Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Resupinatus sp.

The photos show species of Crepidotus  and Resupinatus . Both grow on dead wood and neither has a stem. In the former the cap is attached at it’s edge and in the latter the cap is attached by its top. The fruiting bodies of Campanella, like those of Resupinatus, are stem-less mushrooms that typically grow on the underside of dead wood lying on the ground. however, while Resupinatus has fairly standard gills, radiating from the point where the cap is attached tot he wood, Campanella is different. Here are two specimens, one brown  and the other white , both collected on Norfolk Island. While each has a few radial gills, there are also numerous cross-connections between the gills.

Campanella sp.

Campanella sp.
 

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