Enjoying golden foliage and looking for fungi on the Wednesday Walk in the park (15 photo)

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Today we have Wednesday, right?.. I invite you to take a walk in the autumn park and rustle the dead leaves. This is a post to go with #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay

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There are still leaves on the trees, although not many - and most of them are already lying on the ground. Soon the municipal street cleaners will start collecting them in big black bags, but for now you can still walk on the thick autumn carpet and rustle, the November rains have not yet turned them into mud and slush. I really like this activity!

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The surface of the pond is dotted with leaves. Duck pairs, having fattened themselves over the summer, are complacently and slowly indulging in lazy idleness.

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Mushroom colonies can be found under every other tree. Particularly common are families of Pholiota squarrosa, also known as Scalycap - a very photogenic mushroom that I love to photograph. However, it often happens that dogs, which are often walked in the park, or the playful feet of some idiots have already found them before me... the mushrooms end up chopped up and I have nothing to photograph.

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Эта семейка хорошо спряталась за пнем, кроме меня ее никто не обнаружил.

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А эта большая колония выросла под гигантской ветлой на берегу пруда, в очень хорошо видном месте, и не уцелела. (Правая часть, которую я не включил в кадр, была изрядно порушена какими-то вандалами).

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Fungi's nest.


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My old pal Coprinus, or Layer's wig.


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Chestnuts scattered among the dead foliage.


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Leaves of this bush always an autumn's delight, highly photo-friendly.

They loose their chlorofille and green color in the most fancy way! They are all different: tender yellow, orange, red, magenta, violet. Stunning diversity and boisterity of colour.

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And the last photo to round up my post. A little orange cherry on this autumn cake:

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Fisalis! As the fruits matured their colour turned orange; an exclusive very enjoyable autumn season sight.

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На деревьях по-прежнему еще есть листья, хотя немного - и большая часть уже лежит за земле. Скоро муниципальные дворники начнут собирать это в большие черные мешки, но пока еще можно ходить по толстому осеннему ковру и шуршать, ноябрьские дожди еще не превратили их в грязь и слякоть. Я очень люблю это занятие!

Поверхность пруда испещрена листьями. Утиные пары отъевшиеся за лето, самодовольно и медленно предаются ленивому ничегонеделанию. Под каждым вторым деревом можно найти грибные колонии. Особенно часто встречаются семейки Pholiota squarrosa, она же Чешуйчатка - очень фотогеничный гриб, который я люблю фотографировать. Впрочем, очень часто бывает что до меня их уже успели найти собаки, которых много выгуливают в парке, или шаловливые ноги каких-то идиотов... грибы оказываются покрошены и фотографировать мне нечего.

location: St.Petersburg, Russia October-November 2024 natural light
camera/lens: Canon 5D Sigma 150mm raw-conv


Thanks for walking with me, see you next time.

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PIZZA!

$PIZZA slices delivered:
qwerrie tipped dimascastillo90
qwerrie tipped thebighigg
@thebighigg(3/5) tipped @qwerrie
pixresteemer tipped qwerrie

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In Germany the garden crews are out with their machines sucking all the yellow leaves up!

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We have this sort of shit too. Sadly! 😝

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I don't know what you've added with your camera but the result is stunningly awesome. Love all the pictures!😍

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With a punch of Photoshop and .raw file conversion - easy as a pie! 😉
!BEER

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It might be easier for you but whatever it is you did a beautiful job. If this place is real I would definitely want to visit there ♥️

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Beautiful captures! The autumn colors and textures are stunning. Thanks for sharing this peaceful walk.

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Exactly, correct words - peaceful and tranquilizating it was! A picture similar to this one with old trees dressed in gold adorned the Windows 98 desktop asset under the title "Serenity".
!BEER

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So much to see on your walk today the lovely warm colors ducks and such a cool range of fungi

Thanks for joining the Wednesday walk

Have a great day

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My pleasure. I enjoy the last days of Autumn, squeeze out what I can from our already tiny light day! 😉 Sending Hive !BEER your way.

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yes we make the mos tof any nice days we have at this time of year

Cheers and !BEER

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Some very colorful shots, It's one of my favorite seasons 🍁 Here in Buenos Aires we are in spring, the purple of the leaves adorn the parks. I'll go for a walk tomorrow to take some photos.

Nice pics and beautiful place @qwerrie friend!

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!LUV

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Autumn is not 'one' - its my very fave season! (And summer seconds it, cause I !LUV sun and warmth more than snow or melted snow )))) Lets share HIVE !BEER, and thank you for walking with me. Wish you cool finds tomorrow.,, and maybe some !PIZZA

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There will surely be interesting things and it's a pleasure to walk with you through your photos. Thanks for the tokens and the good vibes :)

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Осень - самое красивое, разноцветное и атмосферное время года😊

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За то и любим, наверное. Ну и еще это время урожая, как банально это не звучит. И умирания.
!BEER

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Beautiful pictures! You found some great fungi there, Any of them harvestable for eating or all toxic?

What a nice place to walk and enjoy the autumn leaves, I'm surprised the ducks haven't started heading south for winter as of yet. I'm sure the cold isn't too far away this time of year.
!BEER

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Yea, Scaly mushroom is quite edible specie, as I read, just you have to pick it when its is young, not over-matured (in time its texture becomes more rigid and not enjoyable). But its ok mushroom, non-toxic at all. Still, I dont forage mushrooms here within the metropolis area... industrial environment > extra risk.
The local environment benefit more for !BEER or !PIZZA 😉

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That is true, lots of pollutants that you don't want to be eating. Forests are the smarter be for those I bet!
!PIZZA
!BBH

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Everything is fat and idle, even the mushrooms. But what a lot of mushrooms hahaha!

Nice shots!

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This kind of shrooms pop up in huge families. ☘️

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When I saw the ones under the ducks, I thought of eggs. Then the view settled and I saw biscuits and muffins.

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