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Bracket or Shelf fungus

Trametes sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

A medium-sized, semi-circular fungus growing on the side of a tree. Mostly solid brown, with a white lining on the outer edge of it. Maybe a foot long. Trametes species, which one?

Habitat:

Side of a dead tree

Notes:

Wildwood lake park www.wildwoodlake.org

Reference Links:

Trametes

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
Caleb Steindel
@sckel: wow, you definetely got me ;) haha, i think it's cool too. @gatorfellows, thank you for the ID!
gatorfellows
The common name for this is bracket or shelf fungus. Here is a USDA field guide for fungus of Eastern forests. http://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/gtr/gtr_nrs79.pdf
Sckel
hahaha sorry, it was a joke. I do not know what kind of fungus it is. but it is very cool.
Caleb Steindel
awning fungus? i did a google search and couldn't find anything. Do you know family, genus? or more info about it? thanks

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