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pressld2
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Registered: April 2007
Location: Belvedere, Kent
Posts: 10,036
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Sun January 29, 2012 12:34pm
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And find extraordinary ways to photograph them. This has got to be the most unusual and original fungi photo I've ever seen. Brilliant!
Dave P.
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(a.k.a. "Horizontal Dave")
"A good man is hard to find, especially if he's hiding. In a field. With combat fatigues and a false beard." - Wilson Dixon
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widgeon0
Wild Member
Registered: December 2006
Posts: 162
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Sun January 29, 2012 12:58pm
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What a Location for this rarity threatened yet safer than being in some rural location with all its dangers of herbicides,ect,well captured Peter.
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My Website for Fungi, Birds and other wildlife.
http://www.pbase.com/RayPurser
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waxcap
Member of the Wild Empire
Registered: September 2011
Location: The New Forest
Posts: 465
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Sun January 29, 2012 1:24pm
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The fungus may be safe but I'm not sure about Ditiola!!
Great shot!
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turkeyneck
Officer of the Wild Empire
Registered: April 2007
Location: Carmarthenshire
Posts: 983
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Mon January 30, 2012 3:42am
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I never thought I'd ever say this about a fungi but 'what great action shot!'
Lee
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'Nothing is more certain than actual proof'
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fairplay
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 4,266
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Mon January 30, 2012 4:10pm
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Now perhaps people will realise how difficult it is to monitor these fungi especially where one site is beside the main A12 in Suffolk where the footpath is only 2ft wide and as you are bent down to photograph them trying to include the traffic coming towards you (far safer !) you get blasted by the horn of a container lorry just to wind you up !
Other sites in Suffolk (and Norfolk) there is no footpath at all and they have not been monitored or counted even for over 10 years because it is far too dangerous.
On top of that, I have to maintain the sites, by cutting back the Elm suckers and Ivy, and still there will be idiots who will blast their horns when your back is turned.
The site shown in the photo reminds me of the Drayton, Norwich site (Is I right Peter ?) which looks to be quite an easy one to manage.
Neil.
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fairplay
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 4,266
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Mon January 30, 2012 4:22pm
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Second thoughts, the verge is quite high and steep, so this must be the Harford Bridge site on the A140 with the hotel opposite. If so, this site holds the record for the highest number of fruiting bodies to be seen in one go at any site in the UK.
Neil.
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Ditiola
Officer of the Wild Empire
Registered: May 2009
Location: Derby
Posts: 964
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Tue January 31, 2012 8:47am
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Yes it is the Harford Bridge site
Peter
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The key to understanding fungi is careful observation of macroscopic and microscopic features
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