A Hard Fungus Episode!

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This is a hard fungus episode! The point is that the mushrooms shown here are hard-textured variants that can survive in hot weather for extended periods of time.

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An unused spark plug was found on a cypress wood slab near the Bungkaih train station. The heat and rain had rusted the spark plug, and interestingly, it was being suffocated by a smoky bracket plume. I'm not sure who thought it was a good idea to just put the spark plug there.

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There were a few more cypress slabs there, and smoky brackets freely invaded what appeared to be stacked lumps of fat.

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The surface of this smoky bracket was visibly soiled with sawdust hollowed out by beetles. It looked like an ancient fossil from thousands of years ago.

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The smoky bracket, scientifically known as Bjerkandera adusta , is a fungus that belongs to the family Meruliaceae. The fungus commonly occurs on old, damp hardwoods that are perpetually wet from the rain.

I submitted this post for the #FungiFriday hosted by ewkaw@ewkaw.

All of the images here are my own work, taken with Xiaomi POCO NFC smartphone and an assembled external macro lens.

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