A Sideways Look At Candlesnuff Fungus
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I posted some stereograms yesterday of these colonies. Today they are all single frames, in some cases having been part of stereo pairs yesterday.
This is a common woodland fungus, also appearing in some gardens. It lives on rotten wood. These black fruiting bodies, with white tips, are the asexual phase. The tips often broaden laterally in one plane, giving the alternative name of Stag's Horn fungus. (This shape was not present in these colonies).
They usually grow up vertically from cracks in tree stumps, such that their lower parts are not to be seen. These colonies were growing around the sides of a thin detached branch on the grounds and their structures can be see in totality. The brilliant white upper parts and the black lower parts make for a very contrasty subject.
The higher magnifications were with the Printing Nikor 150mm at 1:2, f11. Illumination was by triple, freestanding, diffused flash.
Harold
This is a common woodland fungus, also appearing in some gardens. It lives on rotten wood. These black fruiting bodies, with white tips, are the asexual phase. The tips often broaden laterally in one plane, giving the alternative name of Stag's Horn fungus. (This shape was not present in these colonies).
They usually grow up vertically from cracks in tree stumps, such that their lower parts are not to be seen. These colonies were growing around the sides of a thin detached branch on the grounds and their structures can be see in totality. The brilliant white upper parts and the black lower parts make for a very contrasty subject.
The higher magnifications were with the Printing Nikor 150mm at 1:2, f11. Illumination was by triple, freestanding, diffused flash.
Harold
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Thanks, Brian.
Harold