Blackedged shield mushrooms (Pluteus atromarginatus) cut from a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 21, 2017
Sidera lenis (Skeletocutis lenis)(?) poroid fungus on rotten wood of a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
Pine trees with snow in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 10, 2016
Resupinate basidiocarps of mushroom Amyloporia sinuosa (Antrodia sinuosa) on a fallen pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
Sidera lenis (Skeletocutis lenis)(?) poroid fungus on a broken pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
Porodaedalea pini (Phellinus pini) bracket fungus (polypore mushrooms) on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 13, 2017
Spreading poroid fungus Sidera lenis (Skeletocutis lenis)(?) on a broken pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
Irregular pores of corticioid mushroom Amyloporia sinuosa (Antrodia sinuosa) on a fallen pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
White pores of poroid fungus Sidera lenis (Skeletocutis lenis)(?) on a broken pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
Pattern of a corticioid mushroom Amyloporia sinuosa (Antrodia sinuosa) on a fallen pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
Tall pine trees in a forest in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
Texture of corticioid mushroom Amyloporia sinuosa (Antrodia sinuosa) on a fallen pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
Slime mold Reticularia lycoperdon on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2, 2017
Pine trees in valley of Slavianka River in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2013
Small pine trees growing in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Pine trees in fresh snow in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 25, 2016
Pine trees in mist in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 10, 2016
Pine trees on a bank of Prytky Creek near Orekhovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2016
Solitary spruce tree among pines west from Dibuny - Pesochny area near Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 4, 2017
Polypore mushroom Diplomitoporus flavescens on a pine tree near Pesochnaya north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 30, 2017
Hoikanjarvi (Nyrkovo) Lake behind pine trees from a hill near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
Pine tree alley in Sosnovka Park ending at Tikhoretsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 11, 2009
Pine trees and a lake near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 30, 2010
Pine trees in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 10, 2016
Pine trees in mist in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 10, 2016
Corticioid mushroom Amyloporia sinuosa (Antrodia sinuosa) on a fallen pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2017
Pine tree trunks in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 1, 2013
Trunks of pine trees near Razliv Lake west from Dibuny - Pesochny area near Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 4, 2017
Sprout of a pine tree in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 31, 2011
Pine trees in a forest in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
Cladonia lichen on the base of a pine tree in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 10, 2016
Cutting in a pine tree forest in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 10, 2016
Lichens on bark of a pine tree in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 10, 2016
Trunk slice of a rotten pine tree near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 13, 2016
Web on a pine tree in mist in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 21, 2016
Trunks of pine trees near Pervomayskoe, Vyborg Region. Russia, September 1, 2016
Plasmodium of Fuligo muscorum (sammalparanvoi) slime mold climbing a small pine tree near Orekhovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2016
Bluing bolete mushroom (Gyroporus cyanescens) under small pine trees near Orekhovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2016
Pine trees in snow in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 10, 2016
Pine trees in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 25, 2016
Pine trees in fresh snow in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 25, 2016
Snowy pine trees in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 25, 2016
Hooded tube lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) on a pine tree west from Dibuny - Pesochny area near Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 4, 2017
Birdhouses on pine trees near Razliv Lake west from Dibuny - Pesochny area near Saint Petersburg. Russia, February 4, 2017
Sidera lenis (Skeletocutis lenis) fungus (mushroom) covering a trunk of a broken pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 27, 2017
Dense white cover of Sidera lenis (Skeletocutis lenis) poroid fungus (mushroom) on a broken trunk of a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 27, 2017
Shelf-shaped conks of Porodaedalea pini (Phellinus pini) polypore mushrooms on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 27, 2017
Porodaedalea pini (Phellinus pini) bracket fungus (polypore mushrooms) on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 27, 2017
Close up of Sidera lenis (Skeletocutis lenis) tinder poroid fungus (mushroom) taken from a rotten pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 27, 2017
Texture of Sidera lenis (Skeletocutis lenis) tinder fungus (mushroom) taken from a rotten pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 27, 2017
