Fungal Collection (page 9)

Bracket fungus (Daedaleopsis confragosa)
Blushing bracket fungus (Daedaleopsis confragosa). Close-up of the underside of the blushing bracket fungus showing its pores. The pores are the ends of the tubes within which the spores are produced

Bracket fungus (Polyporus squamosus)
Bracket fungus. Dryads saddle (Polyporus squamosus) bracket fungus on a tree

Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota procera). Photographed in Narke, Sweden

Psathyrella mushrooms after forest fire
Psathyrella pennata mushrooms growing one year after a forest fire. This fire took place in a clear-felled area in the Tiveden forest, in Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Geopyxis elf-cup fungi after forest fire
Geopyxis carbonaria elf-cup fungi growing one year after a forest fire. This fire took place in a clear-felled area in the Tiveden forest, in Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Reishi fungus
Reishe fungus (Ganoderma lucidum) growing on a dead tree. Photographed in Narke, Sweden

Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea) growing on a tree trunk. Photogroahed in Narke, Sweden

Jersey cow bolete (Suillus bovinus). Photographed in Narke, Sweden

Myxomphalia mushroom after forest fire
Myxomphalia maura mushrooms growing one year after a forest fire. This fire took place in a clear-felled area in the Tiveden forest, in Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Helvella macropus mushroom
Helvella macropus fungus fruiting bodies. Photographed in Narke, Sweden

Hares ear fungus (Otidea onotica). Photographed in Narke, Sweden

Maze-gill fungus underside
Maze-gill fungus (Daedalea quercina) underside, showing the gills where the reproductive spores (not seen) are released. Photographed in October, on Powerstock Common, Dorset, UK

Peziza cup fungus after forest fire
Peziza cup fungus (Peziza lobulata) growing two months after a forest fire. This fire took place in a clear-felled area in the Tiveden forest, in Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Plant regrowth after forest fire
Plant regrowth one year after a forest fire. The plants and fungi seen here include Pholiota highlandensis mushrooms (lower left), the common liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha, white-green, centre)

Tar Spot Fungus (Rhytisma acerinum) on the leaves of a Field Maple (Acer campestre) tree. Photographed in autumn in Romania

Birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) mushroom
Brown birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) mushroom growing amongst common heather (Calluna vulgaris). Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, in August

Lichen (Sticta sylvatica) growing on rocks. Photographed in Auvergne in France

Bean rust pustules, SEM
Bean rust (Uromyces sp.) pustules, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The spores (orange) are emerging from pustules on the underside of a leaf on a bean plant

Mushroom gill cap, light micrograph. Transverse section through the cap of a common mushroom (Psalliota sp.) showing the gill lamellae (white)

Bean rust spores, SEM
Bean rust (Uromyces sp.) spores, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Bean rust is a fungal disease that infects bean plants

Rust fungus infection, light micrograph. Transverse section through a barberry (Berberis sp.) leaf infected by a parasitic rust (Puccinia sp.)

Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) mushrooms growing amongst common heather (Calluna vulgaris) in an ancient Caledonian Scots Pine woodland

Mould fruiting bodies, light micrograph. Black mould (Rhizopus nigricans) fruiting bodies (top and upper right) liberating spores

Aspergillus fungus spores, SEM
Aspergillus fungus spores, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). These chains of spores (orange) are the reproductive cells of the fruiting body, or conidiophore

Penicillium fungus, SEM
Penicillium fungus. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Penicillium sp. fungus. Specialised threads (hyphae, pink), called conidiophores, are seen

Amanita (Amanita frostiana) mushroom
Frosts amanita (Amanita frostiana) mushroom. Photographed in Vermont, USA

Woolly gomphus (Gomphus floccosus) mushroom. Photographed in Vermont, USA

Root fungus, light micrograph
Root fungus. Light micrograph of a cross-section through a root containing fungal hyphae called endotrophic mycorrhiza. The hyphae (green and blue)

Japanese sago palm root, light micrograph
Japanese sago palm root. Light micrograph of a transverse section through a root of a Japanese sago palm, (Cycas revoluta)

Edible fungi at a market. Selection of different mushrooms and fungal fruiting bodies arrayed for sale on a market stall. There are thousands of species of edible mushrooms found worldwide

Dry rot fungus. Dry rot, unlike its name suggests, infects damp timber. The term refers to the growth of either of two fungi

Macrophoto of penicillium roqueforti
Macrophotograph (filtered) of Penicillium roqueforti, an economically important penicillin fungus used in the manufacture of blue cheeses

Lace lichen (Ramalina menziesii) growing on the branches of a valley oak tree (Quercus lobata). Lichens are symbiotic organisms formed of a fungus and an alga that mutually benefit one another

Photomicrograph of Penicillin chrysogenum, 3 days old, grown on potato dextrose agar medium (yellow). Magnification: X 1.2 at 35mm size

Sulphur toadstools. Undersides of sulphur toadstools (Tricholoma sulphureum). The gills contain million of spores, the reproductive cells of a fungus

SEM of dry rot in plywood

Bleeding mycena mushrooms (Mycena haemotopus). Bleeding mycenas are so called because they release a reddish juice when cut. They grow on rotting wood, reaching about 3-8 centimetres in height

Cryptococcus cell dividing, TEM
Cryptococcus cell dividing. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the asexual budding (lower right) of a Cyptococcus sp. yeast cell

Daedaleopsis confragosa fungus attached to the trunk of a tree. This bracket fungus grows on dead and living wood of broad leaved trees, particularly alder, birch and willow

Earth star mushroom (Geastrum triplex) growing in woodland soil. It has released (puffed) a cloud of reproductive spores (upper centre)

Lichens

False col SEM of rhizoids
False colour scanning electron micrograph of rhizoids, or " rootlets" of the bread mould, Rhizopus stolonifer, on the surface of bread. Spores circulate freely in the air

False colour SEM of fruiting bodies

Coloured TEM of a yeast cell

Puffball fungus (Lycoperdon foetidum)

Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria). The mycelium of the fly agaric fungus shares a symbiotic relationship with the spruce, forming a mycorrhizal sheath around the roots of the tree

Shaggy parasol mushrooms
Shaggy parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota rhacodes). This fungus is edible

Mushroom surface, SEM
Mushroom surface. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the spore-bearing surface of a hen of the woods mushroom (Grifola frondosa). This surface is found on the underside of the mushroom

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