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Nikon SB-800 at 1/64th power. You can see the flare from the flash that was just barely out of the left frame.
By some fluke, I decided to walk around the tree that was surrounded by thorny brush to see if I could get a backlit photo of the Oyster mushrooms.
Never did I expect to see the fungi sporing.
I stood for a long time just watching as I'd never before seen anything like it except perhaps in a video.
I watched until the sun rose high and I wasn't able to see the 'smoke of spores' highlighted any longer.
Wetenschappelijk: Hygrocybe miniata
Scientific name: Hygrocybe miniata
Hygrocybe is a genus of agarics (gilled fungi) in the family Hygrophoraceae. Called waxcaps in English (sometimes waxy caps in North America), basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are often brightly coloured and have waxy to slimy caps, white spores, and smooth, ringless stems. In Europe they are characteristic of old, unimproved grasslands (termed waxcap grasslands) which are a declining habitat, making many Hygrocybe species of conservation concern. Elsewhere they are more typically found in woodlands. Most are ground-dwelling and all are believed to be moss associates. Around 150 species are recognized worldwide. Fruit bodies of several Hygrocybe species are considered edible.
Most species of Hygrocybe are ground-dwelling, though a few (such as Hygrocybe mexicana and H. rosea) are only known from mossy tree trunks or logs. In Europe, species are typical of unimproved (nutrient-poor), short-sward grasslands, often termed "waxcap grasslands", but elsewhere they are more commonly found in woodland.
Their metabolism has long been debated, but recent research shows that they are neither mycorrhizal nor saprotrophic. It seems they may be symbiotically associated with mosses, as suggested by several earlier authors.
Species are distributed worldwide, from the tropics to the sub-polar regions. Around 150 have been described to date.
In Europe, waxcap grasslands and their associated fungi are of conservation concern, since unimproved grasslands (formerly commonplace) have declined dramatically as a result of changes in agricultural practice. As a result, by 1993, 89% of European Hygrocybe species appeared on one or more national red lists of threatened fungi. In several countries, action has been taken to conserve waxcap grasslands and some of the rarer Hygrocybe species. In the United Kingdom, some grasslands have gained a measure of legal protection as Sites of Special Scientific Interest because of their waxcap interest.
30.11.2024 - Lampertice. "Rosnička" na popychu specjalnego pociągu adwentowego relacji Trutnov hl.n. - Žacléř. Świątecznie ozdobiony skład wielokrotnie pokonywał tego dnia linię z Královca do Žacléřa, budząc spore zainteresowanie okolicznych mieszkańców.
this is a sharper image than my strobilus that I just posted a few days ago. I improved the light with two flashes from different angles
Collected around our place on an evening walk. I've no idea what any of them are.
We did spore printing with them, but they were too pretty not to snap a picture of them like this first.
Keen to make the most of the sunshine and extra time on my hands, I have been busy in the garden. Quite a few snails with their tiny offspring were hiding in the rockery, but didn't seem to want to hang around long enough to have their photo taken...it's amazing how quickly they can move when they want to! :-)