Blurry

Playing on my lens aperture and the surroundings to get the creamiest and most colorful background I could!

Colorful lights

White stick

Straight up

King of mushrooms

The fly amanita, king of mushrooms, my favorite among all sorts of mushrooms!

With its bright red color, its white flakes, its slender silhouette and rather big size making it relatively easy to spot, this species has always been the one we immediately picture when thinking of a mushroom :-)

King of the forest

King of mushrooms

Crusty amanita

Swirls

Amanita citrina

A collection of some white or light yellow mushroom which might be Amanita citrina (also know as false death cap or citron amanita)...

Young amanita

White flakes

Wavy hat

Creamy white

Photo mash-up #63

Today's theme will be red mushrooms!

Happy red mushroom day :-)

Tree life

Even after their fall, trees continue to provide shelter and nutrients to other life forms... Mushrooms being of course one of them!

Towards the light

Ring of power

Towards the light

Saint-Germain-en-Laye

A beautiful castle, park and forest together, with a wonderful view from the top of the hill and some animals to take pictures of: what else to wish for?

Foggy morning

Curious goat

Forest curiosities

A small collection of photos from some recent forest walks :-)

Shiny yellow

Pack of three

Exploration

Rain cup

Boletus

Another nice mushroom to spot, but I would not dare eat them (especially the red ones) even though they are generally edible...

Young boletus

Double boletus

Heart shaped

Little holes

Ink cap

The different stages of an ink cap mushroom - one of my favorite mushrooms: very easy to spot (they are quite tall) and this progressive liquefaction... what a delightfully disgusting view!

Shaggy ink cap

Leaf pattern

Green haze

Delicate cap

Dripping

Clusters

Some clusters of mushrooms bunched together... It's very crowded over there :-)

Wig mushrooms

Bubble head

Close together

Quiet lake

A favorite place of mine, a very quiet lake surrounded by trees, in the middle of the forest :-)

Leaves over the lake

Still green leaves

Lake and reeds

Double trouble

Couples of mushrooms - how cute are they?

Pink top

Surrounded with nettles

Twins among the leaves

Pink circle cap

First mushrooms

Mushroom season is open at last! ;-)

Like baleen plates

White mushroom

Towards the light

Marly-le-Roi

A trip to a little park I had not visited yet: the National domain of Marly-le-Roi, known for its famous "Marly machine" which supplied water to the basins and fountains of Marly and Versailles.

Marly park

Marly park statue

Sunny path

Insects close-up

A couple pictures of one of my favorite topics with my macro lens, insects :-)

Tight hold

Perfect balance

Long-legged

Threading shadows