Ghost Mushrooms #3 || Revesby Heights {Explore 149, 2020/08/26}
Carol from the Facebook group for Bioluminescence Australia texted me the directions for Ghost Mushrooms near my house. Very strongly glowing even with the Sydney background sky pollution. Each mushroom is about 5cm across
1 image using 100mm macro with 2 focus stacked shots (1 minute ISO3200 f5.).
Fantastic to finally shoot these rather than just looking at photos online :-)
Ghost mushrooms, or Omphalotus nidiformis, get their name because they have an eerie glow. The mushrooms’ cup-shaped fruiting bodies grow on pine stumps and other rotting wood, and can grow as big as 20 centimetres across.
In daylight, they’re a creamy white colour, sometimes with brown, black or purple shading, but at night they really come into their own, glowing green.
Like glow worms, fire flies, and sea sparkle, ghost mushrooms produce light known as bioluminescence through an internal chemical reaction.
Just remember, ghost mushrooms are for looking at, not eating. Like many wild fungi, they are poisonous, and while they aren’t likely to kill you, the effects include vomiting and stomach cramps and are deeply unpleasant.
Ghost Mushrooms #3 || Revesby Heights {Explore 149, 2020/08/26}
Carol from the Facebook group for Bioluminescence Australia texted me the directions for Ghost Mushrooms near my house. Very strongly glowing even with the Sydney background sky pollution. Each mushroom is about 5cm across
1 image using 100mm macro with 2 focus stacked shots (1 minute ISO3200 f5.).
Fantastic to finally shoot these rather than just looking at photos online :-)
Ghost mushrooms, or Omphalotus nidiformis, get their name because they have an eerie glow. The mushrooms’ cup-shaped fruiting bodies grow on pine stumps and other rotting wood, and can grow as big as 20 centimetres across.
In daylight, they’re a creamy white colour, sometimes with brown, black or purple shading, but at night they really come into their own, glowing green.
Like glow worms, fire flies, and sea sparkle, ghost mushrooms produce light known as bioluminescence through an internal chemical reaction.
Just remember, ghost mushrooms are for looking at, not eating. Like many wild fungi, they are poisonous, and while they aren’t likely to kill you, the effects include vomiting and stomach cramps and are deeply unpleasant.