Hi guys.
So, to sum it up, this is Chlorociboria, a.k.a. “the mean tiny hulk”:
Making nice things to the wood it lives into (right)
because of this pigment, the xylindein:
Which response to light in the visible spectrum looks like this:
And whose picture I was (almost certainly) the first to ever take with a Scanning Tunelling Microscope.
Say hello to my little friend:
Now how cool is that? :)
-- Thomas - there are no problems, there are only solutions.
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Mark Shymanski
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#1 posted 03-06-2012 12:11 AM
Fascinating!
-- "Checking for square? What madness is this! The cabinet is square because I will it to be so!" Jeremy Greiner LJ Topic#20953 2011 Feb 2
SASmith
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#2 posted 03-06-2012 01:01 AM
Now how cool is that? :)
Cool enough to be my new desktop background.
Thanks for sharing.
-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois
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#3 posted 03-06-2012 02:01 AM
the mean tiny hulk … ronnie james dio! Way to be Soda looks like one hell of an accomplishment.
-- Its not a crack, its a casting imperfection.
Sodabowski
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#4 posted 03-06-2012 09:58 AM
Thanks for the feedback guys.
@Chris: I can’t tell you how much of a personal accomplishment that last picture is!
More to come when I get some more spare time :)
-- Thomas - there are no problems, there are only solutions.
mafe
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#5 posted 03-06-2012 12:00 PM
Congrat on that picture!
Hope life smiles at you in Paris.
Best thoughts,
Mads
-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.
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#6 posted 03-06-2012 01:13 PM
Fantastic !
-- The pig caught under the fence is always the one doing all the squealing !
llwynog
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#7 posted 03-06-2012 02:32 PM
Transmission specters… reminds me of the good old days…
The first picture is really beautiful. Did you take it yourself ?
-- Fabrice - "On est bien bête mais on sent bien quand on se fait mal" - my grandfather
Sodabowski
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#8 posted 03-06-2012 02:35 PM
Alas, no, I found it here: http://www.nagrzyby.pl/index.php?artname=gatunek&id=217
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llwynog
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#9 posted 03-06-2012 04:15 PM
Oh well… At least you have the last picture to claim as yours.
-- Fabrice - "On est bien bête mais on sent bien quand on se fait mal" - my grandfather
Sodabowski
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#10 posted 03-06-2012 04:19 PM
All but the first (and that of the shape of xylindein) are mine :)
-- Thomas - there are no problems, there are only solutions.
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