The Secret world of Mushrooms
Over 3.5 million fungal species are believed to exist around the world. They play an indispensable role in all ecosystems. Fungi digest leaves and tree branches which provides a nutritious soil for all kinds of organisms to thrive. As a food source for humans, they are indispensable in our kitchen, think yeast for bread and production of beer, but are also invaluable in the production of medicine. The best-known example is penicillin, a fungus that has saved over 200 million lives since its discovery. For the development of cancer treatments, there have been hopeful discoveries where fungi are closely monitored. In recent years, photographer Jan Vermeer has focused entirely on basidiomycetes and the wondrous world of mushrooms. The mycelium of a mushroom is mainly invisible, hidden under the ground and in rotting tree trunks, except for the fruiting body which forms the mushrooms as we know them. Photographer Vermeer searched mainly for the most beautiful, colourful and, above all, common species. Mushrooms quickly appear, and disappear within just a few days. At times when mushrooms are at their most beautiful, Vermeer visited the same forest area at least 20 days in a row. Vermeer approached the mushrooms as living natural monuments and the result did not go unnoticed worldwide. Many magazines published detailed articles including the prestigious National Geographic. Meanwhile, three books have been published and the search for the most beautiful mushrooms continues unabated.
Springtail and Dual-colored Deceiver / Laccaria bicolor $2,000.00
Late fall Polypore / Ischnoderma resinosum$2,000.00
Late fall Polypore / Ischnoderma resinosum$2,000.00
Common Funnel Mushroom / Clitocybe gibba$2,000.00
Common Bonnet / Mycena galericulata$2,000.00
Common Bonnet / Mycena galericulata$2,000.00
Sulfur Knight / Tricholoma sulphureum$2,500.00
Saffrondrop Bonnet / Mycena crocata$2,000.00
Verdigris Navel / Omphalina chlorocyanea$3,500.00
Coral Tooth Fungus / Hericium coralloides$2,000.00
Wrinkled Peach / Rhodotus palmatus$2,000.00
Yellow Leg Bonnet with Bonnet Mold / Mycena epipterigya$3,500.00
Yellow Stagshorn / Calocera viscos$2,000.00
Bleeding Fairy Helmet / Mycena haematopus$2,500.00
Jelly Rot / Phlebia tremellosa$2,500.00
Jelly Rot / Phlebia tremellosa$2,500.00
White Saddle / Helvella crispa$2,000.00
Magic Ink Cap / Coprinopsis picacea$2,000.00
Boletus Testaceo-Scaber / Leccinum versipelle$2,000.00
Wrinkled Peach / Rhodotus palmatus$2,500.00
Fly Agaric / Amanita muscaria$3,500.00
Violet Webcap / Cortinarius violaceus$2,000.00
Amethyst Deceiver / Laccaria amethystina$2,000.00
Wrinkled Peach / Rhodotus palmatus$3,500.00
Wrinkled Peach / Rhodotus palmatus$3,500.00