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Galerina environment


Galerina environment
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Copyright: Steve Reekie (LordPotty) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1172 W: 145 N: 2710] (8388)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-19
Categories: Rain Forest
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8
Exposure: f/8, 1 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): New Zealand Fungi [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-03 22:28
Viewed: 517
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I called this shot 'Galerina environment' because it was intended to show the environment that these fungi are typically found in.
This is the plateau above the Arnold River dam,where Chris (sandpiper2) and I found so many beautiful fungi recently.

Galerina hypnorum is an extremely common species,found throughout the world,in mossy habitats in all kinds of forests.
The cap is only 5-15mm in diameter and the stem is 40-60mm high.
The flesh is pale to yellow brown and the spore colour is a pale rusty brown.
They are found mainly in the autumn,but also after spells of warm rain.
There are many species of Galerina worldwide,but because they often look so similar,less is known about them than many other fungi. It is thought that there are many species yet to be classified,especially here in New Zealand.

Hope you like this shot of the fungi environment where I spend some of my most peaceful moments.
Thanks for looking.
Steve
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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2829 W: 75 N: 8024] (26857)
  • [2008-07-03 22:55]

Hi Steve!
Very good title for this kind of photo. I like DOF and composition with lots of mossess, ferns and few fungi. BG is excellent - curtains of green, bush light look superb.

BTW - big congratulations my friend :-)

I love the look of this place, Steve.
The earth here seems to be untrodden and pristine.
The vegetation including the fungi is so rich and healthy it soothes the eye.
This segment must be representative of the natural richness of the island you and Chris were on.
Thanks and take care.
Ram

I like the way you've caught the fungi in sharp detail in the foreground, and have still retained enough of the background detail to set them in their environment. Cheers

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1691 W: 242 N: 5580] (19801)
  • [2008-07-04 14:44]

There's great depth here.
The low-down POV works very well.
Great focusing.
Sharp with superb detail.
Perfectly exposed.

Well done, Steve!

Joe

p.s the adapter should be with you in about a week!

Hi Steve

Ahhh, fond memories, I bet its cold there now. The fungi season has been poor here this season, but its cooling down now.

Great composition, DOF and POV, good to see the mossy environment.

Chris

Namastay Steve,
A nice capture of these beautiful mushrooms. Very good composition and good details (btw it could have been better). Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hi Steve,

First of all congrats for the great title. Extremely interesting scene for a fungi lover like me. Great compo, exposure and natural colors. I really like the way You captured the little fungi and their environment. Bravo.

To add something to the note: You're right, Galerina is a genus of exactly 199 species, which are very difficult to isolate from each other, and almost impossible without microscopical analysis. Although I disagree Galerina hypnorum would be extremely common, if my infos are right, it was only found 5 times here in Hungary, twice in the Bükk mountains (but not by our fungi club) I live closed to. The only Galerina specie which may be called a little more frequent here is the deadly poisonous G. marginata (growing exclusively on pines). I never in my life found any Galerinas.

Tfs, take care, László

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