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Amanita Beckeri


Amanita Beckeri
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Copyright: Christian POURRE (TAZ) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2241 W: 47 N: 3167] (10926)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-09-12
Categories: Fungi
Camera: Canon IXUS 400, Canon 36-108mm équiv
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2004-09-17 10:16
Viewed: 1317
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
I saw this Amanita Beckeri in the forest of Roc des Boeufs at 1100m altitude. Sorry I don't if it is possible to eat it...

The cap of Amanita Beckeri is up to 120 mm wide, hemispheric, becoming convex, more rarely campanulate, not umbonate, slightly viscid, smooth, with a striate-sulcate margin. The cap is golden walnut over disc, a little paler and often more ochraceous towards the margin when young. The cap's flesh is rather thin and fragile, white, browning slightly. The volva covers the cap with white warts, that become browner with age, but never become gray or black.

The gills are free, white to cream, rather narrow, concave especially in young specimens. The gills may have brownish spots appearing in age. The short gills are few in number and truncate.

The stem is 100 - 200 x 12 - 20 mm, straight and thin, exannulate, cylindric to narrowing slightly upward. It is decorated near the apex with fine longitudinal striations that are at first white and then turn brown. The flesh is white, browning slightly on exposure, at first stuffed, then hollow. The volva is white, becoming brownish, not very coherent, leaving a belt of tissue around the lower stem not far from its base, and forming a small cup at the stem's base.

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Canon Ixus 400 in mode : macro-auto. No flash, no tripod.
Slightly cropped, resized for TN.
RAP, japie, PDP, gerhardt, mogens-j, Robbrown, marhowie, Lesley, extramundi, AndyB has marked this note useful
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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2004-09-17 10:21]

Otra excelente imagen de esta coleccion.
Bellas tonalidades y texturas.
Buen encuadre y profundidad.
Instructiva nota la que acompaña.

Another excellent image of this collection.
Beautiful tonalities and textures.
Good frame and depth.
Instructive it notices the one that accompanies.

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  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2004-09-17 10:40]

This is fairy tail material! The detail, sharpness, DOF.... Oh what the hell, Everything about this is stunning and it is going to my favourites. Thank you very much for posting

Bonjour Taz, avec tous ces champignons tu vas pouvoir faire une omelette ;-)
Très bonne lumière avec beaucoup de détails.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2004-09-17 13:54]

Even better that the last adn that was good. Christian, this is beautiful. I love all the textures. Great work!

I love this fungi series. It is so interesting. A lot of specimens I haven't seen. Very nice composition.

Wow, this is a real beauty Christian - looks like something from a fairy tail. Wonderful soft colours on the subject and well blurred background, lots of details. Very pleasant to look at.

Chrisian very nice so much detail, so delicatly light, no nit here well done.

Christian, I love your series also and you've outdone yourself again! Very nice tectures I'm seeing in this land of the small. I shot my first Fungi this AM. They are yet to be indentified, look like fuzzy light colored doomed igloos about 1 1/2' size. Yes, you have inspired me!!

  • Great 
  • Lesley Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 13 N: 913] (2988)
  • [2004-09-17 20:07]

Wonderful capture. The detail is amazing and you have captured all the subtle coloring of this mushroom. Great note as well.

Perfect composition for a sharp and beautiful detail. I think all the fungi lovers around will make a wonderful collection this year. We already have 4 Amanitas, someone has more?

  • Great 
  • Callie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1132 W: 105 N: 2609] (7531)
  • [2004-09-18 11:16]

Hi Taz
a delightful elven umbrella you have for us, It would have been nice if the leaf at the bottom was not cropped, because it snakes beautifuly around the stem!

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1391 W: 32 N: 1350] (3982)
  • [2004-09-18 13:33]

A great shot.
Very nice sharp detail and great DoF.
Excellent note too,very well done.

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