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I have previously photographed Inkcap mushrooms in one of our compost bins and saw others developing recently, in another bin. So it was no surprise to find a perfect fruiting body. This lasts only for an hour or two so I grabbed my standard macro setup, with the Kiron 105mm and twin flash.

I assume that this was also Coprinopsis narcotica.

It is very difficult to position the twin-flash and camera, so I cannot always get the angle I want framed.

Anyway, I had taken a number of frames when, in the semi-darkness, I realised this fruit fly was on the very centre of the cap. At first I though it was stuck but it was able to move around and was there intentionally. I later saw that there was a second fruit fly at the edge of the cap.

Mushrooms expand to full size by pumping in water and I suppose some of it must leak, containing nutrients, but probably no sugar.

Harold



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Jul 05, 2015 at 12:41 AM
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Very nice Harold. We have the fungus in the compost bin as well, but the present plague of drosophila makes it so unpleasant in there that i have not the patience to photograph them!

Just a thought about the lighting ... don't forget that some fungi are luminescent. It might be "interesting" to see what happens under a black light



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Jul 05, 2015 at 01:09 AM
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Good captures Harold
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Jul 05, 2015 at 01:18 AM
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Constable wrote:
Very nice Harold. We have the fungus in the compost bin as well, but the present plague of drosophila makes it so unpleasant in there that i have not the patience to photograph them!

Just a thought about the lighting ... don't forget that some fungi are luminescent. It might be "interesting" to see what happens under a black light

Ed


Thanks, Ed.

The luminescence is something I have never investigated, apart from one, fruitless, walk in the local wood after dark. I don't currently have a suitable lamp.

Harold



Jul 05, 2015 at 01:51 AM
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LordV wrote:
Good captures Harold
Brian v.


Thanks, Brian.

Something to watch out for in future. The compost where I previously found the mushrooms is selected to be coarser and drier so fruit flies may not thrive there.

Harold



Jul 05, 2015 at 01:54 AM





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