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Birch polypore or Razor strop

Piptoporus betulinus

Description:

Shape almost like a bell,in the back have a "design" similar to a brain.

Habitat:

In a mix forest in serradela Mountain. l

Notes:

"The velvety cut surface of the fruiting body was traditionally used as a strop for finishing the finest of edges on razors. It is also said to have medicinal properties, and this fungus was carried by "Ötzi the Iceman" – the 5,000 year old mummy found in Tyrol." from wikipedia https://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j...

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4 Comments

Thanks Mark,it seems so :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Intelligent fungi?

Thanks Ashley a cool fungi indeed

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

Looks like something came by and took a chunk out of the "brain" in the fourth photo :) Great photos, Antonio!

Braga, Portugal

Spotted on Nov 30, 2014
Submitted on Dec 13, 2014

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