Mushroom Backgrounds
Being able to identify most of the wildflowers I photograph is a big part of the enjoyment I receive from that obsession. I can’t say the same for mushrooms though. For me attempting to identify a mushroom only leads to Fungus Frustration. So I figured I’d relax a little and just enjoy the photos.
One of my problems in identifying mushrooms is the difference even age makes in their appearance. As if there wasn’t enough variation already in ‘form’ and ‘color’ to confuse me. This yellow fellow must be the same species as the orange ones to follow but I’ll never know for sure. Just because it was growing inches away from the others doesn’t mean anything, does it?
I found these mushrooms in a moist Cedar woods. The ‘colony’ covered a fairly large area with mushrooms scattered over a couple hundred square feet. I think the spot was a decayed and nearly composted brush pile of cedar limbs from fence post harvesting at least a generation ago. I could feel the ‘give’ beneath my feet when on the mound most of the shrooms were located.
The ‘give’ to the ground let me get this photo. I just pressed the camera down into the moss. Looking at the photo I can remember using the flash. It wasn’t planned. I was just playing with my new camera.
These images are available to use as Desktop Wallpaper / Background images. The ‘thumbnails’ are linked to 1024 x 768 size image.
September 15th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I absolutely love your ’shroom posts .. I have always been fascinated by this little marvels ever since I was a kid .. so kudos to you on such great posts on these little mysteries of nature ! : )
PS .. have you seen any of the “little people” dancing around them … before or after a drop of “moonshine” ? hahaha
October 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Wow, WA, these ’shroom photos are fabulous! I love the colors.
The woods are full of treasures, aren’t they? If only we had nothing to do but explore, take pictures, and do posts! So many things to see (and share)…so little time.
We’re getting snow showers here today. Are you getting any there? Friends sent us pics from PA (near Scranton). They’re having a wicked storm, and have a foot of heavy wet snow so far, and broken tree limbs. Hope it doesn’t come up here!