Thursday, September 24, 2015

Polypore Fungi - Natures Decomposers of Wood



Eumycota aphyllophorales - Hairy Bracket
                          Could not have identified this without going to the local library, from 
                          which it's cousin was noted and then went from there on the internet.

Spotted this beauty while rambling with my neighbor. He has a stump in the middle of
his backyard with theses opportunistic growths along side it's trunk.




  Don't be fooled by it's color. This fungi is very much alive and thriving. Hopefully it
will be able to survive long enough before this stump rots and goes the way of all natural
things.




Certainly not to be out done by the more common shelf fungi above, we have this this unearthly
specimen. Same stump, lacking the pigment and growing on the north side too. I don't know about
you, this one looks it might be a good one to eat. Like our ancient cousins would have said and
may have paid with their lives too.

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