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hundreds of thin tiny projections coming out of this fungus.
dead log, temperate forest
I have never seen anything like this before, spotted in Foping Nature Reserve.
Spotted on Nov 25, 2011
Submitted on Apr 23, 2012
5 Comments
Thanks for the suggestion Rachel. I'm just not sure if it looks like that when it's very young, but its something to check into .
Could it be a young version of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_er...
Called a monkey head mushroom in China, seems to grow on the trees similar to yours in that you can only see the underside.
I noticed that fungus somewhere on research for another ID....can't remember of course... :/
Thanks Lars. Hmm, this is a very strange one. The top of it is growing right to the dead log, so only the underside is visible.
Looks like some kind of Daedalea fungus (maze gilled)