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Plums and Custard


Plums and Custard
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Copyright: Gert Paassen (Gert-Paassen) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1206 W: 2 N: 4555] (13780)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-10-11
Categories: Fungi
Exposure: f/22, 5 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-10-31 8:45
Viewed: 589
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Dutch]
Latin name-Tricholomopsis rutilans

Today an fungi that I have been posted earlier but they are so beautiful so I post this specie once again.

Commonly referred to as Plums and Custard or occasionally as the Strawberry Mushroom, Tricholomopsis rutilans is, despite its attractive appearance, a very bitter and inedible fungus.

Despite its attractive appearance and encouraging common name of Plums and Custard, this is a bitter and inedible species.
Against a background of moss covering old pine stumps or fallen trunks, these large, colourful mushrooms make a spectacular sight, especially when, as is often the case, they occur in large numbers.
In very dry weather the caps sometimes craze into a network of scales, revealing the bright yellow flesh beneath the cuticle.

Cap
4 to 12 cm in diameter, the surface of the caps of Tricholomopsis rutilans is bright egg-yolk yellow and covered with radial streaks made up of tiny purple scales.
Beneath the cap cuticle, the thin flesh is pale yellow.

Convex, sometimes with a shallow central depression, the caps expand and become broadly umbonate or occasionally almost completely flat at maturity.

Gills
Adnate or weakly sinuate, the egg-yolk-yellow gills are broad and crowded.
Despite the brightly coloured gills, this mushroom deposits the white spores that are typical of Tricholomas.

Stipe
1 to 2 cm in diameter, the stems range from 4 to 10 cm tall and are often curved away from the stump or trunk from which the fruiting body emerges.
Pale near the apex, the stems are covered in purple-red scales on a white background. Beneath the stem surface the flesh is pale yellow.

Spore print White.
Odour/taste Odour of rotten pinewood; taste not distinctive.
Habitat On conifer stumps, mainly pine, and far less frequently, on broad-leaf stumps.
Season July to October.
Occurrence Frequent.
Similar species The close relative Tricholomopsis decora is yellow or yellow-ochre; it is much less common and is largely confined to mountain regions.
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Hi Gert
Day for fungis ;-) Very nice natural image. I like good sharpness, natural surrounding and natural colors Very good job
TFS
Krzysztof

hi gert,
excellent viewpoint to show the mushrooms beautifuly in their natural habitat. tfs.
nagraj.v

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2262 W: 10 N: 2630] (15565)
  • [2008-10-31 9:19]

Hola amigo,
beautiful macro, original f/22 5s
efective focus and pov,
good scene,
saludos Gert.

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1373 W: 56 N: 4716] (16222)
  • [2008-10-31 10:45]

Hello Gert,
Very nice capture of this fungis.Well caught,framed and.POV,lighting,exposure and details are perfect.Very well done!
Thanks for posting.
Regards Siggi

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2008-10-31 12:34]

Hi Gert,another fantastic fungi's portrait,your choice of point of view and light is perfect,i'm studing your pics to will made same..ehehhe...my best compliments,have a nice weekend,Luciano

Merhaba Gert,güzel üçlü bir kompozisyon,ışık ve netlik çok iyi,ellerine sağlık :)

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2908 W: 34 N: 8623] (32138)
  • [2008-10-31 13:25]

Hi Gert. Three more beauties from you . Each time they look so good against the fresh green moss.I do like the coour of the caps which you have taken so well with good detail. and once again a fine low POV. well done TFS.
Nick..

Hi Big Bro Gert,
Another great macro shot of a mushroom with excellent DOF/POV and sharpness.
TFS thgis fine image. Have a nice weekend!
Cheers,

Bayram

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  • NinaM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 801 W: 3 N: 2100] (6594)
  • [2008-10-31 18:40]

I like fungi and you picture them with skills, Gert. These fungi are very pretty, you are right, and against the moss they seem to welcome us to eat them ;-) Thank you for this nice picture,

Francine

yet another superbe compo,my friend!
Very well done!
Goldy

Hello Gert,
This fungi are known very well. When I go to forest with my grandchild's then this species like them and want gather because consider that so beautiful have to taste very much. I like moss which surround fungi.
Regards, Pawel

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2573] (9077)
  • [2008-11-01 16:07]

Hello Gert,
waht a stunning shot of these fungi.
Very beautiful, nicely composed trio.
Very well lighted and so clear.
Really a brilliant shot of these subtle and soft coloured fungi.

Regards,
Foozi

Hello Gert,

Fantastic picture of this mushrooms.
Nice colours with good focus and sharpness.
Lighting and composition are superb.
Good notes.

Hi Gert,
I was very much busy with my job so didn't get any spare time to write critiques or post. A fine capture of these beautiful mushrooms. Superb details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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