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Bracket Funghi

Basidiomycota

Description:

10-15 cm long, found on a fallen log, red with swirls,

Habitat:

Secondary Tropical Rainforest

Notes:

after raining

1 Species ID Suggestions

gully.moy
gully.moy 10 years ago
Orange bracket
Pycnoporus coccineus


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1 Comment

gully.moy
gully.moy 10 years ago

I believe this is a Pycnoporus species displaying gravitropism where the bracket has grown on a standing tree, then the tree has fallen and so the fungus has grown out perpendicular to it's original direction in response to the rotation of gravity.

Singapore American School
Spotted by a stud ent at Singapore American School

Singapore, Singapore

Spotted on Mar 21, 2013
Submitted on Mar 21, 2013

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