Trametes elegans

Hello, my dear friends, wherever you may be. As always, I hope you are all staying healthy and happy, allowing you to go about your daily activities with ease—may you all have a wonderful day!

In this post, I’d like to share something about a particular type of fungus: the wood ear mushroom. You can often find it growing on fallen tree trunks—logs that many of us might overlook, assuming they have reached the end of their purpose and are no longer good for anything. Yet, for this fungus, that dead wood becomes a home. It grows slowly, forming circular patterns that resemble fingerprints, eventually expanding even beyond the surface where it first took root. Sometimes, we, too, may feel like that fallen log—as if we have failed, collapsed, or reached the end of the road. But in reality, it might not be the end at all; it could simply be the setting for something new to emerge. Even from what is dead, new life can still grow—provided we do not give up.

Alright, my friends, those are the images I wanted to share with you today, featuring a type of wild mushroom that really caught my eye. See you next time!

Camera used	Handphone
Lens	64 mp
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Iso speed	ISO
Focal length	MM
Photography	Trametes elegans
Photographer	@calvinbayer

notes:I originally wrote this post in Indonesian, then translated it into English using Google Translate

My real name is Reza, I named my Hive account @calvinbayer, I am an ordinary person who likes to share daily blogs on social media, especially on this platform.