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  1. To Stack or Not To Stack, that is the question.

    The first image is a single shot, the second is a focus stacked composite of 10 photos. It is possible to do more so that the background is also in sharp focus but I think that would detract from the shot and lose the emphasis on the main subject.

    #Sunday #Macro #Mycology #Fungi #Fungiverse #Mushtodon #Sporerespondence #Slug #Photo #Photography #Yorkshire

  2. It's a Small World

    You can used extension tubes with a normal lens for macro photography, but if you already have a macro lens and use it with a couple of extension tubes then you get some larger than life shots. The largest of these cups is probably less than 3 millimetres diameter and the shot is not cropped. Focus stacking becomes essential as the depth of field of each layer is a fraction of a millimetre.

    #Monday #MacroMonday #MycologyMonday #Macro #FocusStack #Fungi #Lichen #LichenSubscribe #Fungiverse #Mushtodon #Sporerespondence #Photo #Photography #Yorkshire

  3. On this same spot only a month earlier were three mighty fine old trees. This time they were horizontal and sprouting fungi.

    Mother Nature may have been pre-empted by a chainsaw but she wastes no time giving something else a chance for life.

    #Friday #FungiFriday #Fungi #Fungiverse #Mushtodon #Mycology #Sporerespondence #Photo #Photography #Cumbria

  4. Look What I Found Hanging Around in the Woods....

    I suspect this is Badhamia utricularis, a species of slime mould in the family Physaraceae on a dead limb, most likely from an oak tree..

    To give you some idea of scale, each of those yellow globules is less than 1 millimetre diameter. This is a 20 shot photo stack to get enough depth of field.

    #Thursday Too early for #MacroMonday #MycologyMonday

    Not really a #Fungi either #Fungiverse #Mushtodon #Sporerespondence

    #Photo #Photography

  5. This photo really captures my new found joy of mushroom hunting.

    I love just wandering through a forest and then BAM! something magical is in front of you. You just have to start looking.

    #mushrooms
    #mushtodon
    #sporerespondence
    #sporespondence

  6. I made a spore print for the first time!

    Spore prints show what color spores the mushrooms produce. It's an important part of mushroom identification.

    Spore prints are pretty easy to do. Cut the cap off the mushroom, cut it in half, and place the halves gills-down on a white paper and a black paper. You use different colored paper to see both light and dark colored spores. Leave in a box or under a bowl for 8 to 24 hours.

    When you're done, the spore prints can be made into a bookmark for your mushroom book.

    #SporeRespondence
    #mushtodon

  7. Fingers on Fire

    Calocera viscosa
    Yellow Stagshorn

    Been a while since I posted a fungi photo, it doesn't like rain or sub zero temperatures, but this one was on fire!

    #Fungi #Fungiverse #Mushtodon #Mycology #Sporerespondence #Photo #Photography #Saturday #Yorkshire

  8. Kaboom!

    Scleroderma - Earthballs - were rupturing all over the forest and spewing out spores yesterday.

    Today they will just be a soggy mess as it's chucking it down 🌧️

    #Thursday #Mycology #Fungi #Fungiverse #Mushtodon #Sporerespondence #Photo #Photography #Yorkshire

  9. I couldn't figure out what these were. I'm two hours in, and I couldn't find pictures or descriptions that match well. They're adorable, that's what they are. #Mycology #Sporerespondence

  10. Amethyst Deceiver? idk what it's deceiving, tho. We found tonnes of these too! #Mycology #Sporerespondence

  11. An absolute arse tonne of Hairy Curtain Crusts! It's hard to see here, but I did see plenty of bristles on them. #mycology #sporerespondence

  12. Earthball! We found so many, kept tripping over them, lol. I split one in half and it was black inside, so cool. Good shroom to firmly pat. #mycology #sporerespondence

  13. Beech jelly discs! (I think). Looks like a sea creature. Moist. So moist. Marked sensitive cos they look like they'd weird people out. #mycology #sporerespondence