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Laten

@latensea.bsky.social
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Macro photographer, artist, and horticulturist of 15 years. Devoted to fungi and all things #ForestFloor! 🍄🌱

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Jim Blackler @blackler.bsky.social · 12h
More Rustgills looking splendid even on a grey and wet afternoon. 🍄 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday
Two orange mushrooms on a fallen mossy tree trunk.
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Gnomie 🌼🌿 @gnomieshobbycorner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A teeny tiny mushroom on a big log. 🌿 #nature #mushrooms #photography
A teeny tiny fairy mushroom on a big mossy log.
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Gray @grays.art · 05/10/2026
Florida ivory millipede (Chicobolus spinigerus) coiled around a bare brown twig CREW pen flint strand lake trails Bonita Springs, Florida 9-20-26 #macroMonday #eck #macro #nature #green #art #macroPhotography #native #threeWordGenre #bugsky #invertebrates #invertefest
Macro of a millipede coiled tightly around a vertical brown twig against a solid black background. Positioned on its stage-left, the creature's smooth, rounded, segmented body arches in a dynamic curve, displaying alternating glossy bands of cream and deep chocolate brown. Dozens of its delicate, pale translucent legs extend inward, firmly gripping the rough woody bark. The smooth, rounded head capsule is visible near the upper center, tucked close to the twig. The lighting highlights the glossy, reflective texture of the exoskeleton, while the background is completely dissolved.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Nice, I like the green colors
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Yum
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Adam Haberski @ahaberski.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A #millipede swiper! Social media wasn’t designed to handle such a looooong critter Karteroiulus alaskanus. Sitka, Alaska. #bug #insect #nature #entomology #macro #photography
The head of the millipedeThe middle of the millipedeThe rear of the millipede
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I'm not really sure how this mushroom was still standing. 🍄 #FungiFriday #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography #FungiFriends
Photograph of a delicate mushroom with a conical tan cap showing fine radial gill lines on the underside, supported by a forked golden-yellow stipe emerging from forest floor debris. The mycology specimen displays a bell-shaped pileus with peachy-beige coloring and prominent pleated texture. The unusual bifurcated stem splits into two hollow cylindrical tubes with smooth surfaces transitioning from bright yellow at the base to orange-gold near the cap attachment. Dark decaying gills are visible beneath the cap edge. Leaf litter, twigs, and pale lichen scatter across the substrate.
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 15/08/2023
Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus), Costa Rica. #reptiles #costarica
A close-up of the eye of a caiman. It is textured yellow and has a vertical eye slit.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
One of the largest wolf spiders I've found. I was barely brave enough to take a couple shots! 😅 #Nature #Photography #Macro #Arachnids
Photograph of a rustic wolf spider (Trochosa ruricola) positioned on rough dark soil and leaf litter in a low hunting stance. The arachnology subject displays a robust cephalothorax with eight prominent forward-facing eyes arranged in three rows, reflecting light. The brown abdomen shows subtle mottled patterning with golden-tan markings along the cardiac region. Eight sturdy legs extend outward, covered in dense setae and exhibiting banding in russet-brown and golden-yellow tones. Textured bark and debris frame the foreground while soft green bokeh fills the background.
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Slime molds at my former home town of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Lady beetles can have anywhere from zero to fifteen spots depending on the species. Those spots are actually on their hardened wing covers called elytra. #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography #Insects #MacroMonday
Macro photograph of a lady beetle (Coccinellidae family) crawling across a weathered blue-gray wooden surface. The entomology subject displays a glossy rust-orange elytra with distinctive black spots scattered across both wing covers. The rounded dome-shaped body shows a black pronotum with pale yellow markings near the head. Six dark legs grip the textured wood grain, and short segmented antennae extend from the black head. Fine scratches and water droplet marks pattern the painted wood beneath the beetle. Soft gradient background fades from blue to warm gray.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Lovely photo 😊
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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Weird and Gilly from the forest floor yesterday. A butter cap perhaps? It's always hard to tell for sure. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #MacroMonday #Ireland
A close-up of a yellow/orange mushroom folded up making the underside gills stand out more than normal.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Mesmerized by this moss. #Moss #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography #thelittlethings
Macro photograph of a moss cushion showing densely packed sporophytes in various stages of maturity. The bryology specimen displays a gradient from bright lime-green immature capsules at the foreground transitioning through yellow-green to tan and brown mature spore capsules toward the back. Each tiny capsule sits atop a thin seta stem, creating a forest-like texture of vertical structures covered in fine silvery hairs (calyptra remnants). The moss gametophyte forms a compact mound against a black background, with sporophytes numbering in the hundreds.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I love bizarre fungi like this 😁 excellent photos
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What a dream find! Nice photo ☺️
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What a specimen! 😁
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Awesome shot 😁
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Beautiful scene 😁
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Awesome, they look huge
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Awesome find
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Delicious
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Some lovely lichen for todays #FungiFriday ! ❤️ #lichensubscribe #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography #FungiFriends
Photograph of fruticose lichen (Cladonia genus) displaying pale sage-green branching structures growing from dark weathered bark. The lichenology specimen shows multiple cylindrical podetia extending upward in antler-like formations with textured, granular surfaces covered in soredia. Foliose lichen patches with ruffled edges grow alongside at the base, showing blue-green to gray-green coloration. The substrate is covered in various lichen species creating a layered ecosystem on decaying wood with visible moss fragments and organic debris scattered throughout.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
This flower looks like it has bangs 😂 #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography #Flowers #bloomscrolling
Photograph of a strawflower (Xerochrysum bracteatum) with bright golden-yellow papery bracts arranged in multiple overlapping layers around a vibrant orange central disc. The botany specimen displays an unusual double-crowned formation with shorter modified bracts creating a fringe-like structure between the outer petals and center. The flower head sits low near weathered wooden decking, with broad green succulent foliage and additional buds visible in soft focus behind. The everlasting flower shows characteristic stiff, chaffy texture of its modified leaves.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Dang what a specimen!!
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Danny @dannygibson.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Nice little group of Mycena stipata on an old fence post #mycology #fungifriends #fungi #mushrooms #nature
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
They remind me of popcorn! 😁
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Oh to be a tiny isopod basking in the sunlight after a morning shower...😌 #Nature #Photography #Macro #isopods #thelittlethings
Macro photograph of a terrestrial isopod covered in moisture droplets crawling across weathered wood and moss. The entomology subject displays a segmented exoskeleton with seven visible tergite plates in translucent grayish-tan coloration. Tiny spherical water beads cling to the dorsal surface, refracting light. Multiple jointed legs with pale tips grip the textured substrate. Small yellow moss sporophytes emerge from the surface beside the crustacean. Extremely shallow depth of field renders background into soft blue-gray and warm brown tones.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Good taste, nice work 😀
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rwhooster @rwhooster.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A Vestal for #MothFaceFriday. #teammoth #mothsmatter #moths
Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria).
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Awesome, love this.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Nice shot 😁
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Nice mushroom
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I hope you're having a nice weekend! Here's some Oregon Grapes 👍 #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography #thelittlethings
Macro photograph of Oregon grape berries (Mahonia aquifolium) clustered together on vibrant green moss. The botany subject displays five deep blue-purple drupes covered in powdery white bloom, a natural waxy coating protecting the fruit. Each spherical berry shows a prominent brown dried flower remnant at the apex. The fruits rest against copper-toned pinnate leaves with visible venation. Soft bokeh background blurs into warm peachy tones and muted greens, isolating the cluster in sharp focus.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Here's the cutest mushroom I've found all week for #FungiFriday ! 🍄 #Fungi #FungiFriends #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography
Photograph of a small golden-yellow mushroom with a smooth, rounded bell-shaped cap growing from dark decaying wood. The mycology specimen displays a cylindrical stipe with vertical striations and slightly pitted surface texture. The cap shows a glossy, dimpled appearance with fine water droplets clinging to its surface. Behind the mushroom, bright turquoise moss capsules on thin brown setae create a striking color contrast. The fruiting body emerges from fragmented bark and wood debris on the forest floor.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Yeah I'd eat that 🤤🤣
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Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Mycena "sp-AZ03" that Scott Ostuni spotted near Fox Mountain, Colorado last year. I just got a sequence of it back from Mycota Lab. This probably undescribed species currently only known from Colorado and Arizona. iNat 235426392 / MO 556415 #fungi #mycena #mushrooms #fungifriends
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
These are adorable
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Awesome work. And a fun name to say 😄
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Hmm I dunno dude I much prefer yours. Great minds think alike!!
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Very cute, I love sunflora!!
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Trippy!
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Nice work!
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Dreamy
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Adorable!!
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Cute!!
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Sometimes lichens look so hypnotizing. I can stare at this one all day! #Lichen #FungiFriends #Nature #Photography #MacroPhotography
Photograph of a large foliose lichen thallus displaying intricate rosette growth pattern on dark asphalt. The lichenology specimen shows deeply lobed pale greenish-tan foliage with wavy, ruffled margins radiating from the center. The surface texture varies from smooth at the outer edges to densely clustered with reproductive structures (apothecia or soredia) toward the interior, creating a granular appearance. Individual lobes overlap and curl, forming a layered three-dimensional structure across the roughly circular colony.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Wow what a find!!
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This robber fly took a break from hunting and let me get a nice portrait shot! #Nature #Photography #Macro #Insects
Black and white macro photograph of a robber fly (Pogonosoma genus) in frontal view, facing the camera directly. The entomology subject displays massive compound eyes dominating the head, with thousands of tiny hexagonal facets visible across their dark surface. Dense silvery-white bristles form a prominent facial beard between the eyes and around the proboscis. Long segmented legs extend downward, covered in dark spines and setae. Shallow depth of field renders the thorax and background into soft gray blur.
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Laten @latensea.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Ooh that looks awesome, I've never seen that before!
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