Thanks for looking and commenting Ann. Yes, I know that the proper name is "gills," but this is designed as an abstract image, so I wanted another name. I first chose "ridges," but changed my mind and were with "vanes," even though I am not totally happy with that name either.
Like most Eastern Europeans, my father loved mushrooms, and grew his own. He also collected them in the wild, but only a few species that he knew very well and was confident they were safe. I don't think the "globby things" are the result of decay; I am positive this specimen was less than 24 hours old, as I cleared that particular area of all the other (and uglier) mushrooms the previous evening, the keep my dog from eating them. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > cant post to list.. as you may have noticed.. > your vanes are called gills in the mycologist's world. > > I looked at the whole set - don't know what is going on > with the globby things - decay of cap? spores? > > I briefly (a coule of years) was in the NYC Mycological > society and got to meet Gary Lincoff - but most of those > guys were mainly interested in mushrooms to eat whereas I was in it for > photography purposes. So I learned a little bit (the dangerous thing > category) enough so I could gather a few varieties to eat safely > > When I did shoot them for possible field guide use, I showed top and side of > one next to the upsidedown cap of the same variety in addition > to in situ shots. but almost nothing can be determined without making spore > prints. You can't even imagine how complex it is. > > ann > - > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
