Monday Mushroom #40
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| 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.
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| Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus |
Although in the following two photos they have colonised a raised bed outside of a supermarket in Brighton.
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| Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus |
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| Ramaria stricta - Straight Coral Fungus |
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| 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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