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Rainbow Bracket Fungus
Trametes versicolor
-33.3817, 151.484
Field Notes
Description:
Fan shaped fruiting bodies that do not seem to get much larger than 6cm. The new generation are leathery and pliable although firm. That generation is layered with tan and pale brown and off-white bands. The old generation are green with a surface that remind me of Velure or even Terry Towelling (I have no idea what the generic names are). The older generation are also brittle and snap like hard rice-crackers
Habitat:
Quite common throughout this woods on dead timber. Unsure of the tree species this time but have seen it mostly on Casuarina and possibly Acacia
Notes:
There are two generations of this fungi on the log and several species of fungi. This species has put forth fruiting bodies and suddenly found the habitat too hostile (image one shows the green elder generation fungi). After a few years some spore bodies have revived and thrown forth the new structures (image two shows the brown and cream new growth) The best guess would be that drought has killed the older generation and subsequent seasons before this one did not have enough rain to give the spores another chance or it may have been that windblown spores found the trunk a second time. To be researched Other fungi from that tree. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/193856031
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/193826027
# fan fungi march 14
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