Mesenterial filaments become mushrooms (pics)

[kay-bee19]

(This is probably a common occurence but since I'm still new to the hobby I thought it was pretty interesting):

Last month I completely rearranged the interior of my tank. During the process of moving everything some mushrooms became stressed and expelled some of their mesenterial filaments.

These were eventually retracted back inside but apparently at least one filiment fragment was completely discharged and released as I discovered it the next day attached to a rock on the opposite side of the tank (along with an even smaller piece of mushroom 'tissue').

Here are some pics of how that filiment and smaller piece developed over the last several weeks:

14 NOV

19 NOV

24 NOV

29 NOV

08 DEC (to give an idea of the size, the larger of the two is currently approx. 8mm in diameter)

 

[THB]

That is wild! Thanks for sharing!

 

[jandlms]

The regenerative abilities almost make you think you could throw them in a food processor and "seed" your tank with the resulting goo. ALMOST.

 

[ACBlinky]

Isn't that amazing! They're a beautiful colour, congrats on the bonus babies

 

[FLricordia]

Fantastic post!

 

[bitis316]

Very nice.......I love to see other people as excited about stuff like that as I am.....Very nice indeed..Great records.

 

[Herpervet]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8717482#post8717482 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jandlms
The regenerative abilities almost make you think you could throw them in a food processor and "seed" your tank with the resulting goo. ALMOST.

You jest but someone told me that you can actually do that with some soft corals to create a huge number of frags. Sounds a bit too haphazard for me but I don't doubt someone has tried it and been successful.:eek2:

 

[lildraken]

i've actually cut a brown mushroom into two pieces and they're healing quite nicely. I don't understand why one piece from the same mushroom emit more irredescent green than the other.
I also cut a second mushroom into four pieces and they're taking forever to heal. Also, after a couple of months they still have an indention where they were cut instead of being a smooth disc.

 

[Tripspike]

Great observation. I moved my hairy mushrooms the other day and they were not happy. Maybe I have some granchildren on the way.

Trip

 

[Voltekker]

id do the goo thing but im afraid of messing up tank params. Ive fragged a shroom into 5 pieces and now i have 5 shrooms instead of one.

 

[kiran523]

Amazing pics.