Yes, layer and leaves and an odd shoreline and a really worn-out stump of a pylon. Right next to the pole with the fungus.
- Alan - On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 9:30 AM Edward Picot <edw...@edwardpicot.com> wrote: > Fascinating - I can't really quite make that first picture out. Is there > a layer of water, on which those leaves are floating? > > On 10/23/22 4:16 AM, Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour wrote: > > > > > > nature over philosophy > > > > http://www.alansondheim.org/becoming.jpg > > http://www.alansondheim.org/Schizophyllumcommune.jpg > > Split Gill fungus > > > > from Wikipedia: > > > > "It has 23,328 distinct mating types. Individuals of any mating > > type are compatible for mating with most other mating types. > > There are two genetic loci determining the mating type, locus A > > with 288 alleles and locus B with 81 alleles. A pair of fungi > > will only be fertile if they have different A and different B > > alleles;[6] that is, each mating type can enter fertile pairings > > with 22,960 others. > > > > "a species of fungus in the genus Schizophyllum. The mushroom > > resembles undulating waves of tightly packed corals or loose > > Chinese fan. "Gillies" or "split gills" vary from creamy yellow > > to pale white in colour. The cap is small, 14 centimetres > > (381+58 in) wide with a dense yet spongey body texture. It is > > known as the split-gill mushroom because of the unique > > longitudinally divided nature of the "gills" on the underside of > > the cap. This mushroom is found throughout the world. > > > > It is found in the wild on decaying trees after rainy seasons > > followed by dry spells where the mushrooms are naturally > > collected. It is known for its high medicinal value and aromatic > > taste profile. It has recently attracted the medicinal industry > > for its immunomodulatory, antifungal, antineoplastic and > > antiviral activities that are higher than those of any other > > glucan complex carbohydrate." > > > > Fairly common; we haven't seen them in the east. The fungus was > > at a distance, on a piece of wood partly in the Providence > > River; I had to process the image to bring out the structure. > > We'll return soon for a better image. > > > > The combination of "schizo" "phyllumm" and "commune" brings to > > mind, obviously, Occupy, Deleuze Guattari, assemblages (which > > are represented in a sense by the recent mini-biome photographs > > I've been able to take). Again, adjacency come to mind, as well > > as webs, communities, transmissions. What the "becoming" image > > represents semiotically, the Schizophyllumcommune image might be > > considered the spore-adic dissemination of representation. What > > might be gender differentiation when it is in the tens of > > thousands? What is schizo-anything when the divisions are > > fractal? (Of course that may well be what schiz is, but that's > > not beside the point but within it, degree zero. (Bad pun.)) > > > > ___ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- *=====================================================* *directory http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org> tel 347-383-8552**email sondheim ut panix.com <http://panix.com>, sondheim ut gmail.com <http://gmail.com>* *=====================================================*
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