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Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Description:

irregular bracket fungus with gill-like undersurface and irregular crusty reddish-brown cap surface with thick white margin.

Habitat:

growing on dead hemlock in south central VT

Notes:

the specimen in the photo emerged with a central stem-like attachment to the wood, but there were other specimens that took a more fan-shaped bracket form.

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2 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

amazing

peter
peter 13 years ago

Wow Ethan, great spotting! Thanks for being such a great fungus expert :D

ethan crenson
Spotted by
ethan crenson

Vermont, USA

Spotted on Oct 9, 2010
Submitted on Oct 23, 2010

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