Stereum hirsutum
elongated whitish plate-like structures with crusty-looking, velvety brown centres (pic #4). They seemed to start of as small discs and then join up.
Fallen branch of a silver birch tree
Seen on the same branch as http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/937... and lichen -2 spotting Thanks to Clive Shirley and Lars Korb for providing an ID for this fungus
Lat: -37.89, Long: 145.31
Spotted on Mar 5, 2012
Submitted on Mar 6, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Lars and Clive !
It's a Stereum hirsutum - yellow/brown core, white edged, flattened growth on deadwood.