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Yesterday I found this fungus growing as several colonies on a thumb-thick, dry, dead twig in my garden. The most remarkable thing about it was that it had green, alga-like margins. I have never seen any fungus with such green parts in decades of hunting and photographing fungi. I studied it for some time before being reasonably sure that it was part of the fungus.

The fungus is very much like Byssomerulius corium although the green edge is unusual. I took some shots in daylight and some with flash. Microscopic examination is necessary to confirm the identity and I am going to try that.

EM-1, x2 Olympus 4/3 TC, Olympus 4/3 50mm f2, daylight ot triple TTL off-camera flash, hand-held. The first and last f16, sunlight, the others f18 flash.

I am trying out DxO Pro 9 on my RAW files. I find that their default setting leaves quite a lot of noise and it doesn't resize output JPEGs. So I have taken to saving processed images as full size TIFFS, which will lose less in resizing. I then in Photoshop, remove noise, sharpen slightly and resize to save as JPEGs.

After I had posted this I found an email in response to a photo I circulated, suggesting that it might be Leucogyrophana mollusca. I must do a little more research.

NB If you find a very large fungus which looks much like this in your home that is Dry Rot.

Harold



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Mar 23, 2017 at 02:20 AM
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Neat stuff Harold ~ Ron


Mar 23, 2017 at 06:44 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Green-Edged Merulioid Crust via DxO


Looks like a closeup of a pizza I had last night.


Mar 24, 2017 at 06:15 PM
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Interesting pics. Actually looks kind of tasty.


Mar 24, 2017 at 06:45 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Green-Edged Merulioid Crust via DxO


Looks like lemon meringue pie
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Mar 25, 2017 at 01:22 AM
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surfnron wrote:
Neat stuff Harold ~ Ron


Thanks, Ron.

Harold



Mar 25, 2017 at 01:32 AM
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Archibald wrote:
Looks like a closeup of a pizza I had last night.


Bmetcan wrote:
Interesting pics. Actually looks kind of tasty.


LordV wrote:
Looks like lemon meringue pie
Brian v.


Thanks. Sorry to disappoint you foodies but I had to sacrifice a couple of portions to look for spores.
None were found.

However, much searching of images on the internet locates two or three examples of such colonies, i.e. with the greenish margins. I have put it to local experts that it may be (in the genus in which B. corium used to be) Meruliopsis taxicola. If it is, at this stage I have no idea or whether it is a rarity.

Harold



Mar 25, 2017 at 01:47 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Green-Edged Merulioid Crust via DxO


That is a beauty! The textures and colours are absolutely fascinating.


Apr 04, 2017 at 10:47 AM
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Macrogirl wrote:
That is a beauty! The textures and colours are absolutely fascinating.


Thanks. "Crusts" doesn't do them justice and the technical name of "resupinate" is no better.

Harold



Apr 04, 2017 at 10:58 AM
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Instead of a fungus, could it be lichen?


Apr 04, 2017 at 10:58 AM
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mogul wrote:
Instead of a fungus, could it be lichen?


My very thoughts for the green parts but the whole thing is a fungus.

A related one:

www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data9/salvia/2%20Ceriporia%20_forse1.jpg_2013128103418_2%20Ceriporia%20_forse1.jpg

Harold



Apr 04, 2017 at 11:12 AM





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