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Oudemansiella mucida (NL: Porseleinzwam / EN:Porcelain Fungus / DE: Buchen-Schleimrübling / FR: Mucidule visqueuse) is a fungus in the Physalacriaceae family. The species is specific to beech wood. It appears in autumn on dead trunks and on fallen branches, and occasionally it also grows on living trees. The cap is 2 to 8 cm in diameter, semi-transparent and white. The adnate, broad and very distand gills show through the thin cap flesh, giving the margin a striate appearance. A mucous slime covers the cap during wet weather. The stipe is Slender, with a substantial stem ring, usually 3 to 7 mm in diameter, up to 8 cm long, and often curved so as to bring the cap to the horizontal in situations where large tufts of Porcelain Mushrooms are attached to a small area of the host.
Image: Brasschaat (B) - 20/09/2011
© Johan Dierckx
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@Ana Lúcia: I'm glad the image turned out so well. Light conditions were very difficult that day. Thanks for commenting again, Ana.
@d.apskos: Thank you very much for your visit and comment.
@Jaytee: Thank you, Jaytee. Why do they look almost fake to you?
@Julie L. Brown: It is always a delight to find this species and every year I go out to search these. I think it is one of the most interesting (in fotographic terms) mushrooms to be found in Belgium. The jellyfish comparison is very suitable. Thanks for the comment, Julie !
@Lia: Ik kom ze wel elk jaar ergens tegen, deze porcelijnzwammetjes en voor mij zijn het de meest fotogenieke paddenstoelen die je kan tegenkomen, zeker zoals je zegt met het licht door de hoed heen... Deze waren inderdaad nog erg jong en gaaf, maar het licht was die dag niet goed - in een donker beukenbos op een bewolkte dag heb je nu eenmaal niet veel mogelijkheden... Vorig jaar had ik meer geluk (zie de foto's van vorig jaar ook door op de tag 'oudemansiella' te klikken). Gelukkig kwam ik enkele weken later de soort nog ergens anders tegen met optimale lichtomstandigheden... die foto's komen nog in de loop van de komende periode (ik post mijn foto's chronologisch naar opnemadatum, alleen loop ik enkele maanden achter ondertussen ...) Wellicht kom je die foto's binnenkort hier dus ook wel tegen... Bedankt voor je commentaar alvast, Lia !
Canon EOS 400D
1/80 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
150 mm
fungi
basidiomycota
agaricomycetes
agaricales
physalacriaceae
oudemansiella
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