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Photo by Dave-a-roni
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Field Notes

Description:

Fungus growing in a rotten tree, looks like brown-sharp edged clam shells

Habitat:

Adirondack State Park, NY.
Ha-De-Ron-Dah wilderness

Species ID Suggestions

Purple Toothed Polypore

Trichaptum biforme

Reference Link
JimCornish
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Comments (4)
Ivan Rodriguez
They are definitely a nice thing to come across and photograph, but, as Jim mentioned, if you want to get down to IDing, many observations have to be provided. :)
Dave-a-roni
Thanks Jim... I can't provide any of the gill color and shape, when I took this I wasn't thinking about an ID, just an interesting photo while backpacking. But I know for future reference :-)
JimCornish
As with most polypores, final identification is aided by a description (shape, size and colour) of the gills/pores on the underside of the fungus. A cross section of the fungus is also helpful. The green pictured here is algae.
Ivan Rodriguez
Almost similar to a spotting of mine: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7195121 Wonder what the species could be?

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Mushroom Mapping
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2011

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