Dear Yazdy ji, Please donot use same thread to post multiple bio-forms, use separate threads kindly.
the mushroom in the attached photo is *Marasmius rotula * Ecology: Saprobic on sticks and woody debris in hardwood forests; growing alone or gregariously (or in clusters); spring through fall; widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains. Cap: .5-2 cm; convex, but soon with a central depression; pleated; appearing to have a flat top and squarish sides when viewed from the side; smooth; dry; brownish in the depression, whitish elsewhere. Gills: Attached to a tiny "collar" that encircles the stem; white to yellowish white; distant. Stem: 1.5-8 cm long; 1-2 mm thick; equal; dry; shiny; wiry; pale at first but soon dark brown to black except at the apex; base sometimes with stiff hairs. Flesh: Thin. Odor and Taste: Not distinctive. Spore Print: White or pale yellowish. Microscopic Features: Spores 6.5-10 x 3-5 ยต; smooth; more or less elliptical. Cystidia absent on gill faces; inamyloid broom cells present on gill edges. Pileipellis with broom cells that feature very short projections. Regards Tanay On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > Attaching pictures of a strange mushroom. I call it strange because, > though the crown is soft the stem and root are tough. Especially the > root is like the root of a tough tuber. I tried to pierce it with a > stick and failed. > Please help me in identifying the mushroom. > Regards > Yazdy Palia. > > You have been sent 4 pictures. > > > DSCN3021.TIF > DSCN3024.TIF > DSCN3025.TIF > DSCN3026.TIF > > These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
