Competition
Closed - winner announced
Competition Results
This was our first competition that we held looking for the shroom photographer of the year. Whilst doing our best to promote it this year's response was a little underwhelming and enteries were few and far between. However we did get some good snaps from those that entered, and the crown of Shroom Photographer of the Year was eventually snapped up by Chips55. We informed Chips of his win and sent him his prizes, but he has since dissapeared off our radar. Chips won a set of ornamental shrooms, an SLF Badge and some SLF dog tags. Well done Chips.
Yes, a really nice little picture here, and deserved winner of the competition. I really like the artistic nature and composition of the shot. There's a lovely, seductive, milky whiteness and texture to the mushrooms, (almost fleshy and bosom-like!!) which gives them an alluring, sensual air. The way the late evening sun plays across them, evokes a sense of a wonderful day, meandering in shroom filled fields, with a warm glow on your face. We can just imagine the smile on Chip's face when he came across these. And on a personal note, Aztec reckons he could spot these little mushrooms if he was standing by the tree, softly out of focus in the background, a good 30 yards or more away. When you get your eye in spotting these mushrooms they really do stand out a mile. Especially in glorious conditions like these. This really is a picker's dream. Aztec
A luscious, plump Fly Agaric growing in a park. This mushroom has a long history of being used for its magical properties. However its experience is very different from that of normal psilocybes, which are considered by many to be the true magic mushrooms.
Don't they just look so quintessentially magical and out of the norm?? These shrooms are just queing up, begging to be picked. This mushroom just seems to attract attention. It was only ever going to be a matter of time before man and this mushroom were to make acquaintences. In fact the relationship is so strong, as to be almost symbiotic. Banning the picking of this mushroom is a crime, our present government should be ashamed of.
Yes, these are plump little beauties. No doubt many more of their kind live within a short distance. When you find libs like this in the field, chances are that there are many more, very close by. Keep your eyes peeled, and it's very likely they'll just jump out in front of you. It really is a buzz in itself. If you were to eat 10-15 of this type of mushroom fresh, as they are here, then you'd definitely start to feel the mushroom's light headed-ness coming on. You'd definitely be on your way.
The infinitely recogniseable Liberty Cap. All these pictures just confirm the wide range of 'personality' these mushrooms possess in terms of their general size and shape. These are very classic looking, but have an extremely prominent nipple. You can spot these from 30 paces with a keen eye. Hunting this type of mushroom when the season is 'full-on' is one of life's great little pleasures.
A small little handful here. Again the late evening sun has begun to dry them out. We counted 8 or 9 shrooms in this cluster, but there could've quite easily have been 20-30. That's what's makes shroom picking so interesting and enjoyable. You really don't know what you're you're going to find round the next clump of grass.
It's good to see libs presented in all their glory like this. They are obviously a little dried out, and a small tear has appeared in one of them. However mushrooms you find that look like this are still fiersomely potent. Fresh mushrooms as these are capable of giving truly out of this world experiences..... literally. To behold the state of mind that the liberty cap can induce is an experience one should NOT die without experiencing. They are really, quite amazing to behold.
A cluster of mushrooms. If you don't pick them, who will?