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Fungus resembling nails & cigarette butts

1/1/2015

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Camillea leprieurii it's a fungus dependent on rainforest trees for survival but can only be easily detected when observed growing out of dead branches.

The charcoal-stick form is the most frequently noted, which has black pencil-like structures but this fungus also grows immersed in dead wood with only its uppermost surface visible. 

This bizarre species is widely distributed in the rainforests of South America. Camillea species are thought to live within healthy living trees (so are called endophytes), with their microscopic colonies lying dormant until the tree dies naturally. 
Source: libruton

Camillea leprieurii es un hongo dependiente de los árboles de la selva para sobrevivir, pero sólo se puede detectar fácilmente cuando se observa creciendo en las ramas muertas.

La forma de palo se puede observar con mayor frecuencia, tiene estructuras similares a un lápiz negro, pero este hongo también crece inmerso en la madera muerta con sólo su superficie superior visible.

Esta especie tiene una amplia distribución en los bosques tropicales de América del Sur. Las especies de Camillea se cree que viven dentro de los árboles sanos (endofitos), con sus colonias microscópicas en estado latente hasta que el árbol muere de forma natural.

Fuente: libruton

2 Comments
Mycozil Nail Fungus Treatment Review link
6/23/2015 01:51:20 pm

when my nails grow it leaves a small gap from the nail to my cuticles but I have tried going into a second week without removal and it wont budge I am going to say however I may have had one maybe two lift slightly but that's about it nothing a little glue cant fix.

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Nick Bailey
9/16/2020 08:24:22 pm

Thanks for writing this! I was in the Peruvian Amazon five years ago and while reading about Amazonian fungi (and thus reminiscing) I was wondering what those cigarette-looking fungi were that stood out to me so much.

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