I’ve been wandering around in the woods again. Every time I walk there I see something I didn’t see before. The following photos were taken over a month ago when the trees were changing and we’d had some rainy weather. The rain always brings out the polypores (I just call them shelf mushrooms and have done with it!) that grow on trees. They come in all different shapes and sizes. Take a look.
This tree has an assortment of different kinds.
Taking a closer look, the two in the following photo look like little round cakes or tortes, complete with icing around the edges.
There is of course the albino variety.
This one has its own SBM patch. (small brown mushroom)
This type of polypore always grows on dead birch trees with no exception. I think they like their host family!
To me this one looks like an alligator’s head!
This tree is trying to grow a beard.
Then there are the other kinds of strange growths.
This one on closer inspection looks like it just burst through the bark in one big eruption.
This one encircled the entire trunk of this tree like a knobby girdle. Looks a bit like a tadpole or some kind of embryo from this angle.
I like these strange appendages to trees and find them interesting. If you don’t find them interesting just wait a bit. They tend to grow on you as time goes by.
Posted by Lynne on 12/04/2007 at 11:47 AM
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