Alan Rockefeller said:

OP, very cool Antrodia.  I like those things.

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It was my first time finding it that I recall. It was quite a site the way it covered the tree. The most amazing part is that it only grew on the undersides and shaded sides of the branches! It was like... nah, f*ck the sun I'ma kick it in the shade

Alan Rockefeller said:

How did you make the lizard pic?  That is some high quality work there.

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You all are too kind! It is actually a fun exercise in gimp 2.6. When you were a kid, did you ever scribble a riot of colors and then cover that all with black crayon and scrape the black off a bit at a time to reveal the color underneath? Well it's similar here in that I made a duplicate copy of the background and made the top copy black and white (I prefer to use Color-->Components-->Channel Mixer for this but there are much easier methods e.g. Desaturation). The secret tek is then to right-click on the black and white copy and Add Layer Mask. Then make sure that White (full opacity) is checked, then hit Add. Now you want to select the paint brush tool (or maybe spray paint or sponge for a cool effect!) at which point you can literally paint the original color back onto whichever part of the image you like. The key is to zoom in a good deal to make sure you are staying inside the lines. The neat thing about this method is that if you select black as your paint color it paints the original photo color in, but if you select white then it restores the black and white! Once you get the steps down it will only take about 10 minutes depending on the intricacy of the colored area. WARNING!!! Do not use this method because you will lose many hours applying it to dozens of photos






@Blue-funguy:  It is! I was super excited because I have only found the non-venomous lookalikes up until now.

vespertine said:

A dragonfly in the sun is worth two in the bush? Something like that?

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Precisely

bloodworm said:

The Thinker said:

3 looks like Antrodia albida
5 is probably Amanita citrina

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it is not Amanita citrina.
it might be a variation of though.
these are yellow above the veil.
i am sending a specimen to RET for him to examine once i get notes and microscopy together.


peace and love
bloodworm

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The Thinker said:

bloodworm said:

The Thinker said:

3 looks like Antrodia albida
5 is probably Amanita citrina

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it is not Amanita citrina.
it might be a variation of though.
these are yellow above the veil.
i am sending a specimen to RET for him to examine once i get notes and microscopy together.


peace and love
bloodworm

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personally i dont think that is a defining characteristic. I think purple U.V. remnants in forma lavendula and this may be habits of the same species with the same genetics. and the [same] organism's appearance may look different as it responds to certain environmental factors

im not too educated on the use of forms and variations in taxonomy (and their use to describe environmental responses in an organism), but I can say this definitely falls under "Amanita citrina"

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you may be right.
i just know that what i'm observing is not described.
that might just mean updating the current information on the species.

www.mushroomobserver.org/obs/88132

thanks.


peace and love
bloodworm

koods said:

OK, why isn't anyone even mentioning the photo of the highly venomous snake?

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Alan Rockefeller said:

I didn't really want to pull it out either, we were many hours from the nearest hospital) so I let it go.

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Apparently, coral snake antivenin is no longer available in the U.S., so no reason to spend your last minutes in a futile dash to the ER. (In Mexico, you can probably buy it in every pharmacy) There are not enough coral snakes bites to break a profit on antivenin sales - so, the drug companies got out of the biz. The invisible hand of the free market working its magic again.

My brush with death (the upper right corner):

riverdweller said:

Jesus christ this is awesome.

I remember sitting at the pc for hours learning paint shop pro.  Late 90's there was an MSN group that hosted tutorials and stuff, amazing stuff!  Even learned PSP animation.
I have that gimp and haven't had time to play around with it, but now you've got my attention.

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I remember PSP too, wow, that was such a long time ago. I had a blast playing around with that Today I'd be at a loss as to how to use it.

Alan Rockefeller said:

It wasn't coming out - snakes are ver good at not going backwards.  I didn't want to hurt the snake (and I didn't really want to pull it out either, we were many hours from the nearest hospital) so I let it go.

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koods said:

My brush with death (the upper right corner):

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Just remembered I got a tight close-up shot of that spider.
Macro mode is good for more than mushrooms:

Alan Rockefeller said:

This is the place where we found 30 pounds of Psilocybe caerulescens.

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suchen said:

Oh wow, I couldn't even see it in the larger photo! I have never seen a black widow in real life. That things looks badass.

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