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Reason

I believe this photo meets all of the FPC criteria: it is of a high technical standard, high resolution, and it is the best image I have ever seen of this species. The image is highly encyclopedic, illustrating simultaneously several characteristic identifying features (e.g., the hairs at the base of the stipe, spacing and arrangement of the gills and their attachment to the stipe, shape/color/texture of the cap, substrate and habit) all in one attractive image. As a work of a US government employee, the photo is public domain.

Articles in which this image appears

Mycena overholtsii

FP category for this image

Fungi

Creator

US Forest Service 2011-2013 Southern Cascades Fungi Survey (US Forest Service); photographer=Noah Siegel

• Support as nominator -- Sasata ( talk) 02:33, 17 July 2013 (UTC) reply
• Support - Mr X 02:44, 17 July 2013 (UTC) reply
• Support I agree: That is an excellent fungal photo. Adam Cuerden ^{( talk)} 15:17, 17 July 2013 (UTC) reply
• Support as above. J Milburn ( talk) 17:05, 17 July 2013 (UTC) reply
• Support Tomer T ( talk) 17:20, 17 July 2013 (UTC) reply
• Support per above. -- Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:03, 17 July 2013 (UTC) reply
• Comment. It is not clear to me whether the specimens at the top have been pushed flat, or even picked and laid flat, so that their gills are more clearly visible, or whether they are naturally growing in that unlikely-looking orientation. 86.151.119.226 ( talk) 20:56, 17 July 2013 (UTC) reply

• The top ones have been clearly picked and layed down to show the underside gills. —  raeky t 16:41, 18 July 2013 (UTC) reply

I don't think it's as clear as you say. 86.179.115.136 ( talk) 19:18, 18 July 2013 (UTC) reply

If you say so... —  raeky t 08:08, 19 July 2013 (UTC) reply

That's pretty standard in mushroom photography, as the characteristics of the gills are usually important identifying details. Further, it's not like picking flowers as individual mushrooms typically only last a couple of days, and picking them does next to no damage to the organism (all of these mushrooms will be the same individual fungus). J Milburn ( talk) 15:22, 20 July 2013 (UTC) reply

In my opinion the arrangement would be much improved if the picked mushrooms were placed apart from the others, and not shown as if they are all part of the same mass of growth. 86.160.208.172 ( talk) 01:01, 22 July 2013 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Mycena overholtsii 333331.jpg -- Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:34, 26 July 2013 (UTC) reply