fungi

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• arfer (0)
• [2007-05-30 23:40]

Hello Russell

I like the way you composed the shot.The fern in the foreground adds a nice touch.The fungi is well focused.The colours are well saturated and very natural looking.TFS

Rob

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• Kathleen (232)
• [2007-05-31 7:40]

Hi Russell.
Maybe a Beech rollrim, Austropaxillus nothofagi.
Found in Southern Beech forests. Notes in Don's book says there are three known species of Austropaxillus in NZ. A nothofagi has yellow flesh that does not change colour when exposed to air. A squarrosus has yellow flesh that quickly turns red when exposed and A macnabbii has white flesh that is unchanging on exposure.

Great detail and pin sharp.

Kathleen
New Zealand

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• LordPotty (12033)
• [2007-05-31 8:16]
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Hi Russel,
You were lucky to find such a fine group of these Rollrims.
This is the White Crack Rollrim (Austropaxillus macnabbi)
It has a much finer textured pattern and finer gills than the nothofagi which Kathleen mentions.
Your POV and composition are great.
I might have saturated and darkened perhaps a touch to give it a bit more definition.
I've put an example in workshop.I hope you don't mind.
This is a wonderful shot though.
Great just as it is.
Cheers Steve

ps: Heres a link to another beech forest paxillus I took a couple of years ago.
Beech Forest Fungi
(Forgive the quality. It was an early photo so the DOF is poor and it has a blue cast)

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• romuszka (2119)
• [2007-05-31 11:34]

Witaj Russell!
These mushroom trumpets look nicely. Frame is very pleasant. Sharp picture and good colours. Though workshop
" LordPotty" pleases me also.
I greet - Roma

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• fungiman (1005)
• [2007-06-11 5:20]

I like the framing what an excellent find as to the name my best guess would be Austropaxillus macnabbii but there is not much diffrance between this and Paxillus squarrosus that can be seen in a photo.

Clive