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Butter Bolete


Butter Bolete
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Copyright: Jan Gaisler (honza) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 537 W: 0 N: 716] (4191)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-09
Categories: Fungi
Exposure: f/9.0, 30 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-09-13 4:08
Viewed: 1718
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Butter Bolete (Boletus appendiculatus)

Cap 7-14 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, the disc sometimes slightly depressed; margin at first incurved, then decurved, occasionally wavy; surface dry to subviscid depending on conditions, glabrous to minutely tomentose; color variable: cream-yellow, buff-brown to yellow-brown, often flushed with rusty to reddish-brown tints in age, darkening where handled; context 1.5-3.0 cm thick, firm, cream to pale-yellow, unchanging or bluing erratically; odor and taste mild.

Stipe
Stipe 5-9 cm long, 3-6 cm thick at the thickest point, typically clavate to bulbous, occasionally equal, the base sometimes narrowed to a point; surface of upper-half reticulate, glabrous below, cream-yellow to yellow, frequently overlain with reddish tints, bruising brown where handled; veil absent.

Habitat
Solitary to scattered under hardwoods, particularly oaks (Quercus spp.)

Source: www.mykoweb.com
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  • sway Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 303 W: 85 N: 308] (1224)
  • [2005-09-13 4:16]

HI Jan,
I love your composition, with both mushroom curving out!
Great DOF.
Well done.
:)

Jan, very good shot. Great POV and very good details. Good visual impact. TFS.

Excellent composition, great colour, nice frame.
TFS!

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  • Eko Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 187 W: 10 N: 38] (121)
  • [2005-09-13 6:33]

Hello Jan!
Wonderful capture.Colors,clear details,DOF and composition are beautiful.Thanks for posting.

Excellent POv and good use of flash. Good composition and DOF.

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
  • [2005-09-13 7:03]

These Boletes are interesting and well captured ! This species is beautiful and seems tasty ;-) Colors are a bit dark on my screen... Environment, POV, DOF and sharpness are very good. Thanks for sharing Jan

Very good shot Jan, Composition, details, colors, DOF and BG all very good. Just a bit dark overall. Well done.

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  • lukdm Gold Star Critiquer [C: 51 W: 0 N: 7] (165)
  • [2005-09-19 11:09]

very nice 'postcard'

Bonsoir Jan,
Les bolets sont de sortie.....Ici, nous n'avons pas eu assez de pluie.
Magnifique composition. On les sent si frais, qu'on aimerait les prendre.
Grands détails.
Amicalement
Martine

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