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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Magic Spores

A bracket fungi releases masses of spores which caused the refraction of light, while a cockroach is feeding on something. Not only the wind plays an important role in spores distribution, but insects such as this cockroach, which are attracted by the fungi, do so too.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2019
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Malaysia
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Bernhard Schubert