DV :: 31MAR11- 0507 :: ¿ mushroom / fungus ?

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Dinesh Valke

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11-Apr-2011, 11:40:48 am11/04/11
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Dear friends,
ID please

Attached photo (and a cropped version) of not sure: ¿ mushroom / fungus ?

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: March 31, 2011 at 5.07pm IST
Location Place : Kodagu Valley Resort, Coorg, Karnataka ... 12.442136, 75.717516 on Google maps
Altitude : 3682 ft (above mean sea level)


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Dinesh
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tanay bose

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11-Apr-2011, 9:41:20 pm11/04/11
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Hi Dinesh Ji,

I these are a bunch of young basidiocarp from Laetiporus sulphureus 
commonly known as "sulphur selves"

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Dinesh Valke

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12-Apr-2011, 3:04:21 am12/04/11
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Many thanks dear Tanay for the ID.

On going through flickr search, it does look like Laetiporus sulphureus
... except a line about its distribution and habitat at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus_sulphureus says:
"widely distributed across Europe and North America, although may be restricted to east of the Rockies."

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Dinesh

tanay bose

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12-Apr-2011, 9:15:58 am12/04/11
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I think this fungi grows in India . You try a google search with (Laetiporus sulphureus + India)
tanay

Dinesh Valke

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12-Apr-2011, 9:52:55 am12/04/11
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Many thanks Tanay ... 2 results sufficient to know its distribution in North and South India.

1) http://www.nemf.org/files/various/northindia/northindia/northindia.html
2) http://www.academicjournals.org/ajb/PDF/pdf2009/4Feb/Prakash%20et%20al.pdf

tanay bose

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12-Apr-2011, 11:01:54 am12/04/11
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Hi Dinesh Ji,

Nice to know that you could confirm Laetiporus sulphureus is distributed ubiquitously in India.
I am only assuming that the photographed mushroom is a very  young form of the mushroom.
Laetiporus sulphureus  is mostly found associated with tree trunk which they eventually decompose.
Hence my speculation is completely based on probability , there is ever possibility that the fungus 
which you have recorded may be something different.

Regards
Tanay

Dinesh Valke

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12-Apr-2011, 11:13:06 am12/04/11
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... many thanks Tanay ... will note the ID as tentative until a concrete resolution comes up.
Regards.
Dinesh.
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