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Published: 2006-01-22 15:21:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 364; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 42
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This beautiful specimen grew on a beech tree, near Kiel in Sleswig-Holstein. Its name? A question for the real specialists ...
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Ooh, very lovely! Looks velvety - like you could pet it! (I 
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Great you were so positive.
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Great you like this one, too.
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Definitely a Meripilus giganteus (or Grifola gigantea) (in Dutch: reuzenzwam)
I once saw a specimen of more than 1 meter large.
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Once again many thanks for the info.
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Another beautiful fungi shot!!!! A very nice and elegant looking fungi! 
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Yes, this fungus is very impressive, too. Great you like it so much that you faved it!
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Such a clear and detailed photograph. Love the way the stalk of grass is pushing its way through. Very well done. 
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It is funny that that stalk of grass nearly kept me from submitting the shot. Thought: Bah, why had I not torn it out?! But I was so enthousiastic about the fungus that I just had overlooked that grass stalk at the time.
And now: yes, you are right, it makes it a more natural shot. But do believe me: I did not put it there!
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'Grifola gigantea'.
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Once again many, many thanks for the info, the praise and the fav. All very much appreciated! They do feel good!
Indeed the fungus was at the foot of that Beech.
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Fungii this size make good subjects and you certainly produced a good result!
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Yes, fungi are a speciality! I would never dare to eat one, unless I really know what it is. And these are not for eating!
Once again many thanks for the fav!
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always a pleasure to see mushrooms' images
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As you will see, the fungi have now been named! Good to have knowledgeable friends on DA!
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No matter the name: this one is a beautiful shot! 
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Well, the name will come up, I am sure. Angelpeak will know it!
I am very pleased you like the shot and that I could give you some pleasure with it.
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