#mycophile

2025-10-14
A patch of green and splashes of red and white.

Taken with my Canon 5DsR and Sigma Art 24–70 in Surea, between Gilze and Oosterhout — a gray day, yet the forest was alive with colour and quiet stories. On a bed of moss and fallen leaves stood a single Amanita muscaria — the fly agaric — but not as we usually know it. Its brilliant red cap was covered in a delicate white layer that resembled a dusting of snow. Only later did I realize: this wasn’t weather, but another fungus growing upon it. A fungus infecting a fungus — a rare and fascinating encounter.

In mycology, such infections occur when parasitic species like Hypomyces invade the fruiting body of another mushroom, spreading their hyphae through its tissues. They slowly consume the host’s nutrients, altering its colour, texture, and even shape. This quiet struggle plays out unseen, yet it’s part of the forest’s endless cycle of decay and renewal — nothing in nature is truly wasted.

I crouched low in the moss to capture it, trying to show not just a mushroom, but a story of resilience, interdependence, and the hidden wars of the microscopic world.

#AmanitaMuscaria #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #FungalInfection #FungiOnFungi #Canon5DsR #SigmaArt2470 #Surea #BrabantNature #NatureReserve #ForestFloor #MossLovers #Mycology #WildNetherlands #Ecology #MicroEcosystem #DutchNature #AutumnForest #ForestMagic #Biodiversity #MacroWorld #PhotographyAndScience #CloseUpNature #NaturalWonder #InterspeciesConnection #RareFind #FungalDiversity #InTheField #NatureStories #Mycophile #HiddenWorlds #MushroomLovers #FlyAgaric #ForestResearch #NatureEducation #StoryInLight #MacroLife #ForestDetails #EcoBalance #ByMaikelPhotography
LantanaDeBartist
2025-09-25

Oranje oesterzwam - Phyllotopsis nidulans


De oranje oesterzwam met zijn mooie plaatjes en vormen is een ware blikvanger in donkere bossen. Ham (B)

Oranje oesterzwam waargenomen te Ham in Belgisch Limburg
A Fool And His Fujiafoolandhisfuji@c.im
2025-07-03

Fungi Branch

Nice to see some fungi around, hasn't been many of late

Lens: Tamron 18-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD on a Fujifilm X-T30

#photography #photographer #naturephotography
#fungusphotography #fantasticfungi #wildmushroom #mushroomidentification #mushroomphotos #mushroomspotting #mycophile #fungi #funghi #fungifanatic #mushrooms #branch #trees

Flat mushrooms growing on rotting branchFlat mushrooms growing on rotting branchFlat mushrooms growing on rotting branch
2025-01-30
Nov 22nd, 2023 Prairie Creek Redwoods, CA
#prairiecreekredwoods #redwoods #mushroom #mycophile
A Fool And His Fujiafoolandhisfuji@c.im
2024-11-04

Mushrooms and New Kit

Picked up a field monitor in the recent Amazon sales, Viltrox DC-550, lot easier for macro shooting 😁

#fungusphotography #fantasticfungi #wildmushroom #mushroomidentification #mushroomphotos #mushroomspotting #mycophile #fungi #funghi #fungifanatic #mushrooms #macrophotography #viltrox #pergear

Brown coloured mushroom among twigs and moss on forest floorPair of grey coloured mushrooms among twigs and moss on forest floorRed and white coloured chewed up mushroom among twigs and moss on forest floorFuji camera with field monitor sat on sandbag set up for capturing mushroom photo
2024-10-19

Well. A few buggy boletes, a few oyster mushrooms, and zounds of white chanterelles today. Some of the chanterelles were enormous, but ended up leaving most of them in the ground. Had a few commitments back in town so left a little earlier than had hoped, but planning to go back on Tuesday. #mycophile

Oyster mushrooms growing on a fallen logWhite chanterelles peeking out from behind some Oregon grape and other ground cover.

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