Tree with mushrooms

Photographer Steve Axford (previously) continues his quest to document some of the world’s most obscure fungi found in locations around Australia. Axford lives and works in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales in Australia where he often has to travel no further than his own back yard to make some of the discoveriesContinue reading "Radically Diverse Australian Fungi Photographed by Steve Axford"

Mushrooms and mosses on tree trunk, Hoh Rainforest, Hall of Mosses Trail, Olympic National Park, Washington.

Beyond the greengrocer's shelves lies a galaxy of wild mushrooms to thrill the taste-buds of the discerning collector. But spotting the safe varieties is a fine art, and indiscriminate gatherers risk indigestion... or worse. Stephen Brightwell, a relative of the first commercial mushroom growers in New Zealand, separates the dainties from the deadlies, and delves into the history of mushroom collecting in this country.

This is another photo from my second fungal foray, but one which I’d not included in the previous gallery. Going over the photos again, I decided I really liked the way these fungal bodies sp…

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Under a dense pacific North West forest canopy many treasures can be found. Varieties of ferns, mosses, lichens, fungas's and mushrooms grow under the dark canopy of mainly Fir and Cedar Trees, as well as deciduous trees like the Maple tree. I found this sunlit cluster of Mycena (haematopus) Mushrooms growing out of a rotting moss covered Fir Tree and decided to stop and take a photo of them as the sun's rays brought their pretty colors to life!

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