10/28/2019
This little fellows are a amethyst deceivers (Laccaria amethystina). The mushrooms in the photo are about 4 cm high. There are also slightly larger specimens. The color varies between a deep purple and almost white. The two amethyst deceivers here are slightly lighter. I took the photos on the northern slope of the Teutoburg Forest near my hometown Bielefeld (Germany). The whole thing was a bit tedious, because the mushrooms chose a steeper slope in a beech forest as location. Due to the only moderately bright light and the small size the camera was mounted on a ground tripod. I like to use a floor tripod and a Novoflex adjustment carriage. The camera used was a Sony 7RIV with a SEL 2.8/ 90 mm G OSS macro lens.
Amethyst deceiver (Laccaria amethystina)
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