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Large meaty polypore type fungus in various shades of green & gray growing on a tree stump at the edge of our woods.
Spotted on Dec 25, 2011
Submitted on Dec 25, 2011
7 Comments
Alex, I think it had small pores but I'm not entirely certain.
you canot only go from the color, he looks different at algae-rich enviroment than in a place where not much algae are.Some mushroom get always covered in algae at maturing. take the color of the 2 picture. I just wanted to look at my data to give a direction-suggestion, but i need some more features, had it pores, big or tiny ones......??
Thanks for the suggestions Alex! I can't seem to find a species of either with this coloration though.
sorry karen, i dont think so! it looks lke polypore covered with algae, but your looks more like a tinder fungus (phellinus) or some sort of ganoderma. good luck karenl
Lisa, I think you are right!
Zarina, thanks for your comment!
Nice find.
Very unusual, looks like algae growing on/with the polypore.