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Bracket Funghi

Basidiomycota

Photo by jaclync1
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Field Notes

Description:

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

Habitat:

Secondary Tropical Rainforest

Notes:

after raining

Species ID Suggestions

Orange bracket

Pycnoporus coccineus
gully.moy
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Comments (1)
gully.moy
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.

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Singapore American School Rainforest
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PublishedMarch 21, 2013

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