♪♫♪♫One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call
And call Alice, when she was just small
When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice, I think she'll know
When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
And the white knight is talking backwards
And the red queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head, feed your head♪♫♪♫
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
These days, I find almost every step of the way for all kinds of mushrooms. I know almost nothing about them, but I have always been fascinated by their appearance, long ago I learned that I can admire them from afar, ie. not to touch them. I've seen the species you see in the photos before, but I don't know their name or anything about them.
The abundance of rain causes the mushrooms to literally grow out overnight, mostly I see them around old stumps like in many other places. Don't get me wrong, I see mushrooms all year long, but autumn is a time when we seem to find them more common in nature.
I made the photos intentionally as black and white, I came to this idea by looking at the mushrooms from the photos, namely, their rim is completely black while the rest of their bodies are dark brown, so I thought it would be appropriate for the photos to be made in black - white goods. I already mentioned that I had seen them earlier in the year, but then their color was somehow much brighter, which is the reason for this change, I do not know, I can only speculate.
I'm fascinated by their shape as well as their overall appearance. During the time I spend in nature watching every single segment of a much wider picture, mushrooms are just one small part worthy of respect. It rarely happened to notice some increased activity of insects on almost any type of mushroom, I got the impression that insects avoided them for some reason. The only insect I noticed and managed to photograph on the mushrooms was Paederus which belong to the family of Staphylinidae. During some of my research on this insect, I learned that this insect is potentially harmful to humans because it causes rashes and skin irritation!
Of course, not all mushrooms are toxic or harmful to humans, there are numerous types that are edible and more than that, some of them are truly delicious culinary specialties. Personally, I would never dare to collect or prepare them on my own, because as I have repeatedly said, I know nothing about them!
If anyone knows the species pictured, please give me basic information about them or at least point me to them! Thank you!
03.12.2019. Thanks for visiting my photo blog
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