Monday, May 26, 2008

Fungi, Continued

Interesting the white filament material on the larger fungus. It reminds me of shredded coconut, like that used on cake icing. Could I offer you a slice? Also note the drip tip leaf between the two fungi. Quite common in the tropical regions, where there's a lot of rain. It's theorized that such engineering allows for fast runoff of water, thus better conserving nutrients in the leaf structure.

1 comment:

Sandpiper (Lin) said...

We have some mushrooms that look like that here, too. I think I'll pass on the mushroom cake though. ;-)