Witches' Butter II

Witches' Butter

It is on the same log where I found the remnants of other outgrowths.  It almost looks like someone left their yellow chewing gum on the log.  If you look closely, you will see the pores from which the spores emanate.  It is growing on an American Elm log.  It is small, about 5/8 inch.

Witches' Butter Size

You probably can see that the increments on the scale are 1/64 inch.

Witches' Butter Camera Setup

You can see the other fungus on the end of the log which I shared previously.  You must look carefully to even see the fungus pictured today.  I used a Canon 500D closeup filter on the Sigma 105 mm macro lens for this shot.  I used CamRanger for this focus stack, step small.  It contained 200 images.  We had an overcast sky and needed no supplemental light.

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Witches' Butter

Witches' Butter

I found this on the end of the log of a fallen tree.  The trail maintenance crew cut out the log segment over the trail and removed it.  This growth occurred at the bark line of the cut on both sides.

Witches' Butter

I walked past this site several times this fall.  I thought the color unusual but did not really home in on it until one day, I recognized the color and photographed it.  I was sure I had seen it in my ID guide.

I am letting my fertile imagination range here, but I think that it was collected by a hiker for ID.  It looks like this.  What do you think?  Have I gone too far?

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Oak Maze-gill

Oak Maze-gill

These mushrooms are growing on the bark of a small tree, fallen but not to the ground.

Oak Maze-gill

They are growing horizontally so you can see about the angle at which the tree is resting.

Oak Maze-gill Gills

I am currently attempting a spore print.  I doubt that it will be successful since I think the mushroom is past fruiting.

Camera Setup

I learned that I need to be careful or more careful that day.  I did a faceplant when trying to jump a small ravine.  I landed, before I knew it, with my arms out, to catch myself, and my nose and face in the leaves.  I think that I will have to stop trying to jump ravines!  I am thankful that I broke nothing except my fall.

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Turkeytail

Turkeytail

I have shown lots of False Turkeytail but this is the first, to my remembrance, Turkeytail.  The key factor, if I have understood correctly, is that it is 1 mm or less thick.

I found this and began to make a focus stack the other morning.  To my chagrin, I had not turned off the CamRanger when stowing it the night before.  It ran dead during this series.  I decided that I had enough images to show you, so I went ahead with processing.

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A Turning Point II

Mushroom Cluster

This image combined with the previous images of this species tells me it can grow independently or in clusters.  I considered removing this cluster to examine the "roots" but did not do so because of my established protocol.

My trusted authority has told me that I must examine the "spore print" of the mushroom.  I have read up on the procedure and it involves "harvesting" a sample cap.  You place in on white and black paper and cover it with a bowl to exclude breezes.  The spores are located in the gills or spore holes underneath.  They settle out and land on the paper.  You examine them for color.  That information is something needed to make identifications.

Camera Setup

 I did harvest a cap from the cluster which had fallen off.  I am currently trying to obtain a spore print from it, so far without success.

This is an ongoing process.  I have found a web site:  Kuo, M. (2006, November). Making spore prints.   I am preparing myself to collect pertinent data for mushroom ID.

   

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A Turning Point

This mushroom photograph represents a turning point for me.  My approach to photographing nature has been that I do not remove the entity from its domain.  I do not capture insects, birds (I think that may be illegal), or animals.  I have sometimes removed a plant or more likely an bloom or stem but usually not.  I have put the pressure on myself to photograph it adequately for ID.

I thought that if I knew enough I could photograph it adequately for ID.

I thought that my photography and nature life knowledge would progress evenly.  

I have come to a point that I realized I can't follow my established protocol with some things especially mushrooms.  I don't know what species this image represents.  I have been told by an authority whom I respect that it is probably not what I thought it was.  I have trusted his knowledge to the point of eating unknown mushrooms, to me, and I survived.  That is the basis of my trust.

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