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Gymnopilus junonius
The cap ranges from 7 to 20 cm across, is convex, and is bright orange, orange/brown, or reddish brown with a dry scaly surface. The stem is 25 to 265 mm long, 8 to 9 mm thick, and often narrows near the base. The frail ring is dusted with rusty orange spores, the flesh is yellow and the gill attachment to the stem is adnate to sub-decurrent. It has a bitter taste, stains red with KOH and turns green when cooked in a pan. The spore print is rusty orange. "Each individual mushroom can weigh several pounds. https://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j...
Gymnopilus junonius is a very widely distributed mushroom which grows in dense clusters on dead hardwoods and conifers. This mushroom grows just about everywhere that decaying wood can be found
Spotted in a mix forest near my house,in a eucalypthus trunk. This one is the same mushroom group of this spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/151... I follow this group during more than a month,very cool examplar Photo 6 Jan 9 Photo 5 Jan 17 Photo 4 Jan 23 Photo 3 Jan 29 Photo 2 Feb 5 Photo 1 Feb 11
Spotted on Feb 11, 2014
Submitted on Feb 15, 2014
6 Comments
Thanks Juan,yes it's all the process,since i saw them first time,until they reach old age :-) almost a month
I specially like the third picture. Are these the same fungi on different stages?
Thanks Tom,i make hundreds of photos of this group,i have a enormous dificulty to chose the ones to load,but i think it give a idea of all the process,thanks again for your nice comment
Great series António! I like all the angles and different stages of the mushrooms.
Thanks Gatorfellows
beautiful :)