Fathoming Out Fungi

joanstewart (65)in #qurator • 5 years ago (edited)

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toddrjohnson (54) 5 years ago

What's really cool is that mushrooms are the sex organs of mycorrhizal fungi--tiny fungi that have a symbiotic relationship with plants. They grow around and into a plant's roots. Many common plants cannot survive without them, because the fungi break down and supply nutrients that the plants need, but cannot directly extract themselves. Plants also "communicate" through mychorrhizal fungi. A tree that gets attacked by insects will send out a signal that the mycorrhizai transmit to other trees, causing those trees to change in a way that detracts the insects. I had no idea about any of this, until my daughter did a science fair project on it a few years ago.

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joanstewart (65) 5 years ago

That is so interesting, fungi really work quietly all the time.

Makes total sense, we had termites attacking a patch of lawn at the bottom of our garden, some light rain during night (in middle of drought), next morning the whole area was covered with hundreds of tiny fungi, often wondered why. This brings into reasoning what may have happened.

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deltasteem (61) 5 years ago

nice shot my friend..

The first mushroom picture looks like a beautiful umbrella ...

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joanstewart (65) 5 years ago

It does, love the two tone top it had.

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sunscape (70) 5 years ago

I love the fungi, I don't get very many in my yard but when I find them I share them too. They are so cute.

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joanstewart (65) 5 years ago

Feast or famine with fungi in the garden we have some unusual things that seem to trigger them off sometimes.

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blueeyes8960 (69) 5 years ago

Nice photos of the little things in nature. You really had to be paying attention to find these little gems. Sorry I can't help with identification. My mushroom knowledge kind of begins and ends with morels, lol.

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