Cup Fungi

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:40 pm

Winter time is the perfect time for these tiny cup or ear fungi to form on many decaying organic and non-decaying organic substrates.

Canon EOS 30D
Manual mode/hand held
1/125 sec. @ f/10 ISO 125
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro
Canon 430EX ETTL Speedlite @ 1/3

We had a couple of days of a slow, steady and much needed soaking rain and now these little things are popping up everywhere.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:48 pm

Very nice Ken.

Looks such edible like a pudding.

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:31 pm

Great shots Ken.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:33 pm

Thanks Nikola and Joan. Yeah there isn't much around this time of year but these are always cropping up somewhere. I am going to mash one and see what the microscope reveals later on.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:43 pm

A great winter find and beautiful pictures Ken. The lighting came out very well IMO..Not to much glare on the wet surfaces and filling in a lot of the structure.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:27 pm

Thanks Doug. These things come in all sorts of different colors but mostly what you see here. Sometimes I do come across bright yellow ones.

jaharris1001 · Post by **jaharris1001** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:59 pm

nice find in deed Ken,,

where ya been ? All's quiet on the western front ?

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:01 pm

Things have quietened down for the rest of the year Jim. Spending more time with the microscope these days. Thanks