These Pictures of Mushrooms and Slime Molds Will Make You Appreciate Them

It’s pretty much a universal thing that people consider molds to be … visually unpleasant. I won’t say they’re ugly because this article is going to prove me wrong (spoiler alert), but we rarely look at a fresh piece of fungi and think ‘oh, this is nice!’

The Instagram page of Californian-based photographer Marin will prove you wrong, though. He took amazing pictures of all the kinds of molds you can find in Northern California and the sheer volume of colors and shapes is nothing short of awe-inspiring.