Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita or in Dutch "vliegenzwam" looks like another "petit four' ;-))

I saw these on a hike up to a lookout at Algonquin Provincial Park. They were growing from a deceased birch tree, making their contribution to Mother Nature's recycling programme.

I have deep fascination for these mystical forest dwellers.

Taken with my favorite lens, Sigma 50mm

ƒ/1.4

50.0 mm

1/60

ISO 100

The Netherlands

Het Hulsbeek, Oldenzaal, The Netherlands

De zwam staat midden in het licht.

Ook mooi bij vergroting

Advice is like mushrooms. The wrong kind can prove fatal.

-Charles E. McKenzie

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Challenge 119: FLORA & HIGH CONTRAST

Another shot of one of the mushroom in Golders Hill Park. This one is opening up & beginning to resemble a parasol. I have been told it is edible at the young stage!

Lamellen, paddenstoel, The Netherlands

It's a bit crowded here ....

Always a joy to see all the differences between all kinds of mushrooms.

Just a happy little dragonfly sitting on a tiny little mushroom.

Mushrooms

A very big mushroom in the forest.

Just a half dozen mushrooms that sprang up in the yard.

Out for a stroll in the woods on an overcast and rainy November afternoon and I was completely unprepared for the diversity of mushroom life. At least 20 different species in all of their splendor. These are the Glistening inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus). Note the slight blueyness at the peak of each cap - hence the name, I guess...

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Tales Fom The Wood

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Sulphur tuft (Hypholoma fascicular)

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I found these mushrooms growing on a stick at the edge of a trail.

Amanita muscaria

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This is the same "Parasol" Mushroom as seen on my previous two photos ,,,

A lamella, or gill, is a papery hymenophore rib under the cap of some mushroom species, most often but not always agarics. The gills are used by the mushrooms as a means of spore dispersal, and are important for species identification. ... Additionally, gills can have distinctive microscopic or macroscopic features.