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Default Moisture, moss and mushrooms
Went hiking with some photo friends and got some shots of these beautiful mushrooms on a log.

moss, moisture and a beautiful mushroom

jumbie mushrooms

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Great shots nice contrast of colours and clarity what type of mushrrom is that I have never seen one like that before
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Looks like 'Scutellinia scutellata - Eyelash cup Fungus' http://www.mushroomexpert.com/scutel...cutellata.html

These are GREAT captures-well done! Love the pictures.
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"Looks like 'Scutellinia scutellata - Eyelash cup Fungus'"

Wow! I am impressed!

Nice pics, mpascal.

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Michael, those are different than anything I've ever seen...they're beautiful and the shots are excellent.
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Great shots nice contrast of colours and clarity what type of mushrrom is that I have never seen one like that before
Did some checks and it seems to be from the ascomycetes family, or commonly called cup fungi.
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Very nice colors and great job with DOF. Well done!
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Lovely photos! Fungi are one of the more overlooked subjects for photography, but many are quite pretty.
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Beautiful colors and nice DOF. They do look like little cups too.
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Did some checks and it seems to be from the ascomycetes family, or commonly called cup fungi.

Did 'you' check or did I check/post ??
 
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