Category Archives: Mushrooms

01.02.2023 Macro Mono Monday

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Oy,oy,oy…Playing with my food… Oyster Mushroom-Pleurotus ostreatus

Posted in Black and White, Closeup Photography, macro photography, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature | Tagged abstract, abstract mushroom, Black and White photography, curves, fungi, mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus | 21 Comments

10.28.2022 Fungal Friday- a study of a species

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Sticking with the the “F” themed Friday posts. Not sure what the next will be. Well, the windows are all installed and half needed new moldings for which I now have to fill the nail holes and finish. Most will … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Massachusetts, Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged bracket fungus, Ischnoderma resinosum, Late Fall Polypore, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, Quabbin, Resinous Polypore, shelf fungus | 26 Comments

10.23.2021 Orange you glad it’s October #2

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Autumn is fall color season and mushroom season as well. This Amanita muscaria has that warm glow that signifies the end of summer and the hues of the cycle of life. I’ve yet to find one of the bright red … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amanita muscaria, Amherst, Autumn Color, Massachusetts, New England, western massachusetts | 26 Comments

10.06.2021 Fungus Vignette

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I noticed the red of the Partridge Berries first then the shape and color of the mushrooms as we walked the Eagle Lake Trail at Acadia N.P. Tricholoma equestre–aka-Tricholoma flavovirens-aka-Man on Horseback. The ID is via iNaturalist and of course … Continue reading →

Posted in Fungi, Intimate Landscape, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged Acadia National Park, Eagle Lake trail, fungus, intimate landscape, Maine, mushroom, New England, Tricholoma equestre, Tricholoma flavovirens | 17 Comments

09.16.2020 Bleeding Fairy Helmet

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I don’t name ’em…I just photograph them. 🙂 A friend on Facebook posted some huge Amanitas which I then went looking for on Saturday. I did find them but as I have done a few times, I am only mentioning … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Bleeding Fairy Helmet, Bleeding Mycena, Burgundy Drops, fungi, fungus, Massachusetts, mushroom, Mycena, Mycena haematopus, New England, western massachusetts | 19 Comments

09.06.2020 Quiet Forest Nature

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Common Puffballs aka Gem-Studded Puffballs aka Warted Puffballs aka Wolf Farts aka Devil’s Snuff-box-Lycoperdon perlatum. I went to the pond I visit for sundews yesterday but the buds are still closed tight. There is another flower there I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Black and White, Closeup Photography, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Quabbin, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Common Puffballs, Devil's Snuff-box, fungus, Gauco Pond, Gem-Studded Puffballs, Lycoperdon perlatum, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, North Quabbin, Petersham, puffballs, Quabbin, State Forest Road, Triadenum virginicum, Warted Puffballs, Wolf Farts | 26 Comments

03.18.2020-2 Tinder Conks on a Fallen Birch

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Also known as Hoof Conks, Fomes fomentarius is a polypore fungus that lives up to its name…or got its name because it can hold a burning coal inside the pores on the underside for hours and be used to start … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, macro photography, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Fomes fomentarius, fungus, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, Pelham, polypore, western massachusetts | 23 Comments

01.13.2020-3 Monochrome Monday

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Got three M’s going today and the first time that I have posted three in one day as well. So this is another experiment but with the 180. It’s obviously a mushroom but, to paraphrase Minor White, what else is … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Black and White, Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged Black and White photography, fungus, mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus | 27 Comments

01.13.2020 Mushroom Monday

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Just a lovely oyster mushroom in Quabbin. It was misting yesterday morning and I thought it was worth getting out and seeing whatever I could see. Well, it rained fairly hard for a short time and things got pretty wet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography, Quabbin | Tagged fungus, late fall oyster mushroom, Massachusetts, mushroom, New England, New Salem, Oyster Mushroom, Panellus serotinus, Quabbin, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

11.21.2019 OY! It’s an oyster.

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Steve Gingold

Oyster Mushroom, that is. A couple from the archives. Oddly, I’ve shot oyster mushrooms-Pleurotus ostreatus many times but haven’t shared them on the blog.

Posted in Fungi, Mushrooms, Nature Photography | Tagged fungus, mushroom, Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus | 25 Comments