Wrinkled Peach Mushroom
One of the most accidentally festive looking photos I've taken.
I very nearly dismissed this as a standard bit of fungi, as it was so small but the droplets around it grabbed my attention. I knew that very few mushrooms secrete fluid (a process known as guttation) and that it was pretty synonymous with the more rare wrinkled peach. I'm glad I aimed my macro lens at it because I was pleasantly surprised by the miniature landscape I was presented with.
I also chose the best time to photograph it because the droplets had dried up when I went back the following day. Then a few days after that it had completely disappeared, along with all the other, fully grown. peaches that were on the same log.
Wrinkled Peach Mushroom
One of the most accidentally festive looking photos I've taken.
I very nearly dismissed this as a standard bit of fungi, as it was so small but the droplets around it grabbed my attention. I knew that very few mushrooms secrete fluid (a process known as guttation) and that it was pretty synonymous with the more rare wrinkled peach. I'm glad I aimed my macro lens at it because I was pleasantly surprised by the miniature landscape I was presented with.
I also chose the best time to photograph it because the droplets had dried up when I went back the following day. Then a few days after that it had completely disappeared, along with all the other, fully grown. peaches that were on the same log.