September 10. 2007	Orchidcorner Home page
	Platystele stenostachya and unidentified fungus? I bought the plant from Andy's Orchids at the GNYOS this April. It spent the warm NJ Summer outside in the cage under the Japanese Maple, getting flooded daily.
	Starting a flowering cycle, the little spikes are numerous.
	A closer look at the little spikes
	The flowers are tiny, measuring only 1 x 2 mm   .
	When I bought the plant I was also intrigued by another interesting growth on the log, emerging from some of the Moss covering.
	I tried to take some better close up of these protuberances in the hope of getting them identified. They are certainly not dried up pseudobulbs  of a hitchiker Orchid.
	Here are some juveniles -
	- and some sliced growth, which smell strongly of mushrooms.
	Any ideas?? My first thought had been a Lichen, but I can't match it up. Any type of Fungus? The mature growths measure about 1/2 of an inch.
	December 2007 I had posted some of these pictures on Dave's Garden at the Ferns, Fungi and Mosses forum. It seems to belong to the Xylaria, a genus of ascomycetous fungi. Thanks DG!!
	And here is the still flowering plant in December 2007, it is a cutie!!