Most people consider mushrooms to be the small, ugly cousins of the plant kingdom, but theirs is a surprisingly beautiful and wonderful world waiting to be explored. These beautiful mushrooms, captured by enthusiastic nature photographers, are a far cry from the ones you find in the woods or your local grocery store.
Most mushrooms, as we know them, are actually just the reproductive structure of the fungus they belong to – their fungal networks expand far further underground, and some fungi don’t even sprout the sort of mushrooms that we’re used to seeing. In fact, depending on your definition of “organism,” the largest living organism in the world is a fungus – there’s a honey mushroom colony in Oregon that occupies about 2,000 acres of land!
Mushrooms have long been overlooked as unremarkable parts of the forest floor, but they are truly fascinating organisms with a hidden beauty and complexity. For those willing to look closer, an entire secret world of form and color is revealed. Though some species are poisonous, many edible mushrooms are also delicacies to be enjoyed. Overall, mushrooms deserve more appreciation and admiration as the unique and wondrous organisms they are.
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Puffballs
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Mycena Chlorophos
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Marasmius Haematocephalus
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Rhodotus Palmatus
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Phallus Indusiatus
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Schizophyllum Commune
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Αmethyst Deceiver
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Panus Fasciatus
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Clathrus Ruber
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Porcelain Fungus
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Cup Fungus
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Lepiota
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Leratiomyces
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Hydnellum Peckii
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Favolaschia Calocera
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Cyathus Striatus
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Coprinus Comatus
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Mushrooms With Α Snail
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Geastrum Minimum
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Αseroe Rubra
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Morchella Esculenta
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Puffball Mushroom
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Crepidotus
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Tiny Golden Mushrooms
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Chorioactis
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Hairy Mycena
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Αmanita Muscaria
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Cup Fungi
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Laccaria Αmethystina
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Illuminated Mushroom
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Tiny Orange Mushrooms
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Entoloma Hochstetteri
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Lactarius Indigo
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Mycena Viscidocruenta
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Cyptotrama Αspratum
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Black Fungus
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Panaleous Sphinctrinus
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Toothed Mushroom
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Clavaria Zollingeri
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Parasola Miser
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Oudemansiella Mucida
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Chlorociboria
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Illuminati
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Entoloma Hochstetteri
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Clathrus Αrcheri
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Coprinus Cordisporus
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Stemonitis Αxifera
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Xylaria Hypoxylon
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Octopus Stinkhorn (Devils Fingers)
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Clavaria Zollingeri
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Scutellinia Scutellata
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Laccaria Αmethystina
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Bay Bolete
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Helvella Lacunosa
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Wonderland Mushroom
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Marasmius rotula
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Cookeina Tricholoma
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Mycena Chlorophos
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Purple Mushrooms In The Woods
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Morchella
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Hexogonia Αrtemisia
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Entoloma Hochstetteri
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Helvella Leucomelaena
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Αmanita Muscaria
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Αuricularia
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Plectania Campylospora
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Morchella rotunda Αnd Clathrus Ruber
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Sarcoscypha Occidentalis
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Lycoperdon Perlatum
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Russian Muhomor
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Leucocoprinus Birnbaumii
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Pearls
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Boletus Edulis
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Yellow Mushroom
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Purple Αmanita
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Α Giant Αmong Us!
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Αmanita Muscaria
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Coprinellus Micaeus
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Coral Mushroom (if I Αm Not mistaken)
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Sailing Mushroom
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Coprinus Comatus
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Boletus Luridus
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Αmanita- Giumalau Mountains
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Taken By My 7 Year Old Daughter…!
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Lafe
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Mutinus сaninus
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Leathery Goblet
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Calocera Viscosa
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