Yes, that's the outside diameter of the "cup". 5mm is about 1/4".
I noticed them because I was close up and also because I'd seen photos of them, otherwise I might have thought they were some kind of seed. There were a few small patches of them. It's not actually mushroom season but we've had some wet weather lately followed by a couple of warm days so I wasn't surprised to see a few. Dave > On Feb 24, 2026, at 1:56 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very cool. When you say 5mm across, you mean the big cup with all the little > "caps" inside? > > I'm even more impressed you even saw them. > > > On 2026-02-23 16:17, David Mann wrote: >> I don't get the DSLR out much these days but I found some birds nest fungus, >> which I've never seen before, while weeding the garden. It's small enough >> that getting a pic with my phone probably wouldn't have worked too well so I >> got out not only the DSLR but even my tripod. >> For the second photo (a closer view) I had to abandon the tripod and set up >> some bits of wood from the garage to brace the camera. That one was taken >> close to 1:1 then cropped a little. >> Wider view: >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1217/#peso >> Closeup: >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1218/#peso >> Both photos taken with Pentax K5ii and FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro. >> Dave >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
