Fungi Friday - Some Northwoods Finds

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Here are a few fungi finds from my northwoods camping trip for this #fungifriday by ewkaw@ewkaw
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I found a Fomes Fomentarius that looks just like the phone poop icon.

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It is almost the perfect shape as the phone icon lol.

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This dead birch tree was completely covered in them.

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Now for some rock organisms.

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These rocks on the top of a mountain seem to have collected enough dust to support ferns growing out of them.

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There was all sorts of moss and some lichen growing on these rocks as well.

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Now for the strange fungal organism. This is some weird looking lichen that peels off revealing black underneath. I suspect when it rains these roll out again and flatten back onto the rock.

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Later on I found some chocolate tube slime mold growing on a patch of moss.

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I also found a nice fresh Ganoderma lingzhi growing next to a waterfall. It needs the constant mist from the waterfall to survive.

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Here is what it looks like underneath. They tend to start out as an antler then eventually bloom out into a fan shape.

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I found another one nearby that was growing out of a tree. This one's shape is much different but the shiny red top is a good identifying factor for lingzhi.

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This is the river they were growing by.

That's all for this #fungifriday happy hunting