This *Cyathus* commonly known as Bird's nest Fungi from Basidiomycetes. Ushaprabha Ji I will recommend reading the article form Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathus it will clearly tell you what those back bead-like structures are !! Tanay .
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:52 PM, ushaprabha page <[email protected]>wrote: > sorry about the size. > Reseding the same. > > fungi bowls in half-dried dung. > what are the black bead-like thing? > photo taken on this 15th august on the platue of fort Chanddan- > vandan near Satara, > appr..height 2000 feet amsl. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/

