Here are a few varieties of spore dispersion mechanisms for #fungifriday by @ewkaw
Look at this method of spore dispersion. Tiny little holes on a flat surface drop out the spores for the artist's conk mushroom (Ganoderma applanatum).
Next we have a bear's head mushroom (Hericium americanum) that uses tiny little spikes to disperse the spores. Each little branch tip drops spores out.
Here is an unidentified bolete that uses pores to drop its spores. You can see how deep these pores go in the pinched off portion at the bottom.
Here is another unidentified mushroom, probably a mycena of some kind that uses the more standard gill pattern to release spores.
This is another mycena (Mycena leaiana) showing the standard method of spore dispersion. Within the wall of each gill here are spores attached with little strings, and when the wind blow by the spores are detached and fly off to find more substrate to grow in.
Here is an unknown mushroom with an interesting pattern. I'm guessing this is a type of waxycap, but the gills almost have a splitgill look to them.
These gills are a bit different on oyster mushrooms. They run down the stem. I suspect this is to allow for greater dispersion of spores. Oysters also really like lots of airflow and really bloom out with more air.
Here are my blue oysters that didn't get enough air, so they ended up with long stems and short gills. Maybe they were trying to grow longer stems to reach the air so they could better spread their spores.
Here is a close-up of a northern tooth polypore (Climacodon septentrionale). These grow high up in trees and I suspect their deep tooth structures are meant to catch the heavy wind as they have larger spores than many other mushrooms.
Here is a nice dense symmetrical gill system on a Lactarius piperatus. Some gills when cut create a milky substance which leads to the common name of milk cap.
Look at the weird spike method of spore dispersion on this hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandumf). I have no idea why they have spikes instead of gills, probably some sort of evolutionary mechanism at play.
Now for a really strange spore dispersion method. Eggs in a nest. This is bird's nest fungi aka Crucibulum laeve. They store the spores in eggs and when a raindrop hits the cup the eggs go flying out everywhere to disperse the fungi. Each cup is about the diameter of a raindrop so it works perfectly for rain.
Here is Ramaria stricta with a strange branch-like method of dispersing spores. I'm guessing the strange tips contain the tiny spores and as the wind blows through them they are detached and fly off into the forest.
There are many more shapes that fungi have to disperse spores. These are just a few examples for this #fungifriday :-)
I absolutely adore the image of the blue oysters. Even if they are a little long than normally. Such beautiful mushrooms!
I suffocated the poor things lol, I need a better growing setup to get the nice big clusters of them.
@ewkaw, me too! excellent picture. maybe we should update the banner of FL with this shot? @sketch.and.jam, what would be your word on this.
oh, and happy #fungifriday to you! lovely post. I loved all of the gills, especially the waxycap's.
Yes please :) If @sketch.and.jam doesn't mind of course.
I will wait for his answer, of course.
by the way, Ewa, did you notice a nice little contest by @bambuka? it requires no separate post, just photo + caption in comments. would be a pleasure if more folks join in, including you
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I'm good, go ahead and update :-) with my poor scraggly blue oysters lol
hahaha they will stare at you from the top of the page 😂
thanki! bad for harvesting -- good for photography!! :)))
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all of these mushrooms have their own beauty, the most interesting thing is that the bird's nest mushroom aka Crucibulum laeve has a unique beauty.
yes, they are extremely cool and unusual. havent meet them even once - only saw on the pics.
They are really tiny, I find them where there is landscaping bark and lots of rain.
uh, I knew they are not growing on the soil,. but rather on wood chips and manure.
and what about the season (i.e. which months exactly they appear) ?..
April and May around here, when its rainy but not yet too hot in the summer.
Nice selection and range of fruits.
This just scratches the surface of the numerous varieties out there.
I have seen quite a many in my walking in the woods, more then we know are out there.