disco-my-cetes ...
"an important aspect of design is the degree to which the object involves you in its own completion."
fictional chinese-hawaiian detective, charlie chan said, "mind like parachute - only function when open."
as the name suggests, a "cup fungus" forms a fruiting body that is cup or saucer shaped, depending on the depth of the cup. the spores are formed on the inner surface of the cup or saucer. cup fungi vary greatly in size, and many are brightly colored. the cup fungi belong to the subgroup known as the disco-my-cetes.
the cup shape typically serves to focus raindrops into splashing spores out of the cup. additionally, the curvature enables wind currents to blow the spores out in a different manner than in most other fungi, that are not cup shaped !
design is the contrast of the core of limitations, therefore there are no boundaries. it is simply an interpretation of creativity playing with function.
posted by wildpic at 10:03 PM
13 Comments:
Ingenious!
There are people who jump without opening the parachute, like GW Bush and Schwarzenegger.
"...splashing spores out of the cup."
That's very interesting.
The fungi reminds me of ears, open and listening.
Fascinating photo, Suresh.
Lovely.How big are these cups?
Cant make out the scale.
hey and watch out for those quotes. One too many creeping into your posts again:)
hello rob, yep you can draw parallels to your post on choices. interesting though ! thanks.
rauf, u always 'shoot' me with things that i least expect. indeed there are many people who think they have wings instead, wonder why they carry a parachute !?
patty, its amazing how nature thinks of all sorts of ways to do the same job. ears open and listning 'sounds' good too !
something wrong with the colour of the fungi, looked fine on my ps, will replace latter. thanks !
hi there mala, the biggest cup in the picture is about 2.5 inches across. oh those quotes, yes ! none of them are original, i read a few and post a hybrid to suit the topic. i understand your point though, thanks a lot for your feedback, will work out something new.
nice to hear from you after a long time. take care !
marvels of nature, eh ! another insightful blog today, suresh ....
yes jorge ... marvels and magic from different stand points. thanks to life ! glad u like it, thanks for the comment !
cheers !
Beautiful pic and magic nature !
thanks cres, thanks nature ... cheers !
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