It is so nice to go to the forest after the rain (not during, as I did, but that is just a small detail). The air is fresh, the colours are crisp, you will likely see fewer people too, and mushrooms look like slimy jewels.
Pure delight! :D
The little hats were washed off from all the dust, and most bugs were hidden away. But the coolest thing is to find the larger mushrooms that tend to open so hard that the hat flips, creating little pools.
And so we have the first pool candidate - the large white one. Google persistently keeps telling me it is some Amanita, but I am not convinced. Could it be of the Russula type?
Either way, it is pretty. There were a few of them growing around in one spot. All lovely and large, with proudly exposed gills.
And filled up with rainwater :)
This perfectly round one was still undamaged. For now. They are often bitten or kicked by humans or animals passing by.
The white and green look so nice here. :)
And one brave spider.
And then I saw this giant. This time, I am almost sure it is a Russula. Also with a lovely dent filled with water.
I often find the red ones munched by some creature. Sometimes there are barely any hats left.
Could it be a slug job?
The same type, but a smaller one with such a pretty gloss! Now I wish I had touched it. It must have been quite nice :)
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
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