Marasmius haematocephalus
Panus fasciatus
Cup mushroom
These truly wonderful photographs were taken by Steve Axford. Let’s leave Steve describe himself:
I live in the Northern Rivers area of NSW and I am doing essentially what I like. What I like is photography and exploring the world. The world, for me, is dominated by living things and the planet we live on . My photography is an avenue into exploring this world. My interests cover everything from micro fungi to volcanoes, though more of my time now is spent with the fungi than the volcanoes.
Stinkhorn mushrooms
Leratiomyces
mushroom
Mycena chlorophos – a bioluminiscent mushroom.
The mushrooms he photographs look like they are not from this galaxy – let alone from this planet! Axford says 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.
My photography has been my avenue into this world as it slows me down and allows me to look at things more closely. Most of my photography is still pictures, as you will mostly see on this site. I try to combine the beauty I see with some scientific accuracy, so most of my photos could be used to identify things and will show the fine detail. Recently I have started to take time lapse videos of mushrooms, and other things, growing. This adds another dimension to an already fascination world and sometimes allows a glimpse into the world of interactions between different life forms.
Big Scrub Loop.
Cyptotrama aspratum or Gold tuft
Mycena aff. adonis
Mycena aff adonis
He made it his mission to track down some of the world’s strangest and brilliantly diverse mushrooms and take fantastic pictures of them.
Hairy mycena
White mycena.
Orange Marasmiaceae
Favolaschia cyathia
Mauve splitting waxcap
Panus lecomtei
You can find out more about him (or see some of his other pictures, fungi or non-fungi) on his smugsmug Page or on his Flickr.
Schizophyllum commune
Red Marasmiaceae
Mutinus boninensis
Leathery Goblet
Phillipsia subpurpurea
Orange crepidotus
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