When a Leaf Turns into a Skeleton… Litter of decomposing dead leaves, Trent Nature Sanctuary, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) On one of my walks in the damp forest of early winter, I noticed several leaves that had turned lacy, revealin…

When a leaf turns into a skeleton... #leaves #skeletonization #saprophyte #fungi #invertebrates #leafdecay #NaturePhotography themeaningofwater.com/2026/02/22/w...

When A Mushroom Hunt Finds a Deadly Beauty Mark S. Burnham old-growth forest, ON (photo by Nina Munteanu) . In mid-October, I went on a guided mushroom hike with the Peterborough Field Naturalists in Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park. The par…

A guided mushroom hike reveals beauty and danger... #fungi #symbiosis #saprophyte #mushrooms themeaningofwater.com/2022/10/23/w...

A single common bonnet, in latin Mycena galericulata, a sign of late fall/autumn. The shredded leaves are taken care of by saprophytes/decomposers like this fungi. Rynkhätta in swedish.

Autumn fungi
#mycenagalericulata #mycena #commonbonnet #rynkhätta #saprophyte #fungi #mushroom #puggehatten #naturephotography #RF50/1.2 #bjäre #autumn #fall #shreddedleaves #decomposition

Close-up view of the fungus known as "Dead Man's Fingers", for obvious reasons: it's pallid white, cylindrical with a faintly pink tip and approximates the diameter and length of a finger. Growing on a fallen and rotting tree trunk.

A tree trunk quite well covered with the fungus known as "Dead Man's Fingers", for obvious reasons: it's pallid white, cylindrical with a faintly pink tip and approximates the diameter and length of a finger.

TRIGGER WARNING
Dead Man's fingers (Xylania polymorpha) fungus
Mt Tamborine National Park

#smArtist #fungi
#photography #nature #NationalPark #saprophyte #EastCoastKin