NATURE. PHOTO ESSAY.
It's All About the Mushroom
A photographic documentary of growing fungi in the woods

They aren’t always pretty looking. Or edible. Sometimes they mislead us. Due to their color or shape. Which is why I’d never pick up a mushroom. I just don’t know enough about them.
But they are attractive. And tasty. Suppose you got the right ones. And not the ones you can only eat once. They can make good pasta or spice up your pizza. Mushrooms can be decoration or medicine.
All you need is knowledge.
Otherwise, they are just that.
Fungi growing in the woods.

Then there is only one thing you can do. Bring out the camera and take some pictures. You can experiment with the settings instead of the flavors.

You can change the focus and the perspective. Maybe even the background. If you turn around.

Otherwise, just stop for a moment.

Take in the beauty of a single mushroom growing in the meadow. Hidden between countless blades of grass. Because well, the rains just arrived and there’s no better time than now.

Here we go. A selection of mushrooms for you.
These ones are just for the eye.
To look at and marvel in admiration.

“Mushrooms grow in damp places. That’s why they are shaped like an umbrella.” — Alphonse Allais
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