The Fungi World (298) : Pine Pinkgill
Pine Pinkgill is a very rare fungus that likes to grow on acidic soil in wet, mossy conifer forests.
Its metallic steel blue colour makes it a strikingly beautiful pearl in the autumn forest.
Indicated as critically endangered on the Red List of vulnerable and threatened species !
Dutch name : Blauwe satijnzwam
German name : Stahlblauer Rötling
Latin name : Entoloma nitidum
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PS1 : Looking at the overwhelming blue of this fungus, 'pink' in its name is a bit confusing.
It refers to the pink colours of the inner spores. Strange, but so be it.
PS2 : This is my last fungus shot of the 2015 autumn, which was a good fungi season :-))
I hope you all enjoyed the pictures of the fascinating fungi world as much as I did when I found and shot them all.
PS3 : With just one click below, you can see here the whole series so far
Jörn Bude 15/04/2016 0:23
LG, JB
Charly Charity 08/02/2016 17:13
This is just marvellous! What a beautiful fungus!It seems to shine and glow and it makes me wondering, if this could be real ;))
Wonderful!
Greetings Jasmin
de ceulaer 20/12/2015 17:04
never seen such a blue one !fantastic
thanks for sharing
alain
Susanne47 07/12/2015 22:30
Eine wunderschöne Pilzsammlung hast du Mark, diesen finde ich besonders geheimnisvoll.Kompliment und Grüessli Susanne
Thoralf 07/12/2015 15:45
sensationell diese FarbeLG Thoralf
Eva GD 06/12/2015 13:36
Wonderful Blue fungus and Beautiful Picture ...!Regards
Eva
odeveld219 01/12/2015 21:54
Excellent work!With friendly greetings, Odeveld
birdwhisperer 01/12/2015 5:45
Never seen before.It looks so great!Greetings
Sabine Junge 29/11/2015 12:09
Kind of Blue... this is a piece of music made by Miles Davis... and maybe this shot would be have nice as an album title. But now it's to late! ;-)Great shot, Mark!
Have a nice first Sunday of advent.
Sabine
s. sabine krause 29/11/2015 10:43
wow! one from the twilight zone! the shine it emits – so strange and wondrous and slightly disturbing! a great fascinating fungus and an eye-opening image of it again, mark! greetings, sabine.archiek 28/11/2015 20:33
Beautiful colors and focus on this Pine Pinkgill fungi. Great photographic work and great naturalist work. Thanks for the whole series.Best Regards,
Archie
Jan Rillich 28/11/2015 18:23
very niceBernhard Kuhlmann 28/11/2015 17:26
Was für ein toller Pilz !Du kannst dich freuen, den gefunden zu haben.
Gruß Bernd
Alfred Schultz 28/11/2015 16:06
If anyone here says he is blue, then it meanshe has been drinking too much alcohol.
Too bad that you could not quite achieve 300.
Greetings - A.
Prinzessin 2 28/11/2015 15:11
was für eine Strahlemann..hab ich noch nie gesehen...fein deine Aufnahme..!!Schönen 1.Advent für dich glg Ulrike