{"id":6217,"date":"2015-09-21T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2015-09-21T09:41:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T13:41:02","slug":"take-5-amazing-fungi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-amazing-fungi\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Amazing Fungi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/photo-contest\">Photo Contest<\/a> has a Plants and Fungi category? Here are five remarkable images of fungi from past editions of our contest. If you enjoy snapping pictures of mushrooms, we&#8217;d love to see them. There&#8217;s still time to\u00a0<span class=\"st\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/photo-contest\">add your entry<\/a> to this year&#8217;s contest, which closes September 30!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6219\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6219\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6219\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Brigitte-Flick-2011.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Brigette Flick\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Brigitte-Flick-2011.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Brigitte-Flick-2011-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Brigitte-Flick-2011-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Brigette Flick<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6218\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6218\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6218\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Alison-Borrelli-2014.jpg\" alt=\"2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Alison Borrelli\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Alison-Borrelli-2014.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Alison-Borrelli-2014-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Alison-Borrelli-2014-624x414.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Alison Borrelli<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6221\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6221\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6221\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Jeffrey-Dannay-2012.jpg\" alt=\"2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Jeffrey Dannay\" width=\"640\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Jeffrey-Dannay-2012.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Jeffrey-Dannay-2012-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Jeffrey-Dannay-2012-624x499.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Jeffrey Dannay<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6220\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6220\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6220\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Jacob-Mosser-2013.jpg\" alt=\"2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Jacob Mosser\" width=\"640\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Jacob-Mosser-2013.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Jacob-Mosser-2013-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Jacob-Mosser-2013-624x942.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Jacob Mosser<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6222\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6222\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6222\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Ronald-Reynolds-2012.jpg\" alt=\"2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Ronald Reynolds\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Ronald-Reynolds-2012.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Ronald-Reynolds-2012-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/09\/Ronald-Reynolds-2012-624x479.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Ronald Reynolds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Find out more about our 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/photo-contest\">Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that our Photo Contest has a Plants and Fungi category? Here are five remarkable images of fungi from past editions of our contest. If you enjoy snapping pictures of mushrooms, we&#8217;d love to see them. There&#8217;s still time to\u00a0add your entry to this year&#8217;s contest, which closes September 30! Find out more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1Ch","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8142,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-mushroom-mania\/","url_meta":{"origin":6217,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Mushroom Mania!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"September 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"September is National Mushroom Month and a perfect time to spot the fruiting bodies of fungi as they flourish in the cooling temperatures. 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They may appear to be similar to plants, but they contain no chlorophyll and so cannot make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Take 5&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Take 5","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/take-5\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Exsudiporus Frostii (fungi, mushroom) \u00a9 Ruby Sarkar, Photo Contest 2013","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/09\/2291RubySarkar8017.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/09\/2291RubySarkar8017.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/09\/2291RubySarkar8017.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15071,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-6-2020-photo-contest-winners-18-and-over\/","url_meta":{"origin":6217,"position":1},"title":"Take 6: 2020 Photo Contest Winners, 18 and Over","author":"Ryan D.","date":"December 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Among other (many less illustrious) titles, 2020 broke the record for most submissions ever to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. 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The 2014 Picture This Photo Contest has officially begun. As in the past years, we're looking for great shots taken in Massachusetts that celebrate the great outdoors: birds, mammals, and insects; landscapes; native plants, flowers, and fungi; and people enjoying nature\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art &amp; Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art &amp; Culture","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/art-culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.massaudubon.org\/var\/ezdemo_site\/storage\/images\/media\/ma-assets\/images\/logos\/picture-this-logo-2014\/186390-1-eng-US\/picture-this-logo-2014.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15086,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-6-2020-photo-contest-winners-under-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":6217,"position":3},"title":"Take 6: 2020 Photo Contest Winners, Under 18","author":"Ryan D.","date":"December 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"With the passing of each year, we all grow a little older (though perhaps a bit more grateful than usual to be leaving this particular year behind). But the entrants to the Under 18 bracket of our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest stay \"forever young,\" so how\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photo Contest&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photo Contest","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/photo-contest-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fireflies and Star Trails, Winner: Landscapes, under 18 \u00a9 Will Draxler","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/12\/LandscapesUnder6425Will_Draxler32659.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12198,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-2018-photo-contest-winners-under-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":6217,"position":4},"title":"Take 5: 2018 Photo Contest Winners (Under 18)","author":"Ryan D.","date":"December 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There are a lot of talented young people taking beautiful nature photographs and we were lucky enough to have many of them submit their work to the 2018 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. 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