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Most people consider mushrooms to be the small, ugly cousins of the plant kingdom, but theirs is a surprisingly beautiful and wonderful world waiting to be explored. These beautiful mushrooms, captured by enthusiastic nature photographers, are a far cry from the ones you find in the woods or your local grocery store.
Most mushrooms, as we know them, are actually just the reproductive structure of the fungus they belong to – their fungal networks expand far further underground, and some fungi don't even sprout the sort of mushrooms that we're used to seeing. In fact, depending on your definition of “organism,” the largest living organism in the world is a fungus – there's a honey mushroom colony in Oregon that occupies about 2,000 acres of land!
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#1
Puffballs
HollyMason 10 years ago
I stepped on one last week in sandals! The cold yellow powder spraying on my foot definitely made me a little more cautious walking around!
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#2
Mycena Chlorophos
#3
Marasmius Haematocephalus
#4
Rhodotus Palmatus
#5
Phallus Indusiatus
#6
Schizophyllum Commune
#7
Amethyst Deceiver
#8
Panus Fasciatus
#9
Clathrus Ruber
#10
Porcelain Fungus
#11
Cup Fungus
#13
Leratiomyces
#14
Hydnellum Peckii
#16
Cyathus Striatus
#17
Coprinus Comatus
#18
Mushrooms With A Snail
#19
Geastrum Minimum
#20
Aseroe Rubra
#21
Morchella Esculenta
#22
Puffball Mushroom
VesselinaMartinova 10 years ago
Very handy mushroom. If you pit it on a bleeding wound it stops the bleeding with an antiseptic effect.
#23
Crepidotus
#24
Tiny Golden Mushrooms
#25
Chorioactis
#26
Hairy Mycena
#27
Amanita Muscaria
Anejo Conejo 10 years ago
They believe that people ate magic mushrooms and thought these were what is now 'Santa Claus' and that reindeer could fly.
#28
Cup Fungi
#30
Illuminated Mushroom
#31
Tiny Orange Mushrooms
Final score:
37points
#32
Entoloma Hochstetteri
#33
Lactarius Indigo
#34
Mycena Viscidocruenta
#35
Cyptotrama Aspratum
#36
Black Fungus
#37
Panaleous Sphinctrinus
Final score:
33points
Kyle Eaton 10 years ago
Such simple mushrooms, but its the background that really catches the eye.
#39
Clavaria Zollingeri
#41
Oudemansiella Mucida
#44
Entoloma Hochstetteri
#45
Clathrus Archeri
#47
Stemonitis Axifera
#48
Xylaria Hypoxylon
Final score:
26points
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ÖzgeBerrak 10 years ago
i think between all these mushrooms, we can find many things that useful for our helth, treatment for diseases, chemicals for using in labs.
ÖzgeBerrak 10 years ago
i think between all these mushrooms, we can find many things that useful for our helth, treatment for diseases, chemicals for using in labs.
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