Photography Science
#mushrooms #nature #slime mold
Self-Taught Nature Photographer Alison Pollack Tracks the Fascinating Fungi of Northern California
Stemonitis. All photographs by Alison Pollack
Avid photographer and retired environmental consultant Alison Pollack documents the fascinating phenotypes of mushrooms and slime molds she encounters on hikes in northern California. Her images show shaggy white Comb Tooth fungus (Hericium coralloides), Stemonitis slime molds that wouldn’t look out of place on the dessert menu of an experimental restaurant, and Comatricha that bear a strong resemblance to urban lamp posts. Recently, the north Bay Area-based photographer shared with the Marin Independent Journal that she has had a longtime interest in hiking and mushrooming, but has grown more focused on fungi photography in the last two years. You can follow along with Pollock’s findings, and help her identify unknown species, on Instagram.
Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Tyromyces chioneus
Hericium erinaceus
L: Comatricha / R: Hemitrichia calyculata
Crepidotus mollis
Physarum viride
Trametes versicolor
Mycena
#mushrooms #nature #slime mold
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