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Ganoderma applanatum
Flat bracket fungi about 200mm wide with a rusty brown upper surface and a clean white fertile under side,
Spotted on a dead tree stump
Difficult to get close-up shots as this was in a fenced-off area in a nature reserve. The name "artist's conch" or "artist's bracket" was given to this bracket because the white underside can be marked and etched on. The etchings turn brown and last for a long time if preserved. Such brackets have been worked on as craft.
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I can =)
...I can't delete the broken pic !! - will keep trying
Thanks, Martin. It is still not showing. I might re-load.
I juggled the first two images because your first (now second) one is not displaying