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Fall Fungi

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Fall Fungi

The sun was slowly setting in the Pines and the Autumn air was getting a bit cool, as I wandered around, in search of a unique subject to photograph.

I had decided to turn around and head back to civilization, when a little voice said, "Don't turn around; walk up a little more".
When I relented and took just two more steps, I came upon a surreal scene in the shade of an Oak Tree.

Had I fallen down a Rabbit Hole?
Before me stood two Orange Amanita Mushrooms with a small Eastern American Toad sitting between them, surrounded by a soft bed of Oak Leaves.

I immediately dropped to my knees and elbows, cleared a small pathway, and started photographing the Wonderland scene.
The little Toad probably thought that his world was coming to an end, when the flash started popping, but he survived just fine.