amazing yellow and pink fungus

Richard Seaman · Oct 2, 2003

Came across this fungus a week or so ago in Volo Bog, Illinois.

The colors pretty much blew me away. I've had a terrible time tracking down what it is, in the end I decided it looked most like an overgrown "chicken of the woods" (Laetiporus sulphureus). I thought this was very unlikely because all the chicken of the woods photos I've seen showed a pretty thin fungus, but I've now come across photos that show this same species as thick and blobby as you see above. To my surprise, I decided that the fungus I could only previously describe as an "orange bracket fungus" is probably also the same species, even though they still look very different to me:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Fungus/index.html#ThinChickenOfTheWoods

By all means correct me if I've misidentified any of these shots! And if you have any other comments or suggestions about these photos, let me know.

Richard.

George Paulussen · Oct 3, 2003

Hi Richard,

I looks nice. But i have the feeling that it's not focused well. Or maybe you shook it a bit. (did you use a tripod?)

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Greetings,
George

Come see at my photo work at http://www.ghpsite.com

Richard Seaman said:
Came across this fungus a week or so ago in Volo Bog, Illinois.

The colors pretty much blew me away. I've had a terrible time
tracking down what it is, in the end I decided it looked most like
an overgrown "chicken of the woods" (Laetiporus sulphureus). I
thought this was very unlikely because all the chicken of the woods
photos I've seen showed a pretty thin fungus, but I've now come
across photos that show this same species as thick and blobby as
you see above. To my surprise, I decided that the fungus I could
only previously describe as an "orange bracket fungus" is probably
also the same species, even though they still look very different
to me:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Fungus/index.html#ThinChickenOfTheWoods

By all means correct me if I've misidentified any of these shots!
And if you have any other comments or suggestions about these
photos, let me know.

Richard.

berki47838 · Oct 3, 2003

Hi Richard,

these are some strange fungi, are you sure it is no bubblegum

someone put on the tree? I like the picture a lot.

Regards,
Paul.
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macro pictures and some 'fireworks' can be found at: http://www.dse.nl/~luap

Richard Seaman · Oct 3, 2003

George,

Now that you mention it, the photo does look pretty soft, doesn't it? Perhaps it's because of the down-rezzing - the wallpaper version certainly looks sharper:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Fungus/index.html#ThinChickenOfTheWoods

Maybe I should have applied some sharpening to the images.

Richard.

George Paulussen said:
I looks nice. But i have the feeling that it's not focused well. Or
maybe you shook it a bit. (did you use a tripod?)

--
Greetings,
George

Come see at my photo work at http://www.ghpsite.com

Richard Seaman said:

Came across this fungus a week or so ago in Volo Bog, Illinois.

The colors pretty much blew me away. I've had a terrible time
tracking down what it is, in the end I decided it looked most like
an overgrown "chicken of the woods" (Laetiporus sulphureus). I
thought this was very unlikely because all the chicken of the woods
photos I've seen showed a pretty thin fungus, but I've now come
across photos that show this same species as thick and blobby as
you see above. To my surprise, I decided that the fungus I could
only previously describe as an "orange bracket fungus" is probably
also the same species, even though they still look very different
to me:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Fungus/index.html#ThinChickenOfTheWoods

By all means correct me if I've misidentified any of these shots!
And if you have any other comments or suggestions about these
photos, let me know.

Richard.

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Alan F · Oct 3, 2003

The subtle colors are astounding on the black bark. Excellent composition also. A pleasure seeing this.

Thanx... Alan

Life is too short not to enjoy...

Barry L · Oct 4, 2003

Interesting subject. It looks like something I have seen in the supermarket in cellophane bags.

Richard Seaman said:
Came across this fungus a week or so ago in Volo Bog, Illinois.

The colors pretty much blew me away. I've had a terrible time
tracking down what it is, in the end I decided it looked most like
an overgrown "chicken of the woods" (Laetiporus sulphureus). I
thought this was very unlikely because all the chicken of the woods
photos I've seen showed a pretty thin fungus, but I've now come
across photos that show this same species as thick and blobby as
you see above. To my surprise, I decided that the fungus I could
only previously describe as an "orange bracket fungus" is probably
also the same species, even though they still look very different
to me:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Fungus/index.html#ThinChickenOfTheWoods

By all means correct me if I've misidentified any of these shots!
And if you have any other comments or suggestions about these
photos, let me know.

Richard.

Richard Seaman · Oct 5, 2003

Alan,

Glad you liked it. I just got back from a weekend trip up to Devil's Lake, Wisconsin, had a Wisconsin Mycological Society foray up there on Saturday, so came back with lots of good fungus shots, also birds and scenery and insects! I'll post a few later in the week.

Richard.
http://www.richard-seaman.com/

Alan F said:
The subtle colors are astounding on the black bark. Excellent
composition also. A pleasure seeing this.

Thanx... Alan

Life is too short not to enjoy...

fiddlehead · Oct 6, 2003

Richard,

This is a young Chicken of the Woods. it will extend and thin out over a few days. They are better eating, though, when they're young...

Richard Seaman said:
Came across this fungus a week or so ago in Volo Bog, Illinois.

The colors pretty much blew me away. I've had a terrible time
tracking down what it is, in the end I decided it looked most like
an overgrown "chicken of the woods" (Laetiporus sulphureus). I
thought this was very unlikely because all the chicken of the woods
photos I've seen showed a pretty thin fungus, but I've now come
across photos that show this same species as thick and blobby as
you see above. To my surprise, I decided that the fungus I could
only previously describe as an "orange bracket fungus" is probably
also the same species, even though they still look very different
to me:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Nature/Fungus/index.html#ThinChickenOfTheWoods

By all means correct me if I've misidentified any of these shots!
And if you have any other comments or suggestions about these
photos, let me know.

Richard.

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