Nominated for the “Pay it forward” group by Patricia L. Ballard who had this to say about it: / “She’s made something of incredible beauty out of the inside of a mushroom cap. The colour, composition, and lines are all just amazing.” Thankyou Patricia and everyone for your wonderful comments and support. I am so very pleased that so many have gained pleasure from this image. ______ / Featured on the Redbubble home page on 12th Aug 2008. Winner of Nature’s Macro Canvas (No flowers or insects) warmth Challenge
from the “Under the toadstool series” ...
Buna Shimeji or Brown Beech Mushrooms+ / Click to view by category / / Fractal Images / Images from Nature HDR Images Flower Portraits Night/Low Light Images Architectural Images Landscape Images Infrared Images / / / Random Images* / /
Have only seen these red fungi in the waterfalls region of the Otway Ranges / Taken on Fuji S2 pro
Glen Luss, Scotland.
Nikon D60 / North Eastern Conn. Summer 2008
Watercolour on Paper Concept: A cat journeyed into a new realm of imagination where an enchanted world of nature awaits him. /
Canon rebel xt sigma 17-70 Muskoka Ontario Canada
Netted Rhodotus. Only one member of this species/family of mushroom….found mainly in the state I live in. Only found in the United States that I know of. / This mushroom is extremely unique in that it must go thru a ‘dry’ spell then a nice wet spell in order for the cap to achieve it’s distinct pattern of webbed texture. When I first found these I could not find in any identification book as most photos showed it either before the ‘webbing’ stage or after they’d started to rot. / THE favorite mushroom of mine to see and photograph.
a group of fungi growing in my garden in Tasmania
Acrylic On Canvas All the subjects in the forest respect and adore their Guardian, Lady Leah. She loves and cares for the forest like her family and does her constant utmost best to protect this beautiful habitat that is home to thousands of different species, saving them from the ill fate that mankind brings upon them. You can view and purchase my other “The Forest Guardian” products over at my Zazzle Gallery:
Wishing everyone a delightful Easter weekend… Thanks for taking a look here… Nikon D60~ Macro / Summer 08’
Beautiful rainbow colors shine thru the gills of a Velvet Foot (Flammulina velutipes) mushroom. / An edible I find too beautiful to eat
THE SUBJECT: / A very rare find. Two fine specimens of the fruiting body of the Entoloma hochstetteri fungus in the natural light of a slightly overcast autumn day. THE LOCATION: / Along a track in the Kattang Nature Reserve, Dunbogan, NSW, Australia. THE MAKING of ‘The Blues Brothers #1 (Entoloma hochstetteri)’: / Out on a fungi hunt with a Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club mate, we were only 150 metres from the car park when we saw the beautiful blue of these fungi poking up from the leaf litter. / As I had never seen any blues in my almost four years of fungi hunting, I was as excited as a kid at Christmas with this find. / This photograph is brought to you after much pain and discomfort as I was bitten by a bull ant, my mate was bitten by a leech and we were both bitten by mosquitoes. The things we do…..! / Fuji S9600: RAW, Super macro, Manual settings of f/3.6 @ 1/60sec, Manual focus, ISO80, Timer, Camera on ground. / Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Fungi & Lichen collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more fungal delights. NOTE: / I lightened the image slightly and gave the saturation a little tweak for printing on Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss Media and it did a marvellous job on the blues. UPDATE: 23-04-09 / The Blues Brothers has been featured in the Fungilicious Group. UPDATE: 1-7-09 / The Brothers have WON the Fungilicious Group’s *Colour – Blue Challenge. UPDATE: 18-7-09 / This fungi study has been featured in the “Endangered Plants Group”. Enjoy! FUNGI: KATTANG / (Click the links!) Entoloma hochstetteri – The Blues Brothers #1 / Volvariella speciosa / Boletellus emodensis / Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) / Omphalotus nidiformis & Sciarid sp / Spike Jones #3 – Cryptotrama asprata / Agaricus campestris /