White rot fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea(?) on pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 13, 2017
Shelf-shaped conks of Porodaedalea pini (Phellinus pini) polypore mushrooms on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 13, 2017
Corticioid mushroom Antrodia xantha on a damaged pine tree near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 14, 2017
White corticioid mushroom Antrodia xantha on a damaged pine tree near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 14, 2017
Close up of corticioid mushroom Antrodia xantha on a damaged pine tree near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, March 14, 2017
Yellow mushroom Ditiola peziziformis(?) on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 15, 2017
Poroid fungus (mushroom) Diplomitoporus flavescens on a small pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 4, 2017
Mushroom Trichaptum fuscoviolaceum with algae on a fallen pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 4, 2017
Polypore mushroom Diplomitoporus flavescens on a small pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 4, 2017
Elastic oysterling mushrooms (Panellus mitis) taken from a small pine tree in swampy area of Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 8, 2017
Corticioid mushroom Antrodia xantha on a pine tree in swampy area of Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 8, 2017
Close up of corticioid mushroom Antrodia xantha on a pine tree in swampy area of Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 8, 2017
Elastic oysterling mushrooms (Panellus mitis) collected from a small pine tree in swampy area of Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 8, 2017
Porodaedalea pini (Phellinus pini) bracket fungus (polypore mushrooms) on a pine tree near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 18, 2017
Dissected slime mold Reticularia lycoperdon on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2, 2017
Blackedged shield mushrooms (Pluteus atromarginatus) on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 21, 2017
Weisser Polsterpilz (Postia ptychogaster) mushroom on a pine tree near Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 1, 2017
Pine trees in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2018
Small pine trees in a swamp near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
Pine tree roots near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 27, 2016
Larch and pine trees at snowfall in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 22, 2017
False puffball (Reticularia lycoperdon, Enteridium lycoperdon) on a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2017
Brown witch s butter mushroom (Exidia saccharina) on bark of a pine tree in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2021
Pine and alder trees near stony beach in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
Pine trees growing among granite stones on a beach of Vyborg Bay on Storozhok Peninsula near granite quarry near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
Tree burl (bump, bulge) on a pine in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2024
Shelf-shaped conks of Porodaedalea pini (Phellinus pini) polypore mushrooms on a pine tree in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2024
Webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) on mossy ground under pine trees near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 1, 2024
Brown webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) with their cross section on mossy ground under pine trees near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 1, 2024
Erosion of sandy soil under pine trees near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 1, 2024
A swamp with small pine trees near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2025
Gulf of Finland coastline, with shallow waters and glacial boulders. Behind the rocky beach, there is a zone of Common Reed (Phragmites australis), which is ubiquitous along the Neva Bay coast. The trees include Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)--the tall conifer with orange bark on the right--and Black Alder or Birch, which are typical for these damp, sandy soils. The pines here are often twisted by the strong westerly winds. Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025
Lebyazhye Lake (also known as Swan Lake) during the autumn season given the golden hues of the deciduous trees mixed with the evergreen pines at Vyaryamyanselka Ridge eco-trail in Petyayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2025
Graffiti series, located on the concrete retaining wall separating the beach from the promenade along the Gulf of Finland (near the Sestroretsk Resort or "Kurort" area) which is a fanciful and nostalgic mural composition featuring whimsical animals and nature motifs. This segment shows a yellow-orange cat perched comfortably on a tree branch. The surrounding trees are depicted with vertical, textured strokes, suggesting a dense birch or pine forest typical of the Karelian Isthmus. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
Blushing wood mushroom (Agaricus sylvaticus) under spruce and pine trees in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 11, 2025
Brittlegill (Russula)(?) mushroom with deep radial cracks under spruce and pine trees in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 11, 2025
Underside of brittlegill (Russula)(?) mushroom with deep radial cracks under spruce and pine trees in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 11, 2025
