This is another entry submitted for the daily #monomad challenge. This time I decided to include some mushroom images altered with a black and white filter.
This one is the lion shield, or in mycology it has the scientific name Pluteus leoninus. This was captured in early August 2022 in a local forest during the rainy season. The mushroom was found just growing solitary without anything else. "Can I accompany you even for a moment?" I whispered.
There are also other mushrooms that also grow solitary: the bristly tropical cup or in mycology it has the scientific name Cookeina tricholoma.
There are many hairs on the fruit body, and this is a unique feature of the fungus, but you don't have to worry if you touch the hairs because they are not toxic like hairy caterpillars.
All of the images here are my own work, taken with Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.