Odd fungus
Aug 21, 2013 23:38:32 #
My grandson spotted this growing on a tree as we were driving by. First time I ever saw one quite like this.
Aug 21, 2013 23:41:26 #
Aug 22, 2013 00:15:00 #
RMM wrote:
My grandson spotted this growing on a tree as we were driving by. First time I ever saw one quite like this.
Beautiful shelf or bracket fungus. It looks like it is shaped to collect rain water efficiently with the upwardly oriented shelves. Is that a pine tree?
Aug 22, 2013 01:44:55 #
bunuweld wrote:
Beautiful shelf or bracket fungus. It looks like it is shaped to collect rain water efficiently with the upwardly oriented shelves. Is that a pine tree?
No, it's not a pine. Oak? I'd have to go back and look again, but I'm pretty sure it was a deciduous tree.
Aug 22, 2013 07:52:12 #
RMM wrote:
My grandson spotted this growing on a tree as we were driving by. First time I ever saw one quite like this.
Beautiful fungus and picture! I'm facinated by fungus and I'm not sure why!
Aug 22, 2013 09:14:28 #
RMM wrote:
No, it's not a pine. Oak? I'd have to go back and look again, but I'm pretty sure it was a deciduous tree.
Thanks for the clarification.
Aug 22, 2013 10:34:47 #
mellaken3 wrote:
Beautiful fungus and picture! I'm facinated by fungus and I'm not sure why!
Thanks. For a change, I could photograph a fungus that didn't have me down on my knees, though my grandson did try to get some shots lying on his back. Good idea, but he's got a ways to go before he gets everything right, like focus...
Aug 22, 2013 11:24:13 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
A type of shelf fungus, aka bracken.
Is 'Bracken' a local name for this fungus? We have lots of bracken in our part of the world, but it is a fern. According to Wiki it is the most widely spread fern in the world.
(Not trying to be clever, just like to learn.)
Aug 22, 2013 15:56:40 #
nairiam wrote:
Is 'Bracken' a local name for this fungus? We have lots of bracken in our part of the world, but it is a fern. According to Wiki it is the most widely spread fern in the world.
(Not trying to be clever, just like to learn.)
(Not trying to be clever, just like to learn.)
I think "bracket" and "shelf" fungus are synonyms for the same kind of fungi which grow as a series of shelves. I've seen "bracken" fungus applied to fungi growing in association with ferns, but they would be different. I guess Scotland must be a great place for ferns, like the Northwest regions of US.
Aug 22, 2013 17:14:10 #
I tried looking up these terms, and the closest I came to that image was a sulfur bracket fungus which, supposedly, is found in Europe, not Ridgefield, CT. "Bracken" by itself is, as nairiam said, a type of fern. There is a type of "bracket fungus," but clearly not the same thing.
Aug 22, 2013 18:39:15 #
Aug 22, 2013 20:09:49 #
jeanbug35 wrote:
Have one kinda like that in my yard but it is a different color.
Well, go take a picture and post it here!
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