Where do the mushrooms grow?
C Ribet: The mushroom kingdom is very diverse, and the wild mushroom pictures you see at this site only represent a very few of the various kinds of wild mushrooms and fungi which I photograph for the raw material from which to create the final mushroom art prints for the wild mushroom art gallery. Most of the fungus and mushroom pictures you see here (click the Back or Next arrows to navigate through the on-line slide show of mushroom pictures and fungi art photographs) are of wild mushrooms from the Santa Cruz mountains in Northern California. These mountains hold some of the last remaining redwood forests in the United States, and these forests are great sources of wild mushrooms for photography - particularly in the winter months. The coastal redwood forests provide a great source of organic material, living and dead, and they support many varieties of fungi from all areas of the fungi kingdom. It is a privilege to be able to capture subjects for these mushroom pictures while roaming in the majestic setting of such ancient forests. More...
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