Spore-producing organ of a fungus
Mushroom season is in full swing. This one I photographed on our hike around Bench Tor in Dartmoor National Park.
I often image filamentous parasitic fungi at work using electron microscopes so it is refreshing to photograph some other types of fungi on a larger scale (still macro though ;-) )
Fun mushroom facts:
- Over 80% of all terrestrial plant species have a symbiotic relationship with a fungal mycelium.
-Fungi are more closely related to humans than to plants
-In the Middle Ages people thought mushrooms grew at night on the soil where witches had had a sabbath.
Spore-producing organ of a fungus
Mushroom season is in full swing. This one I photographed on our hike around Bench Tor in Dartmoor National Park.
I often image filamentous parasitic fungi at work using electron microscopes so it is refreshing to photograph some other types of fungi on a larger scale (still macro though ;-) )
Fun mushroom facts:
- Over 80% of all terrestrial plant species have a symbiotic relationship with a fungal mycelium.
-Fungi are more closely related to humans than to plants
-In the Middle Ages people thought mushrooms grew at night on the soil where witches had had a sabbath.