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Leathery bracket

Stereum illudens

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Patches of broadly adherent fungi with rich brown hairy upper zoned surfaces and a greyish brown under surface. These attractive crusts had white margins and some formed undulating shelves. The underside showed droplets of moisture.

Habitat:

Spotted on a damp decaying log (native tree)

Notes:

https://www.tasfungi.com.au/polypores

Reference Links:

Bill Leithhead's Fungi Pages - Stereum illudens 1

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PublishedJuly 2, 2014

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