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PARASOL FUNGUS

IN THE MIST

PARASOL MUSHROOMS

Macrolepiota procera

Raoul Slater, Queensland

In early spring I found a pile of woodchip mulch

covered in these delicate parasol mushrooms. Each

morning for a week I was up early, pushing my

macro lens through the fungal forest as the golden

light of the sunrise bloomed behind.

Noosa Botanic Gardens on Lake Macdonald, Sunshine

Coast, Queensland

Canon EOS 5D Mk II, Canon 100mm macro lens, 1/800,

f/3.5, ISO 800, handheld

BOTANICAL

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