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Tiny Mystery Fungus Sphere on Twig
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When I was photographing some fungi and slime moulds on twigs I noticed some spherical, greyish, scale-covered bodies. I retained the twigs and waited for these to develop and reveal their identity. For many days they retained their spherical shape, about 1mm diameter. Then they started to grow, with a stalk becoming invisible below, they were tiny mushrooms, becoming white as they grew. To date, they are no more than about 4mm high and with caps of three millimetre diameter.
I believe these to be a species of Marasmius, many species of which are tiny and with widely-spaced gills.
These were shot with two setups on my EM-1. My usual Schneider HM 40, reversed on a x 1.5 Kiron TC, gives a FOV 6mm wide. A few more tubes behind it takes that to 3mm wide. My usual Kiron 105, at maximum magnification gives ca 17mm wide, narrowed to ca 12mm via a x1.5 TC. All were at f16 and lit by triple TTL RC flash in camera manual mode. Hand-held, with support from the substrate.
The stereos are crosseye.
Harold
I believe these to be a species of Marasmius, many species of which are tiny and with widely-spaced gills.
These were shot with two setups on my EM-1. My usual Schneider HM 40, reversed on a x 1.5 Kiron TC, gives a FOV 6mm wide. A few more tubes behind it takes that to 3mm wide. My usual Kiron 105, at maximum magnification gives ca 17mm wide, narrowed to ca 12mm via a x1.5 TC. All were at f16 and lit by triple TTL RC flash in camera manual mode. Hand-held, with support from the substrate.
The stereos are crosseye.
Harold
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