SK1781 09 Feb 2019 - Mycophyta

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Members,

Location: AIBO, Beijing, China

Altitude: 100 ft.

Date: 19 October 2014

Habit : Wild 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[ashutoshsharma11sn]

It's Podaxis species
Family - Agaricaceae

With regards
Ashutosh Sharma

[Dr.Balmukund Chaurasia]

Please Check Coprinus comatus

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[Ushadi Micromini]

picture 3 and 5 are definitely  Coprinus comatus the ink cap fungus

usha di 

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[ashutoshsharma11sn]

Thanks Ushadi it's definitely Coprinus comatus.

Earlier I missed 3rd and 5th image with open matured black fruiting body which confirms it as Coprinus comatus as such opened black mature fruiting body doesn't occur in Podaxis sp.

Yound Fruiting bodies of Podaxis sp. have the appearance of an unopened Coprinus comatus,that's why I am confused.

Here's a link mentioning the similarity
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podaxis

Best regards
Ashutosh Sharma

[Ushadi Micromini]

yes, Ashutosh,   its often difficult , very difficult

also according to Cornell univ blog on fungi by Dr. Kathie T. Hodge

Editor and Blogificator, Associate Professor of Mycology, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell univ.

i quote  " It’s very hard to identify mushrooms from photographs alone" end quote

i totally agree with Dr Hodges.  

but in this case, i had an extra help from my esoteric classes i have taken in the past long forgotten.

there are many ink cap mushrooms (both in genus Coprinus and genus Coprinopsis )

but in cases like this here,  you never know where the nomenclature info pops out  from sometimes

it was not science on my part but a weird quirky memory bubble that came up from somewhere that got the AHA!   

forty two  or more years ago i had for a few weekends tried making homemade inks

dont ask me why?  one was ink from this mushroom....

this mushroom was mentioned and our teacher showed photos and deep blue black sticky glop in a jar

told us to go find it in the wet spots in the woods

but  i did not find it where i lived

but those  pictures stuck in my memory bank somewhere

its enzyme chitinase in the mushroom that forms as the spores develop 

and then chitinase  digests the mushroom 

into that deep dark sticky glop

that can be turned into ink to write with 

chitin is found in the body armor of cockroaches of all things and shell fish shells etc .

we had also  toyed with the idea that we can spray this glop on cockroaches!!!

human mind and its labyrinths are a wonder to me

all this rushed out when i saw that pictures 3 and 5 above...

weird , and wonderful

isn't it?

be well

usha di

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Coprinus comatus (O. F. Müll.) Pers.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Re-surfacing for ID validation !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 3:44 PM
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Dear Members,

Location: AIBO, Beijing, China

Altitude: 100 ft.

Date: 19 October 2014

Habit : Wild 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:17 PM
To: efloraindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

[Suhaib Yatoo]

Coprinus spp., Not C.comatus.
Maybe Coprinus cf.palmeranus or close.
Sequencing required.

On 10 Jun 2020 14:42, "Saroj Kasaju" <kasaj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re-surfacing for ID validation !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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Subject: SK1781 09 Feb 2019 - Mycophyta
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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 3:44 PM
To: efloraindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Dear Members,

Location: AIBO, Beijing, China

Altitude: 100 ft.

Date: 19 October 2014

Habit : Wild 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:17 PM

To: efloraindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Suhaib Ji !

Saroj Kasaju

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 3:15 PM Suhaib Yatoo <suhai...@gmail.com> wrote:

Coprinus spp., Not C.comatus.
Maybe Coprinus cf.palmeranus or close.
Sequencing required.

On 10 Jun 2020 14:42, "Saroj Kasaju" <kasaj...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re-surfacing for ID validation !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

Forwarded Conversation
Subject: SK1781 09 Feb 2019 - Mycophyta
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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 3:44 PM
To: efloraindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

Dear Members,

Location: AIBO, Beijing, China

Altitude: 100 ft.

Date: 19 October 2014

Habit : Wild 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:17 PM

To: efloraindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>