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Fungi/Polyporus

Description:

Found in a fold of a tall, thick, very old tree. Every level had something growing on it and some under it.

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Still with no ID?! Anybody there in PN that could help!!

Thank you, shebebusynow, that was the other option,Chicken of the woods I will look into it.
It would be imposible to take a picture of it from the top, it is very high up on a giant, thick tree.... : (

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 10 years ago

Hard to say without seeing the top of them. The more I look at it, the more it resembles Chicken of the Woods, Laetiporus sulfureus, which often makes layers of big shelfs on living trees. It's edible. It's common all over North America, but I don't know if it is down there.

I believe this Giant Fungi/Polypore I found is a:
Dryad'sSadlle Polyporus Squamosus
Would any member of PN, knows if I am right or not??

Thank you so much, shebebusynow, I will work with that to get an ID.

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 10 years ago

Yes, it's fungi, known generally as a 'conk'. They will persist for many years, and no creatures, including insects, seem to like to eat it.

Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 13, 2013
Submitted on Oct 13, 2013

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