Angel’s Bonnet (Mycena arcangeliana), on fallen stick (they are very small), October 2017, local wood, Staffordshire, England.
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Angel’s Bonnet (Mycena arcangeliana), on fallen stick (they are very small), October 2017, local wood, Staffordshire, England.
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I haven’t yet been brave enough to attempt to learn Mycena ID! Nice photos.
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Thank you, Adele 🙂 Fungi can be a very challenging group to id indeed!
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I went on a week-long fungi course with the Field Studies Council last year, which was very good – but I was struck by the assistant tutor claiming that he was still a ‘trainee’ after eight years of studying fungi! They are amazing complicated to ID. Although I do think fungi keys make slightly more sense than wildflower keys.
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It’s great you went on a course! I have quite a few reference books here, but some of these fungi are really hard to id.
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Lovely photos, terrific detail!
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Thank you, Belinda 🙂
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Small and delicate. Nice, and interesting look at things we barely notice. Thanks.
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Thank you, Ted 🙂
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I love the purity! Great photography Pete!!!
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Thank you very much, Beth 🙂
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If this little delight of nature was called the “golden breast” I would not be at all surprised. Nicely taken Pete!
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You so got me smiling here, Diana 🙂 Thank you! 🙂
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Angel’s Bonnet, what a beautiful name and picture! The german one is completely boring instead 😦
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Thank you 🙂 I am hoping to captured them when they are fully open, but with work and the daylight hours diminished I will have to see the coming weekend.
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Gorgeous! Also, what a lovely name.
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Thank you, Ingela 🙂 Some of the names are quite lovely.
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Your mushroom collection reminds me of one the first photos I took with my new Practika camera when I was 18 yrs old.
I entered it in a contest and wow! – won the grand prize – a cruise to Mexico, which I took my mom on. I was surprised b/c the photo was nothing special – just a lone delicate mushroom on a log with some nice backlighting.
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Your photo must have made an impression, Michael! I had a Practika around the same age. I still have it, but don’t use it anymore. It was a great camera.
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Wonderful name for such a delicate little mushroom, and it must be really REALLY little.
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First time I had come across this shroom, and quite a nice surpise, too 🙂
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