Just Hanging Out
by Barbara McMahon
Title
Just Hanging Out
Artist
Barbara McMahon
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source.
The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing. lamella) on the underside of the cap. "Mushroom" also describes a variety of other gilled fungi, with or without stems, therefore the term is used to describe the fleshy fruiting bodies of some Ascomycota. These gills produce microscopic spores that help the fungus spread across the ground or its occupant surface.
Forms deviating from the standard morphology usually have more specific names, such as "bolete", "puffball", "stinkhorn", and "morel", and gilled mushrooms themselves are often called "agarics" in reference to their similarity to Agaricus or their order Agaricales. By extension, the term "mushroom" can also refer to either the entire fungus when in culture, the thallus (called a mycelium) of species forming the fruiting bodies called mushrooms, or the species itself.
Featured in the following FAA groups:
The Outdoor Photographer 08/06/21
Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery 08/08/21
Polish Photographers Platform 08/10/21
The Red Maple Gallery 08/21/21
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August 2nd, 2021
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Comments (5)
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing photograph is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you Maria for the feature in the Red Maple Gallery group. Much appreciated.
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for having this great piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. I am proud to be able to support and promote all artists within our group. I very much enjoyed viewing the masterfully done piece from you portfolio to show off to all other artists and to attract perspective buyers. Thanks for sharing your beautiful artwork with all FAA members. Well worthy of this recognition.
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you Randy for the feature in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group! Much appreciated.
Jordan Hill
Congratulations your photograph has been featured in the FAA Group ‘The Outdoor Photographer' You are invited to post your featured images in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / photo archive.
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you Jordan for the feature in The Outdoor Photographer group! Much appreciated.
Aurelio Zucco
Excellent shot...detail is amazing and you composed this brilliantly! L/F
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you Aurelio! The most difficult part of these shots is getting down low and then....getting back up!!!! lol