Beach Fungi?

[Regulus]

Your probably all a little over the fungi photos by now, but I thought I'd show you something a bit different, and one you don't see every day.
This is a Psathyrella sp. and grows out of sand on the beach.
Having a closer look to see how it could possibly do this , it was interesting to find that the very long stem goes 6/8/10cm down and is attached to the softer moist sea-grass stem from where it gains nutrients and moisture.
Normally a fungi has a two-way relationship with a plant or tree and provides micro nutrients that the plants roots are too gross to pick up. In this instance I cannot fathom what, if anything, is returned. It is probably just a parasitic fungi, which is not that uncommon.

Trev

PS thx to David (Omegacrux) for letting me in on these.

[Tinderboxsky]

Thanks for sharing Trev. Very interesting.

Steve

[zenith]

Keep 'em coming Trev, interesting.

[BilliGoatsGruff]

I think these are my favourite of your fungi shots, that I have seen. I like the brightness of the pictures, as opposed to the darker images that you capture on the forest floor.
It almost looks like a cake decoration with little sugar sprinkles :)

[omegacrux]

👍 cool find
I'll have to have another look see if there's more

David

[Regulus]

Thanks Steve and Tim. I have just traded my Sigma 70mm Macro for the Canon 100mm macro and am keen to give it a try out, so there will be more.

Glad you like them Billi, but I really like the dark, forest floor ones myself, as photos. But this, as a 'document', I'm pretty happy with. Besides the chances of taking a dark one of these was 0, given how bright the sun was :-)

Trev

[astronobob]

Well, that is very amazing indeed, Classic photos too Trevor :thumbsup:
Learn something new every day, thanx for sharing such an interesting photo shoot - Great Post :thumbsup:

[REVEREND]

Nice set Trev.

Cheers Reverend.

[astroboof]

Well, aren't fungi wonderful things, I enjoyed those, and the thought.

[Regulus]

Thx Steve, Rev, and Bob, glad you all found them of interest, they certainly got my attention ;-)

[gary]

Thanks Trevor,

That's remarkable! I had no idea.

Your clear images and accompanying text lend heavily to the notion
that indeed you can learn something new every day.

Best Regards

Gary

[hotspur]

Amazing!!! great post !!!

[Regulus]

Thanks Gary and Chris. The fungi world constantly surprises me and it's about my favourite daytime pursuit. Glad you enjoyed them.

Trev