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Monday, 12 November 2012

Coral Fungus

Monday Mushroom #40

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus
This is one of the most common species of coral fungus found in Britain. They usually come up in clumps at the foot of a tree.


Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus


Although in the following two photos they have colonised a raised bed outside of a supermarket in Brighton.

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus

Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus

Spore prints are images made by leaving fresh fungi on a sheet of paper for a few hours until they have deposited a visible quantity of spores on the page - they are useful for identification (the colour of the print in particular) and they are often quite pretty - as is certainly the case with coral fungus.

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