Can You Believe This Is A Fungus?

e6filmuser

Glyphium elatum is a tiny Ascomycete fungus found on decaying wood. Its massed colonies look like a deposit of soot. Individual fruiting bodies are chisel-shaped, 1-2mm tall. When they mature, the corners fold in to give a pointed shape with a slot for emerging spores. This colony was on a dead twig.

Olympus EM-1 (manual mode), Laowa 25mm f2.8 2.5x-5x ultra-macro at f11ISO 1000, twin TTL flash hand-held.

Harold

Lord Vetinari

Interesting fungal fruiting bodies.

Brian V.

e6filmuser

Thanks, Brian. Yes, when you look into the Ascomycetes, rather than the familiar Basidiomycetes, the range of morphology is enormous, with many very tiny ones..

Harold