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Keywords: Polyporaceae | Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolt. ex Fr.) Schroet. | southwest Ontario, Canada
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel
Thank you to bevcraigwhite@Flickr from southwestern Ontario, Canada for sharing today's image with us (original via BPotD Flickr Group Pool – also includes an image of the other side of the fungus). Much appreciated, Bev!
Michael Kuo, of the encyclopedic MushroomExpert.com site, has an extensive factsheet about Daedaleopsis confragosa, or blushing bracket. The story of the name of the genus and its relationship to Greek mythology, however, is best discovered by visiting the Cornell Mushroom Blog and reading the entry on Daedaleopsis confragosa and the Minotaur.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 9, 2007 2:44 AM
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Posted by: bev at August 9, 2007 4:30 AM
Wonderful photo, lovely patterns, so clear.
Posted by: Meg Bernstein at August 9, 2007 8:05 AM
What a great picture and such detail. Hope to see more like this.
Thank you, Margaret-Rae
Posted by: Margaret-Rae Davis at August 9, 2007 9:35 AM
Sizing or close up. Actually in the case of this fungus there is a context for one can see the decaying log behind the plant. Perhaps in the case of a mushroom a note whether it s edible or poisonous might be in order and possibly a spore print or a spore microscopy.
But in the case of flowers as very few people eat these except insects while the sharp focus close ups are admirable without a view of the full plant including at least the whole above ground specimen one cannot really consider it a full description or identification, ie this is impressionistic art maybe but not descriptive science.
If one goes up to a plant to observe admire and maybe identify it one first sees the environs the context then the whole plant usually with other specimens nearby and finally zeroes in on a part or detail such as a flower.
Here we only get a final restricted detail not the whole picture.
I am here making a general comment not about this mushroom which does have a background context.
So ideally if one could click on the main photo and see the whole plant or flower or even the site.
Posted by: A Jablanczy at August 11, 2007 4:30 AM
Lovely photo, love the detail.
This is a great site, I really appreciate the work you do for our enjoyment.
Posted by: Christiaan at August 11, 2007 8:44 AM
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Wow; beautiful photo from another Bev. It almost looks like some elaborate seashell from that angle.