Size of the fruiting body -upto 6cms, granite black color, tiny white spots - iridescent. I think the fruit bodies are flask-shaped.
Abundance - 30 nos. Dead stump picture taken from 9 meters distant. Thick vegetation, darkness, slope/elevation & the leeches prevented us reaching the tree. So no closeup picture. It appears, these fungi closely relates to Dead Man's Fingers fungus or the Candle-snuff Fungus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylaria // In Bhagamandala, we colligated this black fungi to black leech sticks, very well disguised in the darkness of the tree bark. Add to it the dark woods behind. Imagine- we go close to the tree, the leech stick come alive & rain on us... Thanks a lot for the Id help! Regards Raghu ________________________________ From: Inderjeet Sethi <ikseth...@gmail.com> To: raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> Cc: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, 30 August 2011 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:78736] Monsoon 2011| Fungi from Talacauvery| 29Aug11AR02 This looks like Xylaria sp. (Pyrenomycetes). Did you notice the size of the fruiting bodies and any other features. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:37 PM, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote: Monsoon 2011| Fungi from Talacauvery| 29Aug11AR02 >Habitat: on an erect tree bark, probably dead portion. > > >// Stephen King's horror bank! > > > >27 Jul 2011 >Talacauvery, Coorg > > >Regards >raghu > > > > > > > > -- ~ik~ Dr.Inderjeet Kaur Sethi Associate Professor Department of Botany SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi Delhi-110007 M: 9818775237
