Correlating mycological illustrations with their real-life counterparts is a study in the uncanny. Or perhaps the real McCoy sometimes looks a little too much like a colorful drawing. —MN

wallacegardens:

Russula lepida. Mushroom habitat: with deciduous trees, especially beech. Season: summer to early autumn. Not edible. 

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