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Description:

Found in a fold of a tall, thick, very old tree. Every level had something growing on it and some under it.

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Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Thank you, shebebusynow, that was the other option,Chicken of the woods I will look into it. It would be imposible to take a picture of it from the top, it is very high up on a giant, thick tree.... : (
shebebusynow
Hard to say without seeing the top of them. The more I look at it, the more it resembles Chicken of the Woods, Laetiporus sulfureus, which often makes layers of big shelfs on living trees. It's edible. It's common all over North America, but I don't know if it is down there.
shebebusynow
Yes, it's fungi, known generally as a 'conk'. They will persist for many years, and no creatures, including insects, seem to like to eat it.

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Hongos y Líquenes CR
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Life in Costa Rica
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PublishedOctober 13, 2013

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