Some fungi are so delicate that it’s very difficult to photograph the underside without damaging the specimen. Is it acceptable to pluck up a mushroom so as to better photograph the underside? What’s the accepted practice?

Damage to specimens

pisum January 29, 2021, 4:20pm 3

here’s a mention of a video that discusses how to observe mushrooms:

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