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Tiny (4-5mm Tall) Mushrooms with Blue-Green Fungus on a Twig

Tiny (4-5mm Tall) Mushrooms with Blue-Green Fungus on a Twig
2 pictures above in notes! :)

When I was looking at the different mushrooms, I initially tried to pull this twig away from the pair until I realized that they were growing on it! Then I was happy because I had a handle to hold them with! It is a very stressful experience trying to hold something so tiny with your fingers--it's very hard to have any control! If you can believe it, these two are only about 4-5mm in height! (To understand what that looks like, do you see my picture icon on the right of this image? They are SMALLER than that icon!!) And yet, they are still larger than the "3 Amigos" I photographed a couple of weeks ago (see inset) , but nevertheless, they are very, very, VERY small!! (By the way, I added some light texturing to the background to give this image more depth)

By the way, I have a friend, Ken Dies who's very experienced with mushrooms, and he explained that these mushrooms are not actually blue or green. They have been attacked by a fungus, which gives them that color! Thanks for the information, Ken! :)

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10 comments - The latest ones
 Pam J
Pam J club
Amazing !!
10 years ago.
 Rafael
Rafael club
Y unas formas muy curiosas ! ***
10 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
That's getting right into macro! Well taken.
10 years ago.
 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879
Thanks for adding your high quality picture on Nature Fine Pictures Gallery
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Nature fine pictures gallery
10 years ago.
 Stan Askew
Stan Askew club
love it.
seen in Code of Excellence - Flora
10 years ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
These are amazing - never seen blue mushrooms before and they do look fantastic
10 years ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
You are clever to capture these so well!
10 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Excellent creation, well done;-)
Your beautiful capture was seen in Stunning Shots on Black

www.ipernity.com/group/449269
10 years ago.
 Ken Dies
Ken Dies
Cool mushrooms, Janet. They are not green, what you are looking at is a fungus attacking another mushroom most likely Hypomyces sp.
10 years ago.

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