Re: PESO: Mushroom From Below

[David Mann]

It's growing through leaf litter.  The top had a fair bit of dirt on it so 
wasn't particularly photogenic.

I don't even like edible mushrooms so I just treat all mushrooms as poisonous. 
A while ago I read about a species that's edible but becomes poisonous if you 
eat it with alcohol.

Speaking of fairies, on her birthday my daughter was given a nice little 
stuffed fabric mushroom (fly agaric, of course) with a pouch to hold teeth for 
the tooth fairy. She got to use it for the first time last week.

Dan, the nice thing about the phone camera is that it's easy to take a low 
photo without crawling in the dirt myself!

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 11, 2022, at 5:28 PM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Looks like you scared off the fairy! Nice shot. Looks like it's growing on a 
> pile of rubbish. I understand that the species white underneath are likely to 
> be poisonous.
> 
> Alan C
> 
> On 11-Jun-22 03:20 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> I found this next to a track while running on the hill. I stopped to take a 
>> couple of pics for my daughter but I liked this one enough to share it here. 
>> It's just from my phone. I don't know which variety it is.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1186/#peso
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
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Re: PESO: Metamorphosis

[David Mann]

Pretty cool to see them next to each other in different stages.

There's a spot not far from my place where a small number of Monarchs spend 
winter but I haven't seen many there yet. I'll have to keep an eye out.

Cheers,
Dave

> On Jun 11, 2022, at 4:39 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Each Monarch larva goes through five stages of growth, called instars,
> between the time it hatches from the egg until it enters the pupal stage.
> The larva molts at the end of each instar, so that it can grow into the
> next stage. During this process, it eats only milkweed foliage, and grows
> to almost 2,000 times its original mass.
> 
> A late fifth instar Monarch will then crawl away from the milkweed plant it
> was feeding on to find a secure location, where it forms a silk pad and
> hangs upside down in a J shape, before shedding its skin one last time to
> expose the bright green chrysalis.
> 
> In this image, the larva on the right has attached its pad to the edge of a
> clay flower pot, and has drawn itself up into the classic "J" shape.  On
> the left is one that has completed the final molt to expose its bejewelled
> green chrysalis.
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/6/11/metamorphosis
> 
> K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm F 2.8 Macro Limited
> Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and
> appreciated.
> 
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Re: PESO: Mushroom From Below

[Alan C]

Looks like you scared off the fairy! Nice shot. Looks like it's growing 
on a pile of rubbish. I understand that the species white underneath are 
likely to be poisonous.


Alan C

On 11-Jun-22 03:20 AM, David Mann wrote:

I found this next to a track while running on the hill. I stopped to take a 
couple of pics for my daughter but I liked this one enough to share it here. 
It's just from my phone. I don't know which variety it is.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1186/#peso

Cheers,
Dave
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Re: PESO: Metamorphosis

[Alan C]

Dan, a fine photo and excellent description, almost poetic at the end.

On 11-Jun-22 06:39 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Each Monarch larva goes through five stages of growth, called instars,
between the time it hatches from the egg until it enters the pupal stage.
The larva molts at the end of each instar, so that it can grow into the
next stage. During this process, it eats only milkweed foliage, and grows
to almost 2,000 times its original mass.

A late fifth instar Monarch will then crawl away from the milkweed plant it
was feeding on to find a secure location, where it forms a silk pad and
hangs upside down in a J shape, before shedding its skin one last time to
expose the bright green chrysalis.

In this image, the larva on the right has attached its pad to the edge of a
clay flower pot, and has drawn itself up into the classic "J" shape.  On
the left is one that has completed the final molt to expose its bejewelled
green chrysalis.

K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm F 2.8 Macro Limited
Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and
appreciated.

Dan Matyola


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Re: PESO: Mushroom From Below

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Nice perspective.  Looks like you really got down in the dirt for that
image.

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 9:20 PM David Mann  wrote:

> I found this next to a track while running on the hill. I stopped to take
> a couple of pics for my daughter but I liked this one enough to share it
> here. It's just from my phone. I don't know which variety it is.
>
> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1186/#peso
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
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PESO: Metamorphosis

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Each Monarch larva goes through five stages of growth, called instars,
between the time it hatches from the egg until it enters the pupal stage.
The larva molts at the end of each instar, so that it can grow into the
next stage. During this process, it eats only milkweed foliage, and grows
to almost 2,000 times its original mass.

A late fifth instar Monarch will then crawl away from the milkweed plant it
was feeding on to find a secure location, where it forms a silk pad and
hangs upside down in a J shape, before shedding its skin one last time to
expose the bright green chrysalis.

In this image, the larva on the right has attached its pad to the edge of a
clay flower pot, and has drawn itself up into the classic "J" shape.  On
the left is one that has completed the final molt to expose its bejewelled
green chrysalis.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/6/11/metamorphosis

K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm F 2.8 Macro Limited
Comments, criticisms, questions, and suggestions are invited and
appreciated.

Dan Matyola
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PESO: Mushroom From Below

[David Mann]

I found this next to a track while running on the hill. I stopped to take a 
couple of pics for my daughter but I liked this one enough to share it here. 
It's just from my phone. I don't know which variety it is.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1186/#peso

Cheers,
Dave
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Re: Monitors

[Bill]

I don't know if this was a good value or not, but I bought a
Viewsonic VP2785-4K 27" 4K Monitor and am more than happy with it.

bill


On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 6:34 PM Larry Colen  wrote:

> I’m considering getting a new monitor.  I see that there are 4K IPS
> monitors in the 27-32” range for around $700.
> I could get away with another 2.5K, particularly at the smaller size range.
>
> One of my gripes with my second monitor is that it doesn’t have brightness
> or contrast controls for matching it with my primary monitor.
>
> Has anyone done research on monitors lately and found any particularly
> good values or nasty things to avoid?
>
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Re: June PUG is up

[David J Brooks]

Thanks Ann

The group as well as myself still like to play around wit the lens balls

Dave

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 12:19 AM Alan C  wrote:

> Ann, It was at Crystal Springs which is a mountain resort (2000m) about
> 200Km S of Phalaborwa in Mpumalanga (which means "Where the sun comes
> up"). A green canyon cuts through the area & the escarpment to the
> Lowveld & the Kruger Park which is about 50Km to the E. We go there for
> a week each year in Summertime.
>
> Alan C
>
> > From: *ann sanfedele* 
> > Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 8:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: June PUG is up
> > To: 
> >
> > and Alan, I see you do have good light somewhere near you :-) I guess
> > you were not in Kruger when you took that one.
> >
> > ann
> >
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