My Favorite Fungi Photos of 2025

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It has been quite some time since I last posted in this community, and for my return, I want to share my favorite fungi photos of 2025. Over the last year, I have dedicated time to develop my photography skills - moving beyond merely documenting the fungi that I encounter to attempting to capture the beauty that I see in these ephemeral lifeforms.

In this pursuit, I have learned to take much closer attention to composition and lighting as well as be more discerning in which fungi I decide to capture. I have also invested in new equipment, including macro lenses, a tripod, and a focusing rail to help me better capture the form and detail of my fungal friends.

I am still very much a novice in the art of photography, but I am proud of the progress that I have made over the last year, progress that I am happy to share with this community in hopes the you too may appreciate the beauty I see in this Kingdom of Life. Of the tens of thousands of photos I have taken thus far in 2025, the following are my personal favorites. I hope that you all enjoy.

As always, please let me know if you believe that I have misidentified any of the species captured below; I welcome any and all corrections.

Mycena subcaerulea:

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Variable Oysterling (Crepidotus variabilis):

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Eyelash Cups (Genus Scutellinia):

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Bleeding Fairy Helmet (Mycena haematopus):

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Pinwheels and Parachute Mushrooms (Genus Marasmius):

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Yellow Fairy Cups (Calycina citrina):

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Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea):

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Common Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum laeve):

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Sharp-scaly Pholiota (Pholiota squarrosoides):

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Snaketongue Truffleclub (Tolypocladium ophioglossoides):

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Frost's Bolete (Exsudoporus frostii):

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Trooping Crumble Cap (Coprinellus disseminatus):

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Moss Bell (Galerina hypnorum):

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Black-stalked Marasmius (Tetrapyrgos nigripes):

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Green Cheese Polypore (Fomitopsis spraguei):

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Rye Ergot (Claviceps purpurea):

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Long-stalked Gray Cup (Helvella macropus):

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Crown-tipped Coral Fungus (Artomyces pyxidatus):

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Tulip Morel (Morchella diminutiva):

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Dasyscyphella nivea:

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Beechwood Woodwart (Jackrogersella cohaerens):

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Orange Hobnail Canker (Endothia gyrosa):

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Angelina rufescens:

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Poplar Sunburst Lichen (Xanthomendoza hasseana):

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Genus Epicoccum:

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Rosette Lichens, Frost Lichens, and Allies (Family Physciaceae):

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Hooded Sunburst Lichen (Xanthomendoza fallax):

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Lecania naegelii:

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Microcera physciae:

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Common Script Lichen (Graphis scripta):

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Chlorociboria (Genus Chlorociboria):

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