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David Ansley
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Hanging out in the PNW woods, preserving the values that matter, for the duration.

#photography
#fungi
#forestbathing
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Western Varnish Conk
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#fungifriends
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Old gray varnish conk on forest floor.
August 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Agarikon
Washington Cascades
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Rare, endangered and photogenic.
Photo of droopy Agarikon conk on very old stump.
June 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Morels, Washington Cascades
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Six morel mushrooms growing in duff.
June 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Spring orange peel fungus
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These are parasites on Douglas fir seeds.
Orange-green cup mushroom in sunshine.
May 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Shaggy Parasol? In April?
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Shaggy Parasol
April 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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#moss
#clapifyoubelieveinfairies
#photography
Mossy landscape, rocks and trees.
February 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Orange peel fungus
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Round, flat orange mushrooms growing from duff.
February 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Sonoma County silhouettes
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Silhouette, fog, oak and four hikers.
January 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Bohemia Preserve
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#photography
Sun burning off fog, ridges in silhouette
January 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Parrot mushroom
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Green/yellow mushroom in redwood duff
January 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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January 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Millersylvania State Park
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Marsh in cedar forest.
January 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Artist's Conk
Photo of top surface of artist's conk.
January 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Chicken of the Woods, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Orange shelf mushroom on a mossy log.
January 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Two cup mushrooms in moss.
January 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Angel wings
Angel wing mushrooms on mossy log.
December 29, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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Puffball mushrooms on a stump.
December 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Bondarzewia occidentalis
Mushroom growing in hemlock duff.
December 24, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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Red-belted conks
Photo of multiple red-belted conks on a fir log.
December 22, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Puffball alone in needle duff.
December 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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Dozens of small mushrooms in needles.
December 19, 2024 at 5:58 PM
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Photo of three Hericium species on a log.
December 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Dyers' polypore
Photo of a Dyers' polypore, in moss.
December 17, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Orange tooth fungus
Photo of orange tooth fungus in moss.
December 16, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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Photo of a shaggy mane mushroom.
December 12, 2024 at 7:19 PM