🎄🍄 Festive season greetings from Planet Fungi 🍄🎄
In this blog, we’re sharing a few mushrooms from around the world that have clearly understood the Planet Fungi festive season brief: red and green, bold and bright, and a little bit weird.
From glowing green mushrooms in India, to ruby reds in NSW, mossy lichen landscapes in Tasmania, scarlet Elf Cups in the UK, and remarkable fungi emerging from the forests of China, these images capture just a small slice of the fungal diversity we’ve been lucky enough to encounter.
Some of these species are well known.
Some are still being researched.
All remind us how much there is left to discover.
If you’re enjoying this global fungi tour, our coffee table book Planet Fungi: A Photographer’s Foray is packed with many more images like these — and plenty of fungi adventures from forests, deserts, rain-soaked valleys and unexpected places around the world.
As the year winds down, we want to say thank you for following along, asking great questions, and sharing our fascination with the fungal kingdom.
Wishing you a relaxed, curious, and fungi-filled festive season — wherever you are on the planet.
Warm wishes,
Catherine & Stephen
Planet Fungi
📘 Planet Fungi: A Photographer’s Foray
Released worldwide, join us for a deep dive into the astonishing world of fungi—Stephen’s iconic photography, Catherine’s stories of fungal adventures, and insights from leading mycologist Dr Tom May. It’s the perfect centrepiece for a coffee table, a nature-lover’s library, or anyone who delights in the strange and spectacular.
US, Canada and Central and South Americas release in 2026.
“This is simply the ultimate in fungal coffee table books … I find it impossible to leaf idly through the pages of this book and not feel overwhelmed by the sheer diversity and beauty that our planet has to offer to those who seek it out.”
— Alick Henrici, Field Mycology (British Mycological Society)
“Planet Fungi is one of those clever books that packs a wealth of ecological detail (and good storytelling) … You start casually pursuing photos of weird mushrooms and lichen, and two hours later you’re learning about parasitic fungi that turn wasps into zombies.”
— Justine E. Hausheer, Cool Green Science, The Nature Conservancy (US)
“What they create … is opening people’s eyes to the wonder of fungi. To their delicate beauty, their dazzling variety, and the beguiling weirdness of their lives.”
— Ross Bilton, The Australian Weekend Magazine
📅 2026 Miraculous Mushrooms Calendar
Twelve months of mood-lifting mushrooms! Our 2026 calendar features a curated collection of Stephen’s favourites with fun fungi facts. A beautiful way to stay organised while keeping a window into the fungal world on your wall all year long.
This is a zero-plastic calendar, and the producers invest in reforestation.
SUPPORT FUNGAL RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION
If you would like to support more research into, and conservation of, this fascinating, important, but understudied area of science, there are three organisations that we partner with, who work tirelessly in these areas.
Big Scrub Conservancy Foundation
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Every little bit helps.
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