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Having not visited the Toadstool hoodoo in a number of years it was good to see it still standing and not defaced. I was also glad for the strategically positioned white cloud to accentuate the amazing geography!
Again, be warned: I have a bunch of photos from Utah and Arizona that will be coming down the pike here shortly.
I was lucky enough to spend A LOT of time exploring some areas in Utah and Arizona with some fascinating geology: whirling shapes, winnowed toadstools, and strange rock colors were the focus of the 2-plus weeks I spent in the area.
In this photo (a 2-row panorama of 3 photos each), a large toadstool stands proudly against the Milky Way. At the center of the Dark Horse nebula you can see the planet Jupiter shining brightly. My low perspective and upward-tilting angle didn't do much to show off just how massive this toadstool actually was: I'm guessing it's around 20-25 feet tall. Pretty impressive specimen!
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Usually bright red in colour (though they can also be orange or yellow), with white gills and dotted with white wart-like speckles, the Fly Agaric is distinctive and, usually, quite easy to recognise, though there are a few similar and related species. At first they are globular in shape. They then mature into a hemispherical form, and finally into a flat plate-like shape. At full growth they usually range from 8-20cm in diameter and up to 30cm in height, though larger ones do occur.
We found these delightful toadstools growing near a rotting tree on the trail from White Wolf to Lukens Lake. The blue lupine was one of several varieties blooming along this trail.
This is another from Toadstool Hoodoos, a little north of Page, Arizona. Cool place. That's all I'm in the mood to write, It's been a long night. I spilled some wine on my keyboard and now it doesn't work. I've been using the keyboard from my old computer. I tried using the new little teeny keyboard that came with my new computer and couldn't get that to work. So, I tried a really old keyboard, but only half of the letters worked. Finally got the new (tiny) keyboard working. Turns out that you have to restart the computer for it to find the new (Bluetooth, wireless, tiny little keyboard)
Mixed series of five. After last night's torrential rain there were many floods around today. I had to abandon my preferred location and ended up in the local wood. There were a few nice toadstools around.
This is a drone image at sunrise of the area just west of the popular Toadstool Hoodoo hike in the Rimrocks, Utah, near the Paria River.
Ein herrlicher Felsen in Form eines Pilzes, daher der Name Toadstool, was soviel wie Fliegenpilz bedeutet. Zu finden sind diese tollen Gesteinsformationen am Utah Highway 89 von Page nach Westen fahrend,l kurz vor der Praria Contact Station die sich ein paar hundert Meter weiter auf der linken Seite befindet. Vom Parkplatz zur eigentlichen Formation sind es ca. 15 min., Vorsicht Wasser mitnehmen es kann hier in der Mittagshitze locker über 40° Grad heiß werden. Es lohnt sich auch nach links um den Berg zu wandern, hier gibt es einige weiße Hoodoos zusehen.
Archetypal Toadstools, these Fly Agaric mushrooms have a reputation of being poisonous but would probably just make you feel sick or hallucinate. This one was quite large, perhaps three and a half inches in diameter.
A toadstool is a formation which has a boulder perched on a rock column like a mushroom, or "Toadstool". It is formed over millions of years when the softer rock under the boulder erodes away, leaving only the rock pedestal supporting the capstone. Captured in Grand Staircase Escalante N.M.
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Drone image of the trail to the Toadstool Hoodoo in southern Utah, a popular short hike. The large toadstool sits on the edge of a platform of red strata sandwiched between two white layers that looks like a big stage. The abrupt color changes in this area are remarkable, persisting over large areas.
Image taken about sunrise, before any hikers were present. Panorama of two drone shots. See embedded notes for location of Toadstool Hoodoo and other features.
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.
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