Althouse: Fungus of the Day.

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Fungus of the Day.

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MadisonMan বলেছেন...: Great weather for fungus of late. I'm seeing it in lawns as well. Here comes more rain I suppose.
Okay, I thought better and modified this comment.; ২২/৬/২৪, ১২:২৮ PM
Quaestor বলেছেন...: Phellinus polypore.; ২২/৬/২৪, ১২:৩০ PM
Quaestor বলেছেন...: Expecting me?; ২২/৬/২৪, ১২:৩০ PM
amr বলেছেন...: Most likely "Turkey-Tail" Trametes versicolor, but it could be something that looks similar from the top, such as Trichaptum biforme "Violet-Toothed Polypore". Stereum ostrea "False Turkey-Tail" is also a possibility, but those caps usually aren't so wide. A closer look at the underside would make it clearer.

Quaestor's suggestion of Phellinus has bigger "conk"-like caps that are woody or corky. These would be more leathery.; ২২/৬/২৪, ৩:১৪ PM
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Gospace বলেছেন...: The building next to mine at work has an alarm that's been malfunctioning for weeks now. I'm not in charge of anything here and alarms aren't even remotely part of my job here, so they're not fixed...

Anyhow, I was doing laps around my building today and the alarm was sounding. And as I walked a little further it was coming from nearby trees. Trees don't echo. The birds were mimicking the alarm trying to get it to answer. Yet, it kept saying the same thing over and over and didn't show it's face.

Gotta wonder how frustrating that is for a bird.; ২২/৬/২৪, ৪:৫১ PM
Hassayamper বলেছেন...: Definitely not Phellinus. Those look like heavily cracked horses' hoofs.

Could be Trametes versicolor, but the lightest of the concentric zones in that species is almost always at the peripheral margin.

I favor Stereum, probably S. fasciatum. You could clinch it by pulling one off the tree, which will do the organism no harm, and examining it closely with a hand lens or macro mode on your phone's camera. The true turkey tails, T. versicolor, will have minuscule pores on the underside that are almost invisible to the naked eye, but not quite. Typically there are about 5 pores to the millimeter.

A Stereum will have no pores underneath, even if you use a jeweler's loupe to examine the hymenial surface. It will also have fine hairs standing upright on the upper surface that again are hard to see with the naked eye.; ২৩/৬/২৪, ১২:১৬ AM
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Hassayamper বলেছেন...: I see @amr has also mentioned Trichaptum and I think that is a good thought too. They often get these green tints (from algae, not inherent coloration in the fruiting body). Again, a quick look at the undersurface would be dispositive.; ২৩/৬/২৪, ১০:৩৮ AM