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Milky Way rises behind the light painted “Toadstools” hoodoo, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. Photographed with my Canon 5D Mark 3, using a 15mm lens (20 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400). You can see a size comparison in the previous photo. Lit with one stationary F&V Z96 Light Panel. A small, gold-filtered, omni-directional, LED lantern (Ozark Trail 50-Lumen Lantern via Walmart) is behind and underneath the hoodoo for accent and backlighting. More details and techniques can be found in my ebook: www.NightScapeBook.com
Autumn is here and there are lots of Fungi about. This Fly Agaric had, as ever been nibbled but was fairly untouched. The white spots are called warts and are the remnants of the veil which originally enshrouds the emerging Amanita and the distinctive skirt [half way down the stem] is to protect the gills when the young mushroom is more ball shaped. Toadstool is a name used for inedible or poisonous varieties of mushrooms Amanita muscaria have psychoactive compounds [Muscimol and Ibotenic acid] which make them hazardous. Fungi are more closely related to us than to plants as they do not photosynthesise but grow into their food which they ingest using enzymes. They form their own unique kingdom of life along with Yeasts and Molds. Many form symbiotic relationships with trees and other plants, they are crucial to the recycling of organic matter and I find them fascinating and beautiful.
yarn wrapped toadstools made from empty plastic cone spools, styrofoam balls and rug yarn. make some! instructions on my blog here madewithlovebyhannah.com/WordPress/?p=2809
Fungi in Purgatory Chasm park in Massachusetts. They're too bright and pretty and colorful to be mushrooms ;-)
It's been very dry here, however these have all appeared.. Nothing on the woodland floor, all on old wood, moss or trees.
Please see autumn studies set www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/sets/72157631597284035/
Type unknown. Feel free to impart your knowledge.
Along the tow path at Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.