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Macro photos of tiny mushrooms make them look like alien architecture

Popkin
Mar 24, 2026
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image: Serrgey75/Shutterstock

Photographers @cho_fungi and @cyanesense shoot miniature mushrooms with macro lenses, and the results look like renderings from another planet. Translucent caps glow amber and violet. Gills fan out in geometric rows. Droplets of moisture cling to stems thinner than toothpicks.

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