Fungus & Lichen

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:24 am

Theses pictures are of a tree I pass by going to work which is not in very great shape. It has a large dead section on the trunk and a lot of these fungi are growing on the bark all around the tree. The first picture is a stack of 10 pictures I combined (Helicon Focus) to get a better DOF and a closer look at the fantastic textures all around this shelf mushroom. The other two are just normal fungi group shots

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:35 am

Very nice.

Also matching colors.

By the way, congratulations for AAGA and nice front page.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:43 am

Thank you very much Nikola....And I just love my new Tote Bag

I would like to thank all the Administrators and especially MACRO MIKE

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:55 am

Beautiful, I esp like the final shhot.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:05 am

Glad you are enjoying the tote Doug. All of these are great shots showing the ecosystem of the lichens are fungi, however, I like the last two the best. Quite an interesting group. Thanks Doug.

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:28 am

Hey Doug. (Thanks for the kind comments on my posts btw)

Nature is amazing. If you were to take these shots in a dark environment, you could easily mistake them for cave formations! Nice photos, great subject.

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:41 am

Very nice. Prime time for fungi is coming up in the Northern Hemisphere....Subjects I always mean to shoot more of, but never follow through on. Congrats on following through!