I hope the red mushroom is Hygrocybe rhodophylla Kühner . Tanay
On Nov 14, 9:13 am, Smita Raskar <[email protected]> wrote: > I love dense forests and love to observe snakes.... > yeah some of them are deadly poisonous 'only' if u hurt them... > so never try to catch them....conversationalist[?] > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 2:13 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > -- > Smita raskar > M.Sc. (Botany) > Biology teacher > 308 Disha Residency, > Salaiwada,Sawantwadi > Phone (02363) 274153 > Mob.9422379568 > > 329.gif > < 1KViewDownload
