Micro Mushrooms

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leonardturner
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Micro Mushrooms

Post by leonardturner »

These tiny fruiting bodies bear a happy resemblance to the mushrooms that are commonly seen, but are too small to be spotted on a forest ramble, and so might not even meet some definitions of “mushroom”. All images were made with a 5 or 10X objective on a Rayox 150, except as noted.

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Labophot, 10X objective

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Thank you for your thoughts and comments.

Leonard

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Post by Lou Jost »

Fascinating, I will have to look for these in our forests....
On the last image, I would suggest trying a different stacking algorithm (PMax if using Zerene, or DMap with a higher contrast setting) to eliminate the artifacts in the background.

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Post by leonardturner »

Thanks, Lou. You are quite right--that last image got by me; not ready for prime time!

Leonard

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Post by Sumguy01 »

:smt038 Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.

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Post by micro_pix »

Nicely done!

The second photo looks like a myxomycete sporocarp and the other photos do look like developing basidiocarps / mushrooms.

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Post by jin »

Nice, like them all!

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Post by Pitufo »

Very nice :)

(Yes, second one is a myxo).

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Post by leonardturner »

My thanks to all, and I especially appreciate the id of the myxo. I'm still trying to get all this straight in my mind!

Leonard

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Post by AlisonP »

That second one is a Myxomycete, and I think it is a developing Didymium squamulosum. It has the characteristic reticulation in the sporocarp, and the ridged stalk.
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