Most people consider mushrooms to be the small, ugly cousins of the plant kingdom, but theirs is a surprisingly beautiful and wonderful world waiting to be explored. These beautiful mushrooms, captured by enthusiastic nature photographers, are a far cry from the ones you find in the woods or your local grocery store.
Most mushrooms, as we know them, are actually just the reproductive structure of the fungus they belong to – their fungal networks expand far further underground, and some fungi don't even sprout the sort of mushrooms that we're used to seeing. In fact, depending on your definition of “organism,” the largest living organism in the world is a fungus – there's a honey mushroom colony in Oregon that occupies about 2,000 acres of land!
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Puffballs
I stepped on one last week in sandals! The cold yellow powder spraying on my foot definitely made me a little more cautious walking around!
Mycena Chlorophos
Phallus Indusiatus
Schizophyllum Commune
Panus Fasciatus
Porcelain Fungus
Cup Fungus
Hydnellum Peckii
Coprinus Comatus
Mushrooms With A Snail
Geastrum Minimum
Aseroe Rubra
Puffball Mushroom
Very handy mushroom. If you pit it on a bleeding wound it stops the bleeding with an antiseptic effect.
Tiny Golden Mushrooms
Chorioactis
Amanita Muscaria
They believe that people ate magic mushrooms and thought these were what is now 'Santa Claus' and that reindeer could fly.
Tiny Orange Mushrooms
Panaleous Sphinctrinus
Such simple mushrooms, but its the background that really catches the eye.
Clavaria Zollingeri
Oudemansiella Mucida
Entoloma Hochstetteri
Xylaria Hypoxylon
That's a damn great shot !!!! About the mushroom - no words needed....
Clavaria Zollingeri
Scutellinia Scutellata
Bay Bolete
Stoenescu, all your photographs are so beautiful. And every time I see one I can tell that it's yours, without seeing your name under it.
Helvella Lacunosa
Wonderland Mushroom
Marasmius Rotula
Purple Mushrooms In The Woods
Morchella
Hexogonia Artemisia
Entoloma Hochstetteri
Helvella Leucomelaena
Lycoperdon Perlatum
Russian Muhomor
These (or similar) are what they draw and talk about in children's fairytale :)
Boletus Edulis
Coral Mushroom (if I Am Not Mistaken)
Sailing Mushroom
Coprinus Comatus
This looks more like Coprinopsis picacea. Commonly mistaken for Coprinus comatus.
Lafe
Boletus Edulis
Miniature Spa Stones
They are commonly called "bird's nest mushrooms". See this Wikipedia page for info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidulariaceae
Fly Agaric
Up North Michigan
White Translucent ( Wood Ear?)
Shrroooommmeeeee
Unexpected Life Inside A Dumpster
Nature's Perfect Lines
Amanita Phalloides
Hard to believe how dangerous this fungus is -- ingesting half of a cap is enough to kill an adult human being. But definitely beautiful.
Morchella
Simlpy a very beautiful close up photo of that intricate mushroom :D I love it!
Pink Oysters! (pleurotus Djamor)
Clitopilus Prunulus
I'd say it's some Lactarius species, note white drops ooying from the gills....
Shaggy Ink Cap
Yellow Brain Fungi
Fall Beauties
Dead Man's Fingers!
Flying Saucer In The Kimberley...
Pezizaceae
Omphalotus Olearius: Jack O' Lantern
Puffball
Also found in Wisconsin. the farmers would hit the leg of a cow with it that had a bad cut or infection to help heal it.
Blue !
Light Catcher
Fall Beauties
It would be nice if you post the areas you took the mushroom photo's in. Thank you.
Don't Know Tunisia Sobhanallah
Parasitic plant: Cytinus hypocistis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytinus_hypocistis
Dark Blue
Simplemente hermosas fotos... y q increible es el mundo de los Homgos (y)
Wondermushroom_0705
Coprinus Micaceus
Leopard-spotted Earthball
Captured in the Netherlands, by Ferdy Christant. Original: http://www.jungledragon.com/image/13974/the_end_of_the_rainbow.html
Bioluminescent Mushroom By Leif Illuvatar
All Caps
Mushrooms In My Yard In Trinidad
Love this mushrooms! They are delicious fried in flour, egg and breadcrumbs!
Wood Ear, Auricularia Auricula-judae
An Old Married Couple
Oh Look At This Fella
Cubensis
Lepiota ?
Certainly not Lepiota species, may be some Lepista or Entoloma, but I cannot say from just one picture :)
Duiveltjesberg
Cuc Phuong Viet Nam.
Inverted Chandelier?
No Clue
Macrolepiota procera, commonly known as Parasol mushroom, edible, tasty :)
Amanita Muscaria
Orange Fungus
A No Brainier
Lepiota - Northern Spain
Is actually a Macrolepiota also known as Parasol mushroom (bored panda doesnt allow me to edit!)
Norway Mountain Mushroom - Latin Name Anyone?
Hardly from just one photo... Something from the order Polyporales, but I cannot be more specific, if I had to geuss I'd place my bet on genus Trametes. Hope this will help a bit :)
Can You Identify This Species? -photo By Marcella Kyrein
where do you take it? when? what is the specie of the tree? thank you
Edible Mushrooms (coorg)
This has been my most favourite post of Bored Panda EVER!!
i think between all these mushrooms, we can find many things that useful for our helth, treatment for diseases, chemicals for using in labs.
I am descovering only now how beautiful mashrooms are!!!
This has been my most favourite post of Bored Panda EVER!!
i think between all these mushrooms, we can find many things that useful for our helth, treatment for diseases, chemicals for using in labs.
I am descovering only now how beautiful mashrooms are!!!