Autumn Mushrooms

Original Fine Art Photography and digital treatment by Donna Kennedy..
Photographed on an Autumn walk in Reno, Nevada

Mushrooms are not... more

by Donna Kennedy

Title

Autumn Mushrooms

Artist

Donna Kennedy

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

Original Fine Art Photography and digital treatment by Donna Kennedy..
Photographed on an Autumn walk in Reno, Nevada

Mushrooms are not plants, recently it has been discovered that they are more closely related to animals. But at one time, Fungi, including mushrooms, were believed to be close relatives of plants so much of their nomenclature (names for parts of the mushroom) are close to the names used for plant parts. It is the fruit (like an apple) of the mushroom "body" and contain mushroom "seeds" called spores. The body of the mushroom is called mycelium and its individual parts are microscopic. Since the body of the mushroom is usually dispersed over a relatively large area it is rarely noticed. In nature some species of mushrooms may have a body that spreads over hundreds of square miles.
Mushrooms are fungi, and are usually placed in a Kingdom of their own apart from plants and animals. Mushrooms contain no chlorophyll and most are considered saprophytes. That is, they obtain their nutrition from metabolizing non living organic matter. This means they break down and "eat" dead plants, like your compost pile does. 0822

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June 27th, 2017