Mushroom Pictures,
Natures Own Mystery Art

After a rainy day mushroom pictures opportunities pop up everywhere. We enjoy walking in the local woods. And one of my favorite passtimes is spotting mushrooms.

Mushroom Pictures Gallery

It is amazing the variety of mushrooms that are out there. I did a search on just the word mushrooms and found that there are over 2000 varieties. There are actually people who search for mushrooms that are edible.

This is not something I recommend unless you really know what you are doing. There are just too many types of mushrooms that are poisonous.

I try to identify the flowers and other nature pictures that I take but in this case there are just too many. And I didn't find any that looked close enough to the pictures you will find on this page to even wager a guess as to what types of mushrooms you will find here.

Mushroom Pictures Taken in the Forest

The mushrooms in these pictures are pretty common in the forest areas around here. The black and white ones in the middle can be spotted on the floor of the forest preserve a lot.

I did see a few mushrooms in a wikipedia article that look similar to the mushrooms in the end picture here.

Mushroom Pictures in Surprising Places

This first picture is not so unusual. But in the middle picture you get to see what the bottom side of a mushroom looks like. Someone had pulled this plane white mushroom up and so I decided to take a picture of the bottom side.

The picture on the end is a favorite. These bright orange mushrooms were growing in the middle of the lawn at the park. From the parking area they looked like piles of orange foam rubber. I later saw some similar near the base of trees.

Trees Offer a Great Opportunity For Taking Mushroom Pictures

If your imagination is working overtime you might just see a moon crator here in the close-up of the top of a mushroom. You can see the whole fungus in the pictures below.

These next two pictures are mushrooms growing on a tree trunk and a log. Often on walks in the fall these white wonders can be seen growing on logs that lie along the floor of the forest.

In the middle is a mushroom growing from the side of a tree trunk. These are often seen along the river where trees have been cleared to keep an area neat. The mushrooms don't live long but they pop up often.

The Art of Mushroom Pictures

Nature's art at her finest. Walk along any forest path after a good rain and you can enjoy a wonderland of art. It is true that nature is the envy or the inspiration of any true artist.

The picture on the end here was contributed by Darlene. I keep trying to convince Darlene to start her own photography site. She really has an eye for a beautiful nature photograph. Thank you Darlene.

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