Yesterday I found this big mushroom in the Greenbelt. It was more than six inches across.
Top:
The edge of the top:
Taking a photo of something I couldn’t see was tricky. The underneath part of the cap, also called gills, isn’t as clear as I would have liked but the view is right:
The next two photos show the stalk and the ring around the stalk:
And finally, the base:
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It’s like viewing another world, in a way, this macro photography, isn’t it?
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Yes it is. I have mushrooms in my front yard too. I’m going to do some microscopic photos of those!
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Very cool!
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The Greenbelt is going to give me a lifetime of cool photos I think!
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are they edible?
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I have no idea and I’m not going to test them!
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If only we could see microscopically we might be able to see another living world beneath these mushrooms. It makes me think of fairy tales.
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I’m going to do some microscopic pictures of some mushrooms in my front yard. That is different than what you are talking about but it does open up another world too.
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Cool!! I scanned my registration and hope that will work for San Jose by the way
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Wow. I love looking at the under-cap, the delicate lines. I remember drawing mushrooms (toadstools?) and making etchings in printmaking class long ago.
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very cool….. it would be nice to see them now I bet…..
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