All Photos of the Month

October, 2014

"Golden Pholiota " by Steve Olson

Best Photo
Date: September 19, 2014
Camera: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C4100Z,C4000Z
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure: 0.01 sec
Focal Length: 7 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Flash Used: No

Steve Olson, the photographer says: "I found 2 separate fruitings of this "unknown to me" variety. I feel like I should know what this is but can't come up with it. I'll be bummed if it happens to be a tasty edible!" 

Phil says,  "It's a Pholiota, in the aurivella group."  

Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora says that as far as eating goes, it is to be avoided.

July, 2014

"Birch Boletes in July!" by Steve Olson

Best Photo
Date: July 20, 2014
Camera: Apple iPhone 5
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure: 0.01 sec
Focal Length: 4 mm
Aperture: f/2.4
Flash Used: No
Found these little Birch Boletes in a neighbors wooded yard. I would love to pick and dry these little fellas but not sure if they've been spayed, fertilized, etc. Too bad……they look delicious!
 
Found in San Carlos
July 20, 2014
Sadly only had my iPhone camera

June, 2014

"Craterellus tubaeformis" by Yev Nyden

Best Photo
Date: January 26, 2013
Camera: Panasonic DMC-GX1
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure: 0.10 sec
Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/3.5
Flash Used: No

Craterellus tubaeformis has many common names: yellowfoot, winter mushroom, winder chanterelle, funnel chanterelle...

May, 2014

"Weathered morel" by Hugh Smith

Best Photo
Date: 18 May, 2014
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Morchella elata.

March, 2014

"Hygrocybe punicea group" by Cass Fuentes

Best Photo
Date: February 28, 2010
Camera: NIKON COOLPIX S220
ISO Speed: 122
Exposure: 0.02 sec
Focal Length: 6 mm
Aperture: f/3.1
Flash Used: No
These Hygrocybes were growing in a mix of mostly Bay Laurel and Oak, in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Los Gatos. Being the first time I encountered the "Scarlet Waxy Cap", I was mesmerized by their beautiful color, and taking pictures of them started my path in mushroom photography.

February, 2014

"A Little Buggy" by Karen Hilker

Best Photo
Date: July 08, 2011
Camera: Canon Canon PowerShot S3 IS
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Exposure: 0.02 sec
Focal Length: 6 mm
Aperture: f/2.7
Flash Used: No
During a walk in the Sierra, I snapped some pictures of a light tan blob on a charred tree...

January, 2014

"So long without rain..." by Hugh Smith

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Date: 05 January, 2014
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So long without rain
Mushrooms poking their heads up
Soon become crispy!

This has been the driest year on record for Santa Cruz, having received only 1.3 inches so far this season of our average 11 inches to date...

December, 2013

"Baby oyster mushrooms" by Steve Olejniczak

Best Photo
Date: November 02, 2013
Camera: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C4100Z,C4000Z
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure: 0.03 sec
Focal Length: 7 mm
Aperture: f/11.0
Flash Used: Yes
Found these cute baby Oyster mushrooms in the Santa Cruz Mts. on Nov. 3rd, 2013. I used my old Olympus C4000.

November, 2013

"Boletus mirabilis" by Yevgeny Nyden

Best Photo
Date: October 13, 2013
Camera: SAMSUNG SGH-M919
ISO Speed: 1000
Exposure: 0.07 sec
Focal Length: 4 mm
Aperture: f/2.2
Flash Used: No
Boletus mirabilis, commonly known as the admirable bolete, the bragger's bolete, and the velvet top, is an edible species of fungus in the Boletaceae mushroom family. Wikipedia
 
I took this photo in the Olympic National Park, Washington when I was visiting the Puget Sound Wild Mushroom Show.

September, 2013

"Hygrocybe miniata group" by Hugh Smith

Best Photo
Date: September 14, 2013
Camera: Canon Canon EOS REBEL T3i
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure: 0.50 sec
Focal Length: 50 mm
Aperture: f/32.0
Flash Used: No

It takes a sharp eye to find this little waxy cap, especially for those of us that are color-challenged! Hygrocybe miniata, or those in that group differing in minute ways, are very colorful little mushrooms that grow in a variety of habitats including rotting wood and moss, as these were. These were fresh since they are still quite red. As they age, they frequently fade to dull orange to yellow, which often leads to mis-identification when found in this state...

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