Mushroom and Vega

From the photographer: “Another clear night with a bright moon. This time, I found a beautiful Boletus edulis (porcini mushroom). Below it stands a solitary trumpet lichen fluorescing a vivid blue, while the porcini glows with a greenish hue. Boletus edulis is an edible mushroom found in both deciduous and coniferous forests. Technically, it is a bolete. It forms mycorrhizal associations and is therefore dependent on host trees.

In the sky, the bright star Vega is visible in the constellation Lyra. It lies approximately 25 light-years from Earth, emits a bluish light, and rotates so rapidly that it is flattened into an egg-like or ellipsoidal shape. Its mass is roughly 2.1 to 2.5 times that of the Sun.

It shines with a luminosity about 40–50 times greater than that of the Sun. Surrounding the star is a disk of dust and asteroid belts that may indicate the presence of a planetary system.”