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Fomes fomentarius
Looks like a horse's hoof. This is a stem parasite.
Forest area in a remote part of West Bengal, India. Very close to Nepal border. I spotted the white orchids growing on the realy tall tree first and got out of the car to photograph those. Then I spotted the white fungus...when I looked up there were many more , jutting out almost linearly placed; one above the other. The top ones were in the shade and dark in colour; maybe older. (last photo)
Wikipedia says the Ice Man was carrying this fungus in his pack. I first read about this fungus on PN...and now I have two spottings of my own. Thank you, PN.
Spotted on Mar 25, 2015
Submitted on Mar 27, 2015
2 Comments
Yeah, but yours is Mickey Mouse...and no one can better THAT!
Oh that's a nice spotting, Sukanya. Beautiful looking fungi :-)