Nice pics. For forests its said that the most colourful things are most dangerous. this goes for the snake as well as the mushroom.
The snake above is Calliophis nigrescens (Black Coral Snake) and it is supposed to be deadly poisonous. Pankaj On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 2:00 AM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > Nature's iridescent ruby-like jewels | Little red mushrooms & the little > coral snake > /* > At around 4.30 pm at Vibhuti falls, the clouds hold the sun hostage, after > which the latter hardly shows up again. Soon, darkness sets everywhere. > Around the same time, we saw these wonderful little red mushrooms (half a > dozen of them) gleaming in the dark under a tall tree. Later, we came > across a black shiny snake in the darkness trying to cross the boulders in > the forest path. When our guide came in between the snake's path, the > little creature coiled its tail showing its red belly -what is known as > cork screw display, its way warning a predator . Our guide could handle the > coral snake with ease with a small twig and eventually release it safely > into the jungle. In fact, just two days before he had been bitten by a baby > pit viper. But like the people here do, he also relied on herbal medicines > for the wound to heal and life went on as before. > Size: diameter :6cms aprox, length: around 1 meter length, Venomous: Not > known > 13 Oct 2010 5.34 PM > */ > > Mushroom Size < 1cms, heigth 1.5cms, cap dia -3cms, > Gills underneath present, No. found 6, edge of the forest path, > Vibhuti falls, Yana, Uttara Kannada > Habitat Damp dark, forest path > 13 Oct 2010 4.50PM > > Regards > Raghu > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