THE SUBJECT: / A very small developing fruiting body of the Cyptotrama aspratum (Gold Tuft) fungus found on a rotting dead branch and caught in the gorgeous natural light of a slightly overcast autumn afternoon sky. / About 1.5cm high. THE LOCATION: / Along a track in the Kattang Nature Reserve, Dunbogan, NSW, Australia. THE MAKING of ‘Spike Jones #3 (Cryptotrama asprata)’: / Out on a fungi hunt with a Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club mate, we were only 150 metres from the car park when we saw the beautiful glow of this fungus poking up from the leaf litter. / While most of the fungi we found were the blues we found three of these at different stages of development. / This photograph is brought to you after much pain and discomfort as I was bitten by a bull ant, my mate was bitten by a leech and we were both bitten by mosquitoes. The things we do…..! / Fuji S9600: RAW, Super macro, Manual settings of f/4.5 @ 1/10sec, Manual focus, ISO80, Tripod, Timer. / Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Fungi & Lichen collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more fabulous fungi and likeable lichen. NOTE: / I lightened the image slightly and gave the saturation a little tweak for printing on Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss Media and it did a marvellous job on the oranges/yellows. UPDATE: 19-05-09 / Little Spike has been featured in the Amateur Art Photography Group. UPDATE: 20-6-09 / My glowing golden Fungus was placed 2nd in challenge and has been Featured in the Fungilicious Group. UPDATE: 25-8-09 / This li’l golden Fungus was awarded 5th Place in the Shapes & Patterns Group’s Patterns on Fungi & Mushrooms Challenge. UPDATE: 21-10-09 / My tiny spikey fungus made it into the TOP TEN of the Fungilicious Group’s Cream de la Cream Fungi Challenge. Enjoy! FUNGI: KATTANG / (Click the links!) Cyptotrama aspratum – Spike Jones #3 / Volvariella speciosa / Boletellus emodensis / Omphalotus nidiformis (Ghost Fungus) / Omphalotus nidiformis & Sciarid sp / Entoloma hochstetteri – The Blues Brothers #1 / Agaricus campestris /
At this time of the year the Amanita muscaria (also known as fly agaric) grow in profusion in the pine needles of this forest in the Blue Mountains (NSW, Australia). I believe they have magic qualities if eaten (I can imagine!!) ... there must be some very happy little creatures around as a lot of the mushrooms have holes in them! This time last year, I shot Persistence in the same area. Featured in Retired and Happy Group in May 2009 Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
The gilled-underside to Pleurotus dryinus, the Vieled Oyster. / This is a mushroom favorite of the Many-headed Slime mould. I have been photographing this particular grouping for several days now to record the deterioration and take over of the slime. / I finally felt bad and ‘rescued’ 4 off this patch….....the stem was only infected on one and that was easily cut off. / Soaked them in hot salty water then rinsed in cold….....diced up and then sauteed in salt-free butter (already salty from the soaking). / They’ll be added to a rice dish tomorrow with some wild onions, goat milk, ground almonds, and parmesean cheese. / <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> / Thank you everyone so much for viewing, favoring, commenting! This has been one of my most successful images to date ever taken. It’s been featured 4x and added as the month’s avatar to 1:1Macro Phototgraphy Group for the month of June! / Very flattering and I’m so glad you all enjoyed it as much as I still do!
Found these guys too cute to not shoot, they are about 25mm (1 inch) tall, and very delicate indeed. they seem to like the mossy areas at the base of trees, alive or dead. Found these in the national park, just North of Lorne VIC, on the Great Ocean Road. Canon 50D, 400mm.
These seem to love the pine needles of the forest floor. The Fly Agaric, or Amanita muscaria. The tallest here stands at 5 Inches, and about 3 inches wide.. Found these in the Angahook Lorne State Park, just North of Lorne VIC, on the Great Ocean Road. Canon 50D, 400mm. Available Large!
These amazing little orange mushrooms are a variety of Marasmius…some of the worlds smallest mushrooms belong to this family. / The height on these were almost 2 inches…the cap only about 1cm. / Found on a NE Kansas foray on a property COVERED in woods…A first-time find for me. Most everyone else had stepped past them as they’d seen this species in several other spots. I guess I was slow. We had about 15 people on the hike including my son and another member’s granddaughter. A GREAT hike…starting with an amazing amount growing on HORSE PUCKY! I couldn’t have driven home happy right after seeing that display. I tend to walk slowly so everyone was done except the leader of our group who stayed back with me to hunt (probably because he was afraid I’d get lost).
Thanks to the many talented members of RedBubble, identified this as a Earthstar Fungi. Shot in Surburban Noosa Heads area. Measures about 1cm diameter, 3cm petal base. The inside was a fine powder, and very little of it, mostly air, similar to the little ball mushroom you get in the lawn sometimes. Star-like petals on the base. A tiny root system attatches itself to rotting wood. It’s been very very wet in the area lately, so might be something that sat dormant for a long time. Canon 50D, 800mm (400mm + 2 x Tamron). Night shot, no flash, but used a natural light LED to “paint” the subject over a 30 second exposure. Photo is as is from the camera, besides a light crop. Available Large, and Best viewed large!
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