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Leccinum carpini


Leccinum carpini
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Copyright: Laszlo Kaposvari (Hormon_Manyer) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 214 W: 24 N: 297] (1086)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-28
Categories: Fungi
Camera: HP Photosmart R817
Exposure: f/2.8
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Fungi of Hungary [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-30 8:48
Viewed: 476
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello fungi lovers,

Leccinum carpini (=L. griseum, L. pseudoscabrum) for today, but before telling the personal story of the shot or technical infos, I'd like to enlighten those who are not so keen on mycology what "mycorrhyza" is, because it's really important in this case.

"Mycorrhyza" is a special symbiotic connection between the fungus and the plant, hyphas of the mycaelium (from the side of the fungus) entwine the roots of the plant, and both parties are supporting each other through metabolism. Lots of fungi species needs mycorrhyza partner, for a few only one given plant specie's acceptable, without it the fungus specie's incapable of living. They're called "obligate mycorrhyza" fungi.

Leccinum carpini - and most of the species of the genus, too - belongs to the group of obligate mycorrhyza fungi. Its partner's hornbeam (Carpinus betulus). This is very important to know, because most of the brown-cap Leccinum species are almost impossible to identify correctly without knowing its mycorrhyza partner. For example (from Europe only):
- Leccinum crocipodium's partners are hornbeam and oak species, is only growing on acid substrate
- L. scabrum's obligate mycorrhyza with birch (Betula pendula)
- L. duriusculum's obligate partner's poplar (Populus tremula)
- L. variicolor's only growing on wet territories, exclusively on acid substrate, and only under birch.

These species are very similar to each other (mostly L. carpini, scabrum and duriusculum), and if You don't know where You found them, ID specification's only possible by using microscope. Edible, as all Leccinum species. Taste: the usual "mushroom taste", not bad, but nothing extraordinary either.

From the mycological to the personal side: in the Bükk mountains hornbeam's a very frequent tree specie, although is never the dominant of any forest. But until the last Saturday I never met Leccinum carpini, although local books and mycological sites write it's a frequent specie. So it was rather a question of luck, or the lack of luck to be exact.

Leccinum species are my personal favorite fungi, they're very photogenic by my opinion, and as mentioned, are edible.

Shot: out of hand, flash off mode, -0.3 underexposure, manual white balance. PP: optimal contrast, noise reduction, sharpening, gaussian blur on the bg in different small doses, framing, signing, re-sizing. I hope You'll like the image.

Please also visit honza's version about this mushroom specie here in TrekNature.
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Hi Laszlo,
Good and detailed capture of a nice mushroom. Light is well managed and composition is very good. Thanks.
Ali

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 198 W: 2 N: 514] (1936)
  • [2008-06-30 9:32]

Hello Laszlo,
Excellent sharp picture of fungi . Good composition with a nice POV. Superb colours.
Best regards,
Siggi

This is a well-composed shot. Good focus on the mushroom against the blurred background. The greens and browns are balanced nicely. This image shows one of my favorite aspects of woodland photography: a new generation of life (mushroom and lush greenery) emerging through the decaying remnants of a former generation (fallen leaves and twigs).

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2805 W: 75 N: 7845] (26275)
  • [2008-06-30 12:00]

Hi Laszlo!

Very interesting note about mycorrhyza. It remained me my school years :-) Picture is also very nice - I like shape and 'pose' of fungus. BG with green plants looks nice. Good work!

Hi Laszlo,
Very informatve notes.... thanks for that, I always thought they were all the same [ eat em ]Very well photographed with good definition and exposure, Well done mate,
erwin......

Hi Lazslo, A perfect macro shot of this beautiful mushroom. Great colours and clarity with superb DOF. Many thanks for sharing this beauty.
Cheers,

Bayram

Hi Laszlo

Another great fungi shot. Good POV and DOF. Stands out well on the green background. Have you tried Felipe's technique of merging flash and natural shots together? So easy and produces good results.

cheers
Chris

Hi Laszlo,it's incredible to see how many fungi there are in your country in this season!What i think about the pic i think that you know..eheheh...the point of view and the quality are your signature,another excellent work,have a nice day,Luciano

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 978 W: 64 N: 1189] (4886)
  • [2008-07-01 10:26]

Hello László
What a curious and beautiful mushroom this is!! As you say it is really photogenic, though in fact you make all mushrooms photogenic. The information about the "Mycorrhyza" is so interesting and useful!
Thank you very much for sharing, my friend.
Best wishes
Maite

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-07-01 21:26]

Hello Laszlo

A lovely composition.
The focus on the entire mushroom is excellent,with lovely pov and dof.
You have captured very good texture here.
Excellent colours and well lit.
Great job.
TFS

Rob

Hello Laszlo,

I can see a fine composition, well balanced and seen from an effective point of view!
Super details in the subject, the mushroom is well lit and has attractive natural colours...
Well done on the close-up work as the subject stands out nicely!

Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • NinaM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 544 W: 0 N: 1338] (4443)
  • [2008-07-03 7:22]

Bonjour Laszlo, it's the first time I visit your gallery and I am glad I did because I like fungi and just bought a book to identify them in my nearby forest! It is a beautiful mushroom, an archetypal one I would say, looking like a mushroom for Hobbits! I find your notes very interesting too and learned a lot from it. The picture is great, beautifully lit and showing the environment yet very detailed. Thank you!

Francine

Splendida macro di questo leccino, eccellenti POV e DOF, molto bella la composizione, ottima definizione dei dettagli del fungo, bellissimi e naturali. Molto interessanti le note sulla simbiosi di questi funghi e le piante. Grazie e complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2375 W: 164 N: 7131] (22536)
  • [2008-07-05 6:28]

Hello Laszlo,
This is a very fine capture of this beautiful fungus very sharply in focus and in nice light. Great details and natural colours too.
We don't have this fungus in Sweden but many others of the same family and we're lucky to have sensible names to some of them, for example:- L. scábrum = 'Björksopp' and L. aurantíacum = 'Aspsopp' etc. If you know latin (which I don't!) it's also easier to identify them as the name often describes them, but they're all '-sopp' in Swedish!!
Mycology is fascinating - are you an expert or an amateur?? Anyway the note is very good!
TFS and regards, Ulla

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3410 W: 144 N: 5798] (17183)
  • [2008-07-05 14:25]

Hello Laszlo
You do have some great fungi in your gallery. And this one does look quite attractive with the curve of his stem and the tilt of his 'hat'.
I do like how you got down so close to photograph it.
Well done
Janice

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  • Nilson Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 347 W: 0 N: 283] (2182)
  • [2008-07-05 16:12]

Olá Laszlo Kaposvari uma bela foto de qualidade exelente um trabalho de macro muito bom parabéns.
Nilson

Hi Laszlo,

Fantastic photo of this interesting mushroom.
Great shot,splendid capture with excellent details.

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