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Hen of the Woods, Maitake, Grifola frondosa

Photo by anne yen
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Field Notes

Description:

obscene amounts of maitake almost totally ringing the base of a dying oak tree in Prospect Park. Near the fork of a path that goes into the woods, and the horse path. Some of the it was getting old but there were some tender new fronds coming out! hooray!

Habitat:

base of trees

Species ID Suggestions

Hen Of the woods

Grifola frondosa

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Comments (1)
garylincoff
Great find - see what else is around - bet there are lots of little things on wood you can find in the area!

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Mushroom Mapping
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PublishedNovember 11, 2010

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