RISE & SHINE
In the limelight
An iconic, fairy-tale fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) stands proud in a damp autumn woodland in 2019 – the start of Dutch photographer Jan Vermeer’s voyage into the mysterious world of fungi. He used a 40-year-old camera lens to create the ‘bokeh’, soft focus effect.
It’s in the name
The shocking blood-red cap of the aptly named bloody brittlegill () can be seen in coniferous forests. The generic means red, and is derived from the Latin , which means blood.
