RAMARIA FAGETORUM

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• jignasi (14789)
• [2008-12-25 4:28]

Bonita Ramaria Laurens. Buena luz y colores.
Un abrazo !

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• vorpal (48)
• [2009-03-10 15:50]

Well done on the lighting and focus Laurens! Great all around photo! Into Favorites it goes!

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• Hormon_Manyer (2652)
• [2009-06-06 6:16]
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Greetings Lou,

First of all photographically: fantastic image, great centered composition (yes, sometimes it works), plenty of details on the exotic fungus. Nice natural lights, wonderful color balance. Some background noise here and there, but in spite of it I find this photo very pleasant, and an image to be proud of. Hot congratulations - and at the same time I'm jealous, because I don't have any Ramaria photos on my HDD at all. :) I'm surprised this image is so underrated.

ID specification: possibly good, but I still have a little doubt. It's true Ramaria fagetorum is a rare specie, it was discovered in 1978 by the Swiss mycologists Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus and Edwin Schild. I myself am not an expert of Ramarias at all, so I had to look for many things in literature, but anywhere R. fagetorum is included at all, it's said this specie's almost impossible to identify without microscope. Another, very critical specie, which totally looks like it is Ramaria formosa, which is much more frequent - although not common anywhere at all.

Macroscopic features:

Both species: mycorrhiza with beech (Fagus silvatica) - exclusively (R. fagetorum), mostly (R. formosa). When young, color of the fungus is a mix of ochre-yellow and pale pink, when old, the whole fruitbody becomes pale ochre.

R. fagetorum: flesh whitish, no color change after cutting, ramification of the lower "branches" rather forming "V", not "U".

R. formosa: flesh whitish, after cutting changes to pale pink, ramification of the lower "branches" forming "U", not "V".

Main microscopic differences: R. formosa does have buckled hyphas, R. fagetorum doesn't; spore size of R. fagetorum is bigger.

So, I'm not sure if I was helping You with these datas, but I hope so. Unfortunately Your note's too short, so at this moment You're the only one who knows if there was color change after cutting the flesh. If there was, this is Ramaria formosa, if there wasn't, Your ID specification is right.

No matter which specie it is, the photo is absolutely beautiful. Tfs and best regards, László

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• PeterZ (17634)
• [2009-06-06 6:30]

Hallo Lou,
Wat een schitterende vondst. Ken dit alleen van plaatjes. De wijze waarop je deze hebt gefotografeerd is prachtig. Uitstekend in alle opzichten. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerg mooi!
Goed weekend verder,
Peter