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It finally happened! I found this fungus I dreamed of for so long: crown-tipped coral mushroom, or Artómyces pyxidátus, or Клавикоро́на коро́бчатая in Russian. A big colony of it was attacking and trying to digest the corpse of the wooden giant.

I spent about one hour (!) by that trunk, making captures from different angles (there was a dozen of different editions of said fungus there). I took.... wait a minute... there are 164 pictures in my folder (of 560 I made during the whole photo-walk on that day). This might be an indicator how excited I was... This isnt a super-rare specie, but still, it is the 1st time I discovered it myself.

Наконец-то это случилось! (сбылась мечта идиёта...) Я нашел гриб, о котором давно мечтал: Artómyces pyxidátus, или по-русски Клавикоро́на коро́бчатая. Большая колония атаковала труп деревянного великана и пыталась его переварить (что несомненно произойдет -- но в очень далекой перспективе).

Я провел там около часа (!) делая снимки с разных ракурсов - и всего у меня получилось 164 снимка (из 560 за весь день). Сами видите, как я возбудился... Это не супер-редкий вид, но тем не менее попался он мне впервые. Кстати, гриб съедобен - пока молодой.


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location: Vyritza, Russia August 2022 natural lighting
camera/lens: Canon 5D Sigma 150mm raw-conv
f 2.8 t 1/80 ISO 640

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It is really tiny! Added my fingers to the frame, with intention to give you a scale.

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Very beautiful mushroom, I can imagine how excited you were to take so many pictures of them, I can also imagine how difficult it was to select which one would be the most beautiful to publish.

I can also imagine how difficult it was to select which one would be the most beautiful to publish.

haha, nope! this was the easiest part. ;))))

Крошка... я бы со своим зрением точно мимо прошла, так что - респект наблюдательному фотографу)

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  ·  3 years ago 

Красавчик (гриб)! =)

Wow, very fascinating ajd attractive plant. I never seen that kind of plant here in our country. The photoshoot is very perfect also.

yeah. thanks for your compliment. what country are you from by the way?