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Coprinus micaceus


Coprinus micaceus
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Copyright: Felipe Mateo and Cristina (extramundi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1875 W: 339 N: 4174] (12818)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-01-22
Categories: Fungi
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Exposure: f/8, 1/15 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Mushrooms, Setas de Galicia - Mushrooms from Galicia (Spain) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-03-09 15:09
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Points: 22
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Coprinus micaceus
Basidiomycetes > Agaricales > Coprinaceae > Coprinus

Here we have again the "glistening ink cap", as Robert calls them, I think it is a nice name for them. This one is another of my few "aranged" shots in TN, in fact I took it for ident porpuses, but I think it came out quite artistic.

We already have some nice shots of this beauties in TN, from England, New Zeland and the Netherlands, younger and old ones, so you can can have a look if you like HERE.

Info from mushroomexpert.com:

"This common and beautiful mushroom is widely distributed. It grows in clusters on decaying wood, though the wood may be buried, causing the mushrooms to look terrestrial. It can be distinguished from similar Coprinus species by the fine, mica-like granules that adorn the fresh caps (though rain will frequently wash the granules away!). It is variable in color, but typically some version of tawny brown or amber.

Coprinus micaceus is listed as edible by many field guides. I have never tried it. The similar Coprinus atramentarius, the "Inky Cap," while edible, reacts with alcohol to cause nausea and other unpleasant symptoms.

Description:

Ecology: Saprobic, growing in clusters on decaying wood (the wood may be buried, causing the mushrooms to appear terrestrial); spring, summer, and fall (sometimes in winter); frequently urban, but also found in woods; widely distributed in North America.

Cap: 2-15 cm, oval when young, expanding to broadly convex or bell-shaped, sometimes with a curled up and/or tattered margin; yellow brown, tawny, amber, or sometimes paler; becoming paler with age, especially towards the margin; buttons covered with mica-like granules which frequently wash off with rain or dew; the margin lined or grooved, usually halfway towards the center or more.

Gills: Attached to the stem or free from it; pale, becoming brown, then black; deliquescing (turning to black "ink") but usually not completely; close or crowded.

Stem: 2-8 cm long; 3-6 mm thick; equal; smooth or with fine granules; white; fibrous; hollow.

Flesh: White to pale throughout; thin; soft.

Spore Print: Black.

Microscopic Features: Spores 7-11 x 4-6 µ; elliptical; smooth; with a pore tip.

The macrofeature description above matches several species, all of which are commonly called Coprinus micaceus in North America. At least five similar mushrooms belong in section micacei of section veliformes within Coprinus."

Hope you like!

F8 - 1/15 - Minitripod - Manual mode
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  • Great 
  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-03-09 15:16]
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Gorgeous shot Felipe. A very nice view of this troop and a good idea to show the underside at the same time. Very nice work.

Spectacular photo!
Very good POV and details, great colours.
Stunning !!
TFS! Well done Felipe!

Interesting and informative post Felipe. Great shot with accurate exposure and DOF, showing nice details...very well done.

Well exposed with good detail, personally I would like to see this shot from a lower perspective so that some of the stem was visible, I think this would have made a more pleasing composition. Still nice work though Felipe.

Really fine photo Felipe. The colors and values are fantastic. Wonderful textures.

So,now I know what these are.I'd seen them and thought they were a Coprinus sp.
The shot does work quite well with one inverted.I would perhaps have put it on the ground in front of,or to the side of others,and perhaps a lower POV.
It looks as though you were working with a very low light level,just a tiny bit of graininess in the BG.
A very comprehensive and informative note as usual.

Another impressive photo I have very seldom seen the mica-like granules in C. micaceus. excellent colour and POV.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-03-10 3:46]

Felipe, you are master of DOF and textures! Great composition and details, very interesting note. Is this some kind of worm or snail on one of the fungi? POV is good IMHO - we can see all group of fungi from this perspective. Great work and I hope you will send us your great photos more often!

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 537 W: 0 N: 716] (4191)
  • [2005-03-10 4:06]

Very nice and graphic shot. Perfect composition, details and colors. Excellent note.

Composition:*****
Technical quality:*****
Wow factor:**
Personality:***

Nice post, very good details and POV.
Well done.
TFS.

Arranged shot is very striking with the bunch of them and the one on top. Excellent composition and arrangement, Felipe. As you said it works wonder for ID purposes. Very well done.

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