Every mushroom has its favourite place to grow. It's own little works where they feel good. Some will prefer to grow near the pine trees, other among grasses. After we know what each type prefer it is easier to find them. This knowledge is used by people that pick all those edible mushrooms.
I remember we used to go to one specific pine forest to pick the boletus (basically the only type I am confident to pick).
Why do they only grow in those specific spots? Well, there is force called Mycorrhiza (damn, the biology classes payed of).
A mycorrhiza is a mutual symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant.
In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant's root tissues. The association is sometimes mutualistic. In particular species or in particular circumstances, mycorrhizae may have a parasitic association with host plants.
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Why do they do it? To make it very simple (you can read more in the link above) they need to feed, so they use the plants roots or tissues to get the necessary carbohydrates. But in return they provide minerals so the plants can benefit too. That's why very often you will find specific mushrooms near, or on specific plant. They just found a way to benefit from each others company the most and provide what the other one needs.
Now after all that intro we are back to our little mushroom. I found one of those some years ago growling on a broken and slowly decomposing branch of a cork tree.
A coupe of weeks ago I was walking between cork trees again and surprise surprise. There they are again!
Yep - they like cork bark. And it is the only place I even found this type. I can't say that the broken branch benefits from it, unless helping to decompose it faster is considered a benefit, but the mushrooms definitely like this type of trees.
Those are two mushrooms that you see here. One on each side of a short piece of cork bark.
You can no idea how hard it is to maneuver one of those and shooting with another when you have this heavy brick Sigma lens attacked to your lens. They are not meant to be operated with one hand!
Peekaboo :)
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos, graphics and text are my own.
Super!
Your mention of mycorrhizal association reminded me of this, did you know trees talk to each other? I suppose fungi probably do too.
Ok I know you meant to write "growing" but the mental image of a mushroom sitting there on the side of a tree growling at me, really cracked me up :)
Of course they do!
And they don't like Orcs.
Hahaha crap!
I am so tempted not to correct it though 😂
Beautiful @ewkaw. You captured them well. Put them right in the spotlights.
I can imagine it was hard to hold with that lens…
Great info too.
Thanks!
That camera (and lens) is not made for one hand shooting...
You are welcome 😊
I came, I saw and I learned something new. This is the best type of posting.
Mission accomplished! :D
The best thing so far I learned from Hive posts are Arepas. Damn this thing is good!!
A double whammy. I'll need to look these up now 🙂
This was super informative! Didn't know the mushrooms actually need the carbs from trees... But pretty obvious that they need some food too 😅
They steal the candies! :p
hahah, thieves 😂
I was reading about mycorrhiza and how complex that network is. The author was describing it as the internet and when you realize all that you truly start thinking the mushrooms are from out of this world. Never say never.
It is pretty awesome isn't it?
They are aliens! :D
Interesting explanation of how mushrooms choose where to grow @ewkaw
And when I was a child, I looking for mushrooms to eat in the haystack after the rice harvest season, I will never forget that memory, it was really a happy childhood memory.
I can imagine you could always find the same type there :)
We used go to the woods to pick some.
I really like that first shot! All of the wrinkles on the edges of the cap give it a lot of character; especially against that black background. And, it is really cool how specific mushrooms are about where they grow! Awesome post all around!!
Thanks a lot!
It is a cool thing to know especially if you want to look for a specific mushroom. Just have to know what they like.
I haven't seen you around for a while. All good with you guys?
All good. Just super busy! I started a new job that has required me to go back to school for a Master's degree. lol I haven't been super motivated, lately.
So that's what kept you busy! As long as all is well.
I was hoping to see some goats :)
What a cute little buddy. The texture looks like pleather. I would participate in fungifriday but the only mushrooms I ever see are the ones in my fridge or the ones that are kind of sort of legal now in Oregon but illegal most other places except maybe Amsterdam.
They might look cool in black and white, though. My mushrooms.
Use the fridge ones :D We don't discriminate :p
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LOL, really! You only get a hundred dollar fine and get forced to go to drug rehab if you are in possession of a small amount of "drugs," plus we now have a program that allows you to trip balls under the supervision of a licensed professional, provided you're wounded enough to qualify!
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You're very welcome :)