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A beautiful soft lacy fungi growing on wet wood.
tropical rainforest.
possibly a favolus sp.
Spotted on May 8, 2015
Submitted on May 13, 2015
5 Comments
The difference between Favolaschia and Favolus is that the former is actually compareable with a poroid Mycena (placed in the family Mycenaceae) and the latter is a true Polypore (Polyporaceae). With that in mind, I believe you could feel it in the structure of the mushroom. Polypores tend to be more leathery, more firm, than the fragile mycenoid mushrooms. Thus, I dare not to which of the two it is and may you consider my former comment as a starting point for further investigation, but not as a solid identification.
thanks CorduneanuVlad and Michel for this ID.. How to name this Michel? Favolaschia sp. or Favolus sp.? And which would be the common name?
Indeed CorduneanuVlad! This is or is close to Favolaschia pustulosa, one of the white species of Favolaschia ;)
From the underside, it looks similar to Favolaschia Calocera, maybe something in the same family...
love the lace-like pattern of these fungi