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| Former Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon
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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 |
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| Monument Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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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.
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| Mature tree Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgia, USA
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Very interesting. Nice find M.D. |
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| Admin - Razor sharp and independent 2 X Diploma Level 5 qualified arborist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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High water was ruled out. I wonder what this shroons game plan is?
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| Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indianapolis
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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! |
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| Former Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon
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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. | |
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| Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: orlando,fl
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Thats neat thanks for posting M.D.
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| Monument Status Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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| Former Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon
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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? |
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