Hola, setero! Today I share fresh mushroom impressions from this year, - just this week I had an excellent hunting. If you think May is too early and nature has no mushrooms for you than you are wrong! For the 2nd time in my life I was lucky to encounter morels! They are delicious mushrooms, but there is much more benefits in this specie - especially for a cameraman like me. Their attractive visual side is beyond the imagination. They hide so well among fallen leaves (partly due to their tiny size). Searching for morels is always massive crawling on your knees :) and the more difficult the task - the more valuable is the prize!
I made these captures at the end of the day, in the rays of the setting sun - which effectively illuminated their dim (good mimicry!) brown caps and provided them an attractive amber color. Lucky me!
They are very tiny! and hard to find, especially when they hide among the dead leaves.
I also came across few Gyromitra species. They are less tasty, but much bigger, and their cap resembles brains. Looks like a happy find to me too!
Unfortunately, the sun went down very soon and my mushroom hunt was over, but I didn't return home empty-handed. In the meantime, I've put my trofeis into the fridge - we plan to cook them with onions and sour cream and serve with pasta. (Not sure if I'll be able to take a photo of this dish.... but will see!)
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