Springtail on Polypore
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Springtail on Polypore
Springtail on polypore mushroom
Sony DSC-W5 (attached to microsocpe tube, w/10WF eyepiece)
Program mode, camera focus @ infinity
1/13 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100
Meiji EMZ-13TR Stereomicroscope
6VDC built in halogen illuminator with blue diffuser
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Excellent shot Ken! I saw one just like this a few weeks ago, out in the garden on a wet night.
Not sure what a polypore mushroom is but it makes a great background!
Not sure what a polypore mushroom is but it makes a great background!
Canon 5D and 30D | Canon IXUS 265HS | Cosina 100mm f3.5 macro | EF 75-300 f4.5-5.6 USM III | EF 50 f1.8 II | Slik 88 tripod | Apex Practicioner monocular microscope
I think morel fungi are like thatKen Ramos wrote:Cycolps said:!Not sure what a polypore mushroom is but it makes a great background
Polypores have a sort of honycombed underside instead of gills like most of us are used to seeing. The underside of bracket fungi look quite similar also.
Canon 5D and 30D | Canon IXUS 265HS | Cosina 100mm f3.5 macro | EF 75-300 f4.5-5.6 USM III | EF 50 f1.8 II | Slik 88 tripod | Apex Practicioner monocular microscope