Fungi
Lichen. Gouache on black watercolor paper.
Chanterelle
Elegant stinkhorn, Mutinus elegans. This painting shows the fruiting body of the fungi. The slimy olive green part is the spore mass, and its stinky smell attracts flies, which disperse its spores. This is interesting because most fungi spores are dispersed by the wind. Arches hotpress watercolor paper, Sennelier & M. Graham watercolors. Reference photo by coworker.
Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor Arches hotpress watercolor paper, Sennelier & M. Graham watercolors. Reference photo by snail_hiker (iNaturalist).