Don't eat its leaves. Don't eat its roots. Don't eat its stems. They are toxic. But, supposedly the "apples", which are not really apples, are edible.

Mayapple is a native perennial wildflower of the moist woods, often found in large colonies in Michigan. They have two large leaves, and a single white flower on nodding stems.

Never saw this strange beauty before ;-))

"Helvella is a genus of ascomycete fungus of the family Helvellaceae. The mushrooms, commonly known as elfin saddles, are identified by their irregularly shaped caps, fluted stems, and fuzzy undersurfaces. They are found in North America and in Europe. Well known species include the whitish H. crispa and the grey H. lacunosa. They have been reported to cause gastrointestinal symptoms when eaten raw." - WiKi

"Kluifzwammen (Helvella) is een geslacht van schimmels. Soorten uit dit geslacht komen voor in Noord-Amerika en Europa.

Bekende soorten zijn de witte kluifzwam (Helvella crispa) en de zwarte kluifzwam (Helvella lacunosa). Door de geplooide of gegroefde steel en hoed zien deze zwammen er uit als hondenkluifjes." - WiKi

zebra longwing / zebra heliconian

I have to wonder if this was the butterfly that Mohamid Ali was referring to when he said "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"

These beauties really seem to float as they gather around their host plant.

Host plants in my yard: Passiflora Biflora and Corky Stem vine.

Have a beautiful Tuesday, happy snapping.

For Macro Mondays theme, "Behind Glass". Height of the stem in this image is approximately 2.3 inches

Aegopodium podagraria

Apiaceae - Apiacées

Common Names: ground elder, herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort, snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort, wild masterwort, goutweed bishop's.

Noms communs: podagraire, petite angélique, herbe de saint Gérard.

I dearly love finding dandelions in my garden, whether they are the yellow flowers or the soft puffs of seeds ready to take to the wind. Generally I leave the dandelion there (unless I am removing weeds, and then I say goodbye to my little friends). However, this one time I decided to break the dandelion puff off of the stem to take inside the house for a photo session. The moment I removed the puff, the bottom of the stem curled into these two tightly wound circles. What a treat!

Cuenca. Ecuador

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT AND FAVES

ON THE REACTIONS I WILL TRY TO RESPOND BACK

Pink Dog Wood Flowers have extra long Stems.

Sunrise at Ponta de Caracaraí, Rio Arapiuns, an Amazon tributary, Santarém, with our boat, Don Giuseppe anchored for the night.

~ aziza "likey?"

For Judy.. Just because:)

After reading all the good things you guys wrote about my work over the month of march I am truly touched.. thank you so much my beautiful friends.. I wouldn't have done anything without your constant support and inspiration:)

HGGT to you all

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flower (Daisy) stem .....rip detail where I pulled the single bloom

from the multiple bloom stem.

spirea macro from the back

Dandelion macro

Autumn2016 Garden Plant Tall Yellow Flower Sunflower Outdoors Petals Sunny Shade Green Leaves

Baby euphorbia plants with attractive red stems, growing in beach sand, on Kangaroo Island.

Mushrooms in the yard

And shades of orange

Dotted Stem Bolete / Flockenstieliger Hexenröhrling / Neoboletus erythropus

For Macro Mondays' "Halloween" Theme.

The stem is about 2" (50 mm) long

HMM

Stem

Poison hemlock stems have distinctive purple streaks on the stems, and fernlike foliage.

Young Dotted Stem Bolete

Flockenstieliger Hexenröhrling

Captured for Macro Mondays theme: spiral. HMM everyone!

Week 1 : 52 : 2026

Hello, long time..I wanted to share this with you and to be

on my flickr record,the original concept was to have two

side by side,with a central drop hanging down,,that was the

plan..but i think i got something better though what do you

think?you see this could never be repeated and hears

why.the drop is glycerin,sticky and heavy,it broke the stem

and hung down before collapse, and a water drop would have

simply rolled off at the moment of stem break.this happened

by accident and i love it.

Waiting for the dusky night, the function is lost by the twilight

+LITERALLY+

[] HaMeD!caL []

A mayfly spinner resting on a reed stem before it takes to the wing for its courtship flight.

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Indoor Tulip stem with sunlit accents....Morning Sunlight seeping through the window blinds.

Miscellaneous Composition; ©2011 DianaLee Photo Designs

I was "admonished" (not seriously) by an acquaintance yesterday for not using my Hasselblad enough, so today I accepted the challenge to make some images with it. This frame made use of the 0.5 Proxar closeup filter.

Film: Ilford FP4+ (lovely stuff) processed in iffy Xtol.

For Macro Mondays - Glass

Wine glass stem

Keeping with my green insect theme, here's a teeny little green sweat bee. They really like these gaura blooms, and this one is even on a wild plant came up near one I had planted last year. But for the stem cutting through the image, it's a real favorite - one of my better looks at the little face. She's a female, btw, though her green butt end is hidden in this shot. Be sure and give her a click or two to see her enjoying the sweets.

I was out early one morning with only the big lens, looking for wildlife. No luck there, but I was very glad I noticed this frost on these red stems. I don't know what the plant is. I've been bringing my macro lens every day since, but frost this nice doesn't happen very often. Siskiyou County, California

Looking very bare, the semaphore masts at North Orleans on the Hoosier Sub.

Thank you for your appreciation, Gail