I have always found mushrooms fascinating life forms. Not plant, not animal yet vitally important for the health of both plants and animals. However, they are a bugger to photograph yet I never stop trying.
Paul Stamets wrote a great book on Fungus call “Mycellium Running” and delivered a very interesting TED talk several years ago:
I love mushrooms and have so many that I have photographed. I always think I will compile them into a book but so many are printed while others are digital. So far, not enough dedicated time for it. Love your images!
A mushroom photo book would be interesting and magnet winter project…just saying. π
Hope your having a great weekend.
I love mushrooms! I keep trying to photograph them too π. And thank you for the TED talks
Hi Ellie and thanks, they are wonderful subject yet sometimes so difficult.
Hope your weekend is going great.
Nothing beats a mushroom for photographing on a windy day. Well, maybe an interesting rock. Stamets is a genius.
Hi Steve, We were hooked following Stamets after we read his book. It is wonderful when you encounter someone with alternative points of view and backing up with proper science.
I recommend “How to Change Your Mind” by Michael Pollan. Yes, the food guy. In it he discusses mushrooms and LSD and how they might be helpful to many.
Hi Jim, I had read a few studies on psilocybin being studied as a treatment for depression and they sounded interesting. I had not heard about LSD as a treatment. It seems like those two are good examples of how substances once considered 100% negative by some may offer remedies. I guess the position is indeed in the dose.
Yes. At least some good studies of effectiveness are in order. It is a debilitating disease.
Hi Jim, we agree. More Studies!
Fungi rocks! π
and can eat rocks. Amazing.
The thing about photographing mushrooms is that you’re on your knees or flat on the ground to do it much of the time. Great shots.
I hear you on getting low for those mushroom shots. Dirty closes and beanbag a requisite for a day photographing mushrooms.
Wonderful images, they are so fascinating and equally hard to photograph.
Hi Karen, yes they do make you get down to their level for a photo and always seem to grow where there is poor light. π
I love your blog post!
Thanks, hope your having a wonderful weekend.
Without fungi, plants could not dominate the land. And without both of them, we would not be able to harvest the sunβs energy for ourselves. Yay fungi!!
I agree, they seem to do so much but get so little respect. Here’s to fungi. Wishing you a wonderful weekend.