1st Underwater Mushrooms: here in Oregon

mdvaden · 26th November 2007, 06:17 PM

As much as I like taking photos of mushrooms in the forest for my albums, this article caught my eye ... first underwater mushrooms known to exist ...

MailTribune.com: What lies beneath: a new mushroom

Maybe there's more, now that we know to look underwater every now and then

Sean Freeman · 26th November 2007, 08:19 PM

That really is amazing, never would have thunk it, before your link opened up i was thinking slime mould for sure..but the pics amazing I'm going to keep a watch on this one for sure. I wonder if the fungi is using a similar physiology to mangrove/marsh plants to oxygenate its subterrainean mycelia? It raises so many different questions....great link thankyou Mario.

TreeCo · 27th November 2007, 07:53 PM

Very interesting.

Nice find M.D.

Ekka · 28th November 2007, 02:29 AM

High water was ruled out.

I wonder what this shroons game plan is?

Tree Machine · 28th November 2007, 05:15 AM

Amazing. I've argued at length with other Arborists that mycelium can grow quite well underwater (ie water-filled cavities of trees) but I've never suggested, nor even thought that reproductive fruiting structures could form underwater.

Great find, Mario!

mdvaden · 28th November 2007, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Tree Machine

Amazing. I've argued at length with other Arborists that mycelium can grow quite well underwater (ie water-filled cavities of trees) but I've never suggested, nor even thought that reproductive fruiting structures could form underwater.

Great find, Mario!

One thing is handy - it's probably just a 60 or 70 minute drive from our house to the area where the mushrooms are growing. Just a few miles shy of Crater Lake.

Maybe I can look for some to photograph myself in summer.

I'm sure I won't be the only person paying closer attention to streams in the years ahead - in other parts of Oregon. It's hard to imagine that the organism would be limited to just the Rogue River.

newguy18 · 28th November 2007, 09:59 AM

Thats neat thanks for posting M.D.

Sean Freeman · 28th November 2007, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Amazing. I've argued at length with other Arborists that mycelium can grow quite well underwater (ie water-filled cavities of trees)

Tm it raises heaps of questions in my mind in relation to the growth of fungi generally, makes me think long and hard about wet wood, oxygenation of damaged tissues etc....

mdvaden · 29th November 2007, 10:25 AM

To me, it was the most interesting topic of the week, even though its a brief issue at the moment.

Not so much because its so rare, but because it "is".

There could be 100 kinds underwater, and I'd be just as interested just to find out that its possible.

I'd like to know more about what it's embedded in. Live root down in the water? Decay only? Something that burned and washed downstream? Certain type of tree wood?

26th November 2007, 06:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
mdvaden Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 543	1st Underwater Mushrooms: here in Oregon As much as I like taking photos of mushrooms in the forest for my albums, this article caught my eye ... first underwater mushrooms known to exist ... MailTribune.com: What lies beneath: a new mushroom Maybe there's more, now that we know to look underwater every now and then __________________ ____________________________________ Grove of Redwood TITANS Oregon BIGOOT trap

26th November 2007, 08:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,671	Re: 1st Underwater Mushrooms: here in Oregon That really is amazing, never would have thunk it, before your link opened up i was thinking slime mould for sure..but the pics amazing I'm going to keep a watch on this one for sure. I wonder if the fungi is using a similar physiology to mangrove/marsh plants to oxygenate its subterrainean mycelia? It raises so many different questions....great link thankyou Mario. __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

27th November 2007, 07:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
TreeCo Mature tree Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 259	Re: 1st Underwater Mushrooms: here in Oregon Very interesting. Nice find M.D.

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Tree Machine Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 569	Amazing. I've argued at length with other Arborists that mycelium can grow quite well underwater (ie water-filled cavities of trees) but I've never suggested, nor even thought that reproductive fruiting structures could form underwater. Great find, Mario!

29th November 2007, 10:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
mdvaden Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 543	Re: 1st Underwater Mushrooms: here in Oregon To me, it was the most interesting topic of the week, even though its a brief issue at the moment. Not so much because its so rare, but because it "is". There could be 100 kinds underwater, and I'd be just as interested just to find out that its possible. I'd like to know more about what it's embedded in. Live root down in the water? Decay only? Something that burned and washed downstream? Certain type of tree wood? __________________ ____________________________________ Grove of Redwood TITANS Oregon BIGOOT trap

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