Worldwide Fungi fame: West Seattle’s Machel Spence on the cover

If you pursue your passion, it’s said, it can take you a long way – and West Seattle photographer Machel Spence‘s photographs of local fungi are now on their way around the world. She announced this weekend that she’s “in the current winter issue of Fungi Magazine – there is an article inside with more photographs and I was chosen for the cover shot too! I think it’s such an amazing boost for West Seattle and another reason why we should protect our parks here!” Many of her photographs, views into a sometimes-tiny world you have walked by and through a million times and never noticed, are from Lincoln Park. Her website has a link you can use to get a copy of the magazine, whose founders say it’s both for amateur and professional mycologists.

timeslid February 13, 2011 (3:31 pm)

Congratulations! I have admired your work since I first became aware of it on W.S.B.. Great job.

FungiLover February 13, 2011 (3:31 pm)

This is fantastic! Congrats Machel, I love your work! X)

Machel Spence February 13, 2011 (3:46 pm)

Thank you for mentioning little ole me, I know it’s not the most important news around but it’s important to me. Thanks again! m-

lenguamor February 13, 2011 (4:39 pm)

Congratulations Machel!
Joe

Mtnpeak February 13, 2011 (10:46 pm)

Ditto the congratulations above, Machel. I love the softness and the light you seem to consistently get in your images.

doggydodo February 14, 2011 (9:08 pm)

Very pretty pics — is that a magic mushroom?

Machel Spence February 15, 2011 (9:54 am)

It is a psychoactive basidiomycete and people in other countries have been eating these for years, I would never take the chance though. The death cap is one you need to watch out for when foraging as it can cause severe gastrointestinal infection and liver or kidney failure. I would not pick within the city because of the high concentrations of arsenic and lead levels in our soil at present. They sure are beautiful to observe and photograph though!

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