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Funky Fungi

© Wendy Stevenson

Funky Fungi

Uploaded: July 21, 2005 17:48:24

Description

These little mushrooms are 1/2 inch or less:-) I was walking in the forest and they caught my attention because of their amazing blazing colour!!

Comments

Deb Holmes-Hatfield July 21, 2005

Awesome find Wendy, they sure are cute littel things, excellent macro and such neat colors! #282019

Sandy Landon July 21, 2005

Incredible macro!! excellent detail in these little critters. #1619183

Sherri L. Regalbuto July 21, 2005

Very nice Wendy. #1619403

Sharon Day July 21, 2005

Fantastic image, Wendy!!! I love it! #1619450

Linda D. Lester level-classic July 21, 2005

Awesome find...You must of laid on the ground to shoot them! Great shot, Wendy! #1619509

Wendy Stevenson July 22, 2005

Thank you so much Deb, Sandy, Sherri, Sharon and Linda for all your kind comments. And yep, had to lie down for this one for sure - I didn't have my bug spray on so I ended up donating about a pint too LOL!!! darned mosquitoes are thick as thieves!!!! #1620422

Jenny Bosmans July 22, 2005

Awesome macro, Wendy! Excellent capture of these very beautiful fungi! #1620520

Joyce ONeil July 22, 2005

Striking colors! Wonder what kind they are? Wonderful find & great composition! #1620557

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic July 22, 2005

Very nice..super rich colors and great Macro #1620896

Wendy Stevenson July 22, 2005

Thank you Jenny, Joyce and Shelly. I have no idea what kind of mushrooms these are and I did try and find out on the web with no success:-(( If anyone does know I'd love to find out!! #1621325

Noel Baebler July 22, 2005

Holy saffron-colored fungi, Batman! #1622130

Wendy Stevenson July 22, 2005

Good golly Robin - your powers of observation are improving greatly!!!! LOL #1622162

Steve Mescha July 22, 2005

Hi Wendy. What a great shot! I don't know what these are, but I have friends who are true mushroom freaks. I'll see if they know ;-) #1622174

Wendy Stevenson July 22, 2005

Hey Steve, thanks so much and let me know what your friends find out. They're really young now or they don't grow to be too big - I'm going to keep an eye on them and if they change before anything stomps on them or eats them I'll take another pic and send it your way:-) Thanks again - I really appreciate it!! #1622218

Marvin H. Gohlke Jr. July 22, 2005

Cool shot, and great title! The scientific name for these mushrooms is "orangeuos colorous funkyeous fungieous", Ha! #1622396

Della Fulton July 22, 2005

Great subject, wonderful capture #1622415

Wendy Stevenson July 22, 2005

Marvin, thanks so much for the scientific name - I would have never guessed - it's all so obvious now:-) LOL

And thank you Della for your kind words:-) #1622432

Goshka G. July 23, 2005

Funky indeed!! Great tile as usual for this funky find, Wendy!!;-) #1627051

Wendy Stevenson July 25, 2005

Thanks Goshka:-) And I find it so hard to come up with titles - glad you like them:-) #1635979

Roxanne M. Bubar July 25, 2005

Great title. Fantastic image and color. #1636889

Wendy Stevenson July 25, 2005

Thanks Roxanne:-) #1636982

Joline Frazier July 25, 2005

I love this one, Wendy. I am a big mushroom fan, and have hundreds of photos of them. The color in this is great! My email has been down for a couple of days. Thanks for stopping by my finalist photo. What a nice surprise. #1637656

Wendy Stevenson July 25, 2005

Thanks Joline - I'm a big mushroom fan myself and can't wait 'til fall when there's tons out!!! I've never noticed these before in our forest but the colour really caught my eye despite their teeny tiny size - it's almost flourescent!!! Thanks again for the kind words:-) #1637677

Tammy Scott July 26, 2005

This is a very cool shot, Wendy! GREAT color! #1642785

Wendy Stevenson July 26, 2005

Thanks again Tammy:-) #1642802

August 05, 2005

Amazing capture Wendy #1679782

Wendy Stevenson August 11, 2005

Thank you so much Sameer! Sorry for the delay in responding:-) #1705003

Tammy Scott August 20, 2005

Congratulations on your finalist! #1739810

Sandy Landon August 20, 2005

Congratulations!!! #1740012

Jenny Bosmans August 20, 2005

Congratulations on your finalist, Wendy! #1740370

Linda D. Lester level-classic August 20, 2005

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!1 #1740609

Claudia Kuhn level-classic August 20, 2005

Congrats Wendy!! #1741516

Sharon Day August 20, 2005

Congratulations, Wendy!!! Good luck next round! #1741762

Kristi A. Howson August 20, 2005

Congratulations Wendy on your finalist and good luck in the next round! Pretty colors! #1742197

Dr Silly level-classic August 20, 2005

Wendy congrats on your finalist.
Dr Silly
#1742790

Mike Hollman August 21, 2005

Great shot Wendy. Deserves to be a winner.
Cheers,
Mike. #1744032

Joline Frazier August 21, 2005

I love this photo! Congratulations on your finalist status, and good luck with it. This is a winner in my eyes. #1744402

Wendy Stevenson August 21, 2005

Just wanted to thank each and every one of you for your wonderful congratulations and kind comments. I truly apprecaite them! #1746142

Cesar J. La Rosa August 21, 2005

This is a WONDERFUL macro, Wendy.
Congratulations on this well-deserved Finalist!!! #1746817

DiAnna F. Paulk August 21, 2005

This is wonderful, Wendy. I love the composition and colors! Congratulations! #1747646

Wendy Stevenson August 21, 2005

Thanks so much Cesar and DiAnna:-) #1748412

Cora Miller level-classic August 21, 2005

How cute! A family of neon shrooms. Congratulations, Wendy! #1748547

S J August 21, 2005

Big Congratulations on this well deserved Finalist, Wendy!! #1748583

Wendy Stevenson August 22, 2005

Thanks Cora and SJ:-) #1750314

Lori Carlson August 22, 2005

Looks like something from the coral of the sea too!! Neat capture Wendy!! Congrats! :0) #1752230

Wendy Stevenson August 22, 2005

Thank you Lori! #1752395

SaMi Martin August 24, 2005

Congratulations Wendy on an awesome shot!!! #1759621

Wendy Stevenson August 24, 2005

Thanks SaMi:-) #1760740

Bill Wyatt July 25, 2006

Congratulations on the beautiful capture, Wendy! Wonderful job. #3074251

Wendy Stevenson July 25, 2006

Thanks Bill:-) #3075626

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