mostly by spore prints; but even if you manage this I was looking at one recently where the key asked me to choose between; light, mid or rust brown or alternatively chocolate brown. My spore print was mid to milk chocolate!

Incidentally, talking about spore prints, I could never get this to work until I read about placing a cap, with stem removed, down on a piece of thin glass; then cover with cling film and leave several hours, preferably overnight. This usually works for me, and when you have a pale print the glass can be placed on a sheet of darker paper to clearly see the print.

Thought about a trip to the woods today, which started dry but overcast, but had other things which needed attention - and now it is persisting down again.

[Cantab]

That Mycokey link which I posted earlier is a good means of identification. I struggle with most of the identification keys because they ask for judgements or opinions. For example; thick or thin stem. Well I think my fungus comes into the medium category, so which way to go!

And a lot keys seem to go mostly by spore prints; but even if you manage this I was looking at one recently where the key asked me to choose between; light, mid or rust brown or alternatively chocolate brown. My spore print was mid to milk chocolate!

Incidentally, talking about spore prints, I could never get this to work until I read about placing a cap, with stem removed, down on a piece of thin glass; then cover with cling film and leave several hours, preferably overnight. This usually works for me, and when you have a pale print the glass can be placed on a sheet of darker paper to clearly see the print.

Thought about a trip to the woods today, which started dry but overcast, but had other things which needed attention - and now it is persisting down again.

Geoff, do you use just the online version? I haven't dug deeply into it but it seems not to include bracket fungi. Presumably they're included in the download software version (for 40 euros, if I recall correctly).

[Geoff F]

Yes, there are a few groups which require full purchase; although you do get a lot of photos with the full package which should help with checking against authentic images.

As far as I'm aware, it only covers European fungi.

I may get the download version sometime because I was thinking about getting a new book as an alternative. My current book is reasonably good; well as good as you can get for £2 from a charity shop! But quite a few names have changed recently.

[Cantab]

Geoff, thanks for the info. I'd noted that it seemed to be focused on European fungi. I have a simple book on British Columbia mushrooms but nothing on bracket fungi. So it seems my best bet is probably to go looking for a more comprehensive local book. I've taken a few fungi picture over the years and will post them if they're digital.

[marlunn]

an old favorite - Shaggy Inkcap they deliquesce creating a black inky ring around the base this was part of a clump we found when visiting the Eden project in Cornwall last weekend

[ucci]

Tried to post something on this thread which uploaded. Only Dave will know where it went. Certainly not here. Did see something about a flicker thread mentioned when it was gobbled up onto CIC site. Spooky.

[ucci]

Had another shot at posting this fungi growing on a tree in a lane beside us. Okay, so a pretty crappy fungi compared to the others posted here. But it does have some claim to being useful. Apparently it does not burn but smoulders nicely and was used by our hunter gatherer Aboriginals as a fire stick when they moved camp. They carried these with them to light their camp fires on the new site.

Okay, so no points for the crappy photography. But, hey, surely there must be a bonus point or two for the trivia

[mknittle]

From what I see we have some pretty boring fungi here. very nice work guys and gals

[Suzan J]

This is a great thread. The varieties of fungi are really amazing. I am attempting to attach an older image of a yellow fungi I took a few years ago. It was one of the first photos I took with my new DSLR. I had so much to learn... I wish I could do a re-shoot, but I have never seen this particular fungi ever again.

DSC_0005 by Soo J, on Flickr

[rudi]

I also have a number off fungi in my to pp fungi catalog...

hereby two I took some weeks ago

1: Stropharia aurantiaca which can be found on wood chips... This was about 4 cm in height


2: Cyathus striatus, about 1,5 cm height

[jcuknz]

At one stage when I was going for walks I often photographed fungi and then tried to identify them. They were usually very short lived or got damaged but this one at about five feet above the ground in a split trunk of a tree lasted for three years and slowly got larger and larger. It was next to a pathway through the wood which made its long levity even more suprising to me.

At first I didn't realise it was a fungi and thought it was some form of nest

.........

No great special equipment, just a two dioptre close-up lens with the camera on a mini-tripod held against the trunk.

[rudi]

I would have liked some different angles, but the site was not that easy accessable.
I should revisit the scene...

1: Pholiota populnea


2: Chondrostereum purpureum

[James G]

Thought I'd add a few to this thread, I've not had much chance to get out this last month... season seemed to start late and the weather has been atrocious! But a few hours searching over the last couple of days yielded these....
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Captured using Canon EOS 7D mk1, Canon 100 mm Macro, with multiple images focus stacked using CS6 and Combine ZP. (Focus stepping using Android app on Nexus 7, connected to camera)