Nature shapes

Because fungus is challenging to find and photograph, fungi photos are less common than flower pics, but they're just as beautiful.

Kiwi 🥝

This image is from the book "Mushrooms of Hawai'i by Don Hemmes and Dennis Desjardin. I have rotated the image to better see the fine color gradations. which were hard to see in the horizontal view,. More about the book at link below. It can be ordered on Amazon

Its a Romanesco broccoli up close and fractal. Just like a sunflower heart, it is a true example of mathematics in nature. I think it is a striking vegetable - I crave novelty in food, so bought two for a Sunday roast. I steamed them lightly and served them naked, unfettered by cheese sauce. No bugger touched them. Had the lot meself. I smelled faintly rancid for a week.

Find out more about plants under the microscope in this video from Kew. Plants under the microscope, wood anatomy at Kew Gardens - www.kew.org/video/beneath-the-skin-of-plants/index.htm (Photo Peter Gasson RBG Kew)

The significance of the spiral & geometric pattern in space and nature

Geometric forms are those which correspond to named regular shapes, such as squares, rectangles and circles. I like the fact that not all naturally occurring objects are organic and it is the precision and regularity of forms within the natural world which I find particularly inspiring. Below are just a few of many examples.