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Unidentified Fungi 2

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Posted by Des Ong on September 22, 2010 at 5:46 PM
Closest I got to was Cortinarius sp. If anyone knows what this is, I'd appreciate the heads up.

Thanks for looking all the same.

Cheers,

Des

210mm, f8, 1/6s, ISO400.
Posted by Ian Haskell on September 22, 2010 at 5:49 PM
The subject really stands out nice from the background. Lovely foreground dof suits my taste for this type of shot.

Ian
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 22, 2010 at 6:42 PM
It looks great, whatever it is :smile:

Geoff.
Posted by Frederic Desmette on September 23, 2010 at 2:38 AM
it does look like a "Lacaire ametyste" sorry it`s in French :cool: I don`t know the English name....
Nice picture
Frederic
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on September 23, 2010 at 2:56 AM
I don't know what kind of fungi it is, but it looks great. The fungi stands out well against the background and soft colours are very nice. :smile:
Posted by Craig Jones on September 23, 2010 at 3:04 AM
POV make the image for me Des,great light and colours,wonderful :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on September 23, 2010 at 3:04 AM
Hi Des...

I believe you have a young deceiver here (Laccaria laccata)... judging by the overall colouration and the view of the gills, fungi are some of the hardest to ID and often the only way is from a spore print, it can also be helpful to describe the habit too...

its a nice looking image, but to me here at least it looks just a little flat...

Frederic, almost there... your french translates to Amythist Deceiver, this specimen is from the same family, just different colouration.

All the best

Phil

:toast:
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on September 23, 2010 at 3:44 AM
Hi Des,

Fantastic point of view, great use of light and a lovely background = a stunning image.

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by Des Ong on September 23, 2010 at 4:03 AM
Thanks Frederic & Phil for your suggestions. I did think initially it might be L. laccata but I usually see them occur in clusters or small group, this was on its own under birch. More names to the pot! :smile:

Cheers,

Des
Posted by Jeff Harrison on September 23, 2010 at 5:28 AM
Simply beautiful Des :toast: :toast: but can't help with ID