October, 2016
"Spooky Grisette" by Adam Ryszka
Camera: SAMSUNG SGH-T989
ISO Speed: 50
Exposure: 0.03 sec
Focal Length: 4 mm
Aperture: f/2.7
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Even fungus likes to dress up. This Amanita species, possibly Amanita contricta (grisette) has its veil resembling a skeletal hand. Thank you Adam for providing this great photo from our member up in Oregon.
August, 2016
"Sparassis americana in North Carolina" by Judy and Bobb Lipp
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Roaming the East Coast in our RV. Pretty dry out here until we went into the Pisgah National Forest near the North Carolina Arboretum. It's practically a rain forest there. Must have seen over 50 species without looking hard and literally thousands of mushrooms.It was hard to ever be out of sight of at least 5 species at a time. Fun to see so many different species that are different or uncommon to the West Coast...
June, 2016
"Puff of Smoke" by Hugh Smith
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May, 2016
"The orange grove of the forest floor" by Amanda Timoney
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Focal Length: 4 mm
Aperture: f/2.2
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March, 2016
"Auriscalpium vulgare" by Cassandra Fuentes
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Exploring the Soquel Demonstration Forest at the FFSC local foray in February, and though the weather was amazing, the fleshy fungi were few and far between... None-the-less, there was some really cool finds, including Hericium coralloides (a choice edible related to Lion's Mane), an Auriscalpium vulgare.
February, 2016
"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder - Plato" by Mike Slavers
Camera: Canon Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure: 0.02 sec
Focal Length: 73 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
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"Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for he has hold not of an image but of a reality), and bringing forth and nourishing true virtue to become the friend of God and be immortal, if mortal man may." - Plato
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January, 2016
"New Year's Boletus Edulius" by Jonathan O'Bergin
Camera: NIKON COOLPIX S4000
ISO Speed: 160
Exposure: 0.03 sec
Focal Length: 5 mm
Aperture: f/3.2
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First light is the time to get lucky. Edulius in January?
November, 2015
"The glint of gold" by Sue Labiste
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Looking for fall chantrelles is like treasure hunt. Fall leaves such as tanoak mimics the yellow and orange colours we seek. And just as you head out, you see this.
September, 2015
"Reishi Mushroom" by Katherine Elvin
Camera: NIKON COOLPIX P510
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure: 0.08 sec
Focal Length: 4 mm
Aperture: f/3.0
Flash Used: No
Lisa's finds...
June, 2015
"Tylopilus formosus" by Taylor F. Lockwood
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