Hola, setero! I have fresh mushroom impressions to share --
Two days ago I found in my local park a little family of Coprinus comatus, aka 'layer's wig' -- fancy autumn mushroom that I always enjoy to encounter and watch thru my camera's viewfinder.
This mushroom has many interesting qualities that I don't want to go into detail about right now. In fact, I have already met this mushroom more than once, and showed photos ... besides, I do not want to repeat myself and retell all the information that I know. I will only mention that this mushroom ages in a very spectacular way: it turns into black slime (which consists of fungal spores, this is such a reproduction mechanism).
Now I'm going to watch this Coprinus comatus family in its development, every morning on the way to the office I come to the park and take a couple of photos. Let's see what I get in the end;
...right now, I have at my disposal photos from just two days (yesterday and today).
This mushroom had its cap damaged,-- it continues to grow. In the photo below you can see how its cap opens while it grows.
The edge of the cap is already beginning to denature - turning into black mucus. This mucus is actually the spores of a fungus. And they can paint everything an intense black color. Several centuries ago, this mushroom was even used to make special ink.
The Family on the day two --
And a cropped version of the photo, clickable:
And that is all I have got up to date. I will continue my studies, and will take more pics. A great thing that I know what I can expect further on, in terms of the mushroom maturing.(Although, of course, the possibility cannot be ruled out that tomorrow I will come to the same place only to see the mushroom massacre - the whole family can be trampled on by some idiot or an ignorant mushroom hater who is afraid of toadstools ... or just a dog playing in the park ... every scenario is possible! but lets hope for a happy ending of my natural-philosophical experiment :)
I will add to my post two pictures from my archive, that I got back in 2021 --
That is how Coprinus Comatus family looks like. A really, really big and aging family :D
This unique "feature" gave it an extra name: ink mushroom. I love watching
I really love to watch this mushroom at any stage of its life cycle - it is a purely amazing creation of Mother Nature!
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | September 2022 | natural lighting |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5D | Sigma 50mm | raw-conv |
| f 2.8 | t 1/60 | ISO 320 |
The post goes for #AmazingNature Thematic Challenge. This week's theme (obviously) was: Mushrooms.. You may join the challenge too -- fungi season of 2022 is on its peak now. Thanks for walking with me - and see you next time!
A little reminder: we have fun challenge #fungifun -- share your stories and trophies, photos and recipes, contemplations and ideas. not sure about correct ID (which allows us to find out more about certain fungus)? no problem, no fear - mushrooms are full of weird charm, even staying nameless. we appreciate them any way, not only for their cooking values. join the #FungiFun!
