Fungi Fall
My visit to the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary on the weekend was also the subject of yesterday’s post about berries that are still present on the shrubs around the lake. We did not know when we set out that in the Nature House was the annual display of fungi put on by the South Vancouver Island Mycological Society. This is another example of the great programs that the Nature Sanctuary hosts. There were hundreds of mushrooms and bracket fungus and their relatives on display – rows of tables were in fact covered by them. Many I had never seen before, so it was fascinating.
I took several pictures using the lens that was on the camera when I walked in the Nature House (100mm macro), but the light conditions were low, the lens slow and I had to push the ISO up to 3200 for many of the shots. Even then the focus is often not great with minimal depth of field. A few pictures did work out and here they are. I do not know the species names for any of them so my apologies to those that have a biological interest. I do know that some are edible (and delicious) while others are very poisonous. They must be harvested with care and a great deal of knowledge.
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All photos taken with SMC Takumar m42 macro 100mm/f4 mounted on Canon EOS 5d Mark II DSLR.
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What gorgeous pictures! Obviously we are of like minds at the moment—though the fungi do rather direct attention to themselves, don’t they?
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I really like your fungus photos, and that you went out and found them too, whereas I stumbled on mine, all laid out like a smörgåsbord.
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Those are really good….making me hungry…love mushrooms.
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Yeah me too – fried in really hot butter. Though the Amanita would be a poor idea to eat, and the big one with the green “gills” (what are those cells with the spores in them called?) looks unpalatable as well.
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