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Marasmius haematocephalus |
To think any one of these lifeforms exists in our galaxy, let alone on our planet, simply boggles the mind. Photographer
Steve Axford lives and works in the Northern Rivers area of
New South Wales in
Australia where he spends his time documenting the living world around him, often traveling to remote locations to seek out rare animals, plants, and even people. But
it’s his work tracking down some of the world’s strangest and brilliantly diverse mushrooms and other fungi that has resulted in an audience of online followers who stalk his work on Flickr and SmugMug to see what he’s captured next.
Axford shares via email that most of the mushrooms seen here were photographed around his home and are sub-tropical fungi, but many were also taken in
Victoria and
Tasmania and are classified as
temperate fungi. The
temperate fungi are well-known and documented, but the tropical species are much less known and some may have never been photographed before. Mushrooms like the
Hairy Mycena and the
blue leratiomyces have most likely never been found on the Australian mainland before, and have certainly never been photographed in an artistic way as you’re seeing here.
It was painfully difficult not to include more of Axford’s photography here, so I urge you to
explore further. All photos courtesy the photographer. (via
Awkward Situationist)
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Panus fasciatus |
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Leratiomyces sp. / Found in Booyong Reserve, Booyong, NSW |
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Mycena chlorophos |
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Cyptotrama aspratum or Gold tuft |
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Schizophyllum commune |
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Hairy mycena |
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White Mycena |
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Mauve splitting waxcap |
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Marasmius sp. / Marasmius haematocephalus |
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panus lecomtei |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
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Photo by Steve Axford |
New Photos of Extremely Unusual Mushrooms and Other Fungi by Steve Axfordby
Christopher Jobson on July 29, 2016
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