Flat Polypore Under Side
Jan 19, 2021 18:40:13 #
Mother Nature enjoys puzzle mazes so much that she incorporated them in the Thin-Maze Flat Polypore which is the reproductive stage of a shelf fungus that can be found throughout our state in the woodlands on decaying wood.
They play an incredibly important role in breaking down the tough materials that the wood is made of and returning those nutrients to the soil. The wood that breaks down also provides nourishment for many other "wood digesting" insects including one of my favorites, the highly socialized Bess Beetle. Rotting deadfall is among my favorite places to find specimens year-round.
The mycelium (the colony of fungi typically found in the soil and other substrights) obtains its nourishment by digesting, and thus rotting, the wood. When ready to reproduce, the mycelium develops these brackets outside the wood, and these "ears" are reproductive structures of the fungi. Spores are produced in the pores and are released to begin new mycelia elsewhere and they can live for decades.
Fungi, mold and slimes played a large part in my studies, training and teaching the topic of Sick Building Syndrome, Indoor Air Quality and Control of Respiratory Irritants in Occupied Spaces so it and me go way back.
They play an incredibly important role in breaking down the tough materials that the wood is made of and returning those nutrients to the soil. The wood that breaks down also provides nourishment for many other "wood digesting" insects including one of my favorites, the highly socialized Bess Beetle. Rotting deadfall is among my favorite places to find specimens year-round.
The mycelium (the colony of fungi typically found in the soil and other substrights) obtains its nourishment by digesting, and thus rotting, the wood. When ready to reproduce, the mycelium develops these brackets outside the wood, and these "ears" are reproductive structures of the fungi. Spores are produced in the pores and are released to begin new mycelia elsewhere and they can live for decades.
Fungi, mold and slimes played a large part in my studies, training and teaching the topic of Sick Building Syndrome, Indoor Air Quality and Control of Respiratory Irritants in Occupied Spaces so it and me go way back.
Jan 20, 2021 08:18:54 #
A very good lesson, and an 'artful' choice for your talents, Sippy! 🤙
Jan 20, 2021 10:03:45 #
Great creativity there. Once my semester gets underway, I plan to move to my inside 'photo studio' to see what I can do with three lasers.
Bill
Bill
Jan 20, 2021 11:01:14 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
A very good lesson, and an 'artful' choice for your talents, Sippy! 🤙
Thanks, Mark. If I remember correctly, your Better Half is a Botanist so this should be very familiar to her.
Jan 20, 2021 11:02:37 #
elliott937 wrote:
Great creativity there. Once my semester gets underway, I plan to move to my inside 'photo studio' to see what I can do with three lasers.
Bill
Bill
That sounds way cool...! All I know about lasers is the fight scenes in Star Wars
Jan 20, 2021 11:05:35 #
Don't you love that from Star Wars? I'm planning on using one, or two, or three different color lasers, and refract them through some jewels, or clear marbles in water, or who could know?
Jan 20, 2021 11:29:03 #
elliott937 wrote:
Don't you love that from Star Wars? I'm planning on using one, or two, or three different color lasers, and refract them through some jewels, or clear marbles in water, or who could know?
Now that would be REALLY fascinating. I'd truly enjoy seeing how the gems floress and glisten with the rainbow of colors when struck with colored laser light. Here's hoping that you share the results..!
Jan 20, 2021 12:00:56 #
Have no doubt. I definitely will share some of my results. As a life long teacher, the spring semester is just now getting under way. That must come first, but soon I be able to move into my 'indoor photo studio'.
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