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Photographer TJ Ray: Fungi in Focus
I’m just some lunatic macaroni mushroom, is that it? -Joe Pesci
All photos taken by TJ Ray
Organic! That’s it!
HottyToddy.com’s sociable photo contributor, Dr. TJ Ray, usually inundates us with photos of Lafayette County wildlife: hummingbirds, deer, turtles, rodents, other birds and the like.
This week however, we get fungi … mushrooms!
Photo by TJ Ray
You know, those diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow including molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae – (crazy what’s bouncing around in my head sometimes – (kidding).
Photo by TJ Ray
Regardless of their definition, we’ve now narrowed down Dr. Ray’s subject matter to all things “organic” and we couldn’t be happier to share them with the world.
But, who knows? Next week we’ll get rocks or something and blow this new theory right out of the water.
In the meantime, enjoy these shots while you can and check back regularly to see what future subject(s) TJ has up his proverbial sleeve.
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All photos by TJ Ray
Dr. TJ Ray is a retired professor from the Ole Miss English department. These days, he’s a columnist, Hottytoddy.com contributor and semi-professional photographer shooting all thing Oxford and Lafayette County.
Jeff McVay is a staff writer and graphic designer for Hottytoddy.com. He can be reached at jeff.mcvay@hottytoddy.com.
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Donna Beckham
January 13, 2016 at 5:14 pm
Wow, Joe! These are truly impressive!
Maralyn Bullion
January 14, 2016 at 2:36 pm
I especially like the mushrooms. They are such a mystery, how they pop up in all of their beauty overnight. I see many of these same varieties when I walk my dog early in the morning.
Beautiful photography… Maralyn Bullion