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Wooly Bird’s Nests These fungi are still surviving perhaps due to our, so far, mild winter.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88215/a_closer_look.html" title="A Closer Look..."><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2839/88215_thumb.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=myZNYALcVqBg4lE1%2FwPsL9UFA84%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="A Closer Look... ... at the Bird&rsquo;s Nest Fungi, Nidula niveotomentosa. Canada,Geotagged,Nidula niveotomentosa,Winter,Wooly Bird&rsquo;s Nest Fungi" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88216/periodioles.html" title="Periodioles..."><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2839/88216_thumb.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=RJECAmB978LLK6O8O07RqS5ELKQ%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Periodioles... ... of Nidula niveotomentosa. The &ldquo;eggs&rdquo; in the nest. Canada,Geotagged,Nidula niveotomentosa,Winter,Wooly Bird&rsquo;s Nest Fungi" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88217/a_young_un.html" title="A Young &lsquo;un!"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2839/88217_thumb.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=Sz916ioJ9yMf1sKjSqQvcoZyz6I%3D" width="114" height="152" alt="A Young &lsquo;un! A unopened Wooly Bird&rsquo;s Nest fungus. Canada,Geotagged,Nidula niveotomentosa,Winter,Wooly Bird&rsquo;s Nest Fungi" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Canada,Geotagged,Nidula niveotomentosa,Winter,Wooly Bird’s Nest Fungi Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Wooly Bird’s Nests

These fungi are still surviving perhaps due to our, so far, mild winter.

A Closer Look... ... at the Bird’s Nest Fungi, Nidula niveotomentosa. Canada,Geotagged,Nidula niveotomentosa,Winter,Wooly Bird’s Nest Fungi


Periodioles... ... of Nidula niveotomentosa. The “eggs” in the nest. Canada,Geotagged,Nidula niveotomentosa,Winter,Wooly Bird’s Nest Fungi


A Young ‘un! A unopened Wooly Bird’s Nest fungus. Canada,Geotagged,Nidula niveotomentosa,Winter,Wooly Bird’s Nest Fungi


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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Really love this overview shot, it's sometimes not clear how tiny they are. Posted 5 years ago
    1. View gary fast's profile
      gary fast
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      Thanks, Ferdy. Yes, at about 3-4mm across they are easily missed unless there are a lot of them close together as there are on this piece of driftwood. I believe those tiny orange “specks” may be more of the fruiting bodies. Posted 5 years ago

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The Woolly Bird's Nest Fungus

Nidula niveotomentosa is a fungi in the family Agaricaceae, and is a bird's nest fungi. Nidula niveotomentosa is easily recognized when young by its pubescent, white, cylindrical fruiting bodies and small brown peridioles embedded in mucilaginous gel.

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Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by gary fast
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Uploaded Dec 28, 2019. Captured Dec 28, 2019 15:07 in 315 Whaletown Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkII
  • f/8.0
  • 1/40s
  • ISO1600
  • 60mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.