Photo of the Day

[Crewleader]

November 2, 2014

Turning Tail

Photograph by Lance Isackson, National Geographic Your Shot

Turkey tail mushrooms, a type of bracket fungi, are spied on a fall day in Belcarra, British Columbia, Canada. Known particularly in Chinese medicine for its healing properties, the mushroom is believed to strengthen the immune system against disease and infection.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Insomnia has its uses, my dear Crewleader!

It allowed me to see your wonderful choice for photo of the day right after you'd posted it!

This is an amazing picture. I really could not tell what those colorful shapes were, until I'd read the caption.

It's wonderful, and thank you for posting it!

[Crewleader]

2. Hugs back my dear friend!

[In_The_Wind]

3. Bring on the mushrooms!

All of us need a stronger immune system.

[mnhtnbb]

4. Those are amazing. I thought they were some sort of geodes

[northoftheborder]

5. WOW! is an incredibly inadequate word to respond to this photo.

The texture looks like velvet. The green of the fern reflected in one of the mushroom colors --- speechless----

[CrispyQ]

6. They are beautiful!

I thought it was something underwater until I saw the fern.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Beautiful.

[PatSeg]

8. Amazing

I've never seen mushrooms like that before!

[Tom Kitten]

9. Psychedelic!

Those are the most colorful mushrooms I've ever seen. Very abstract, too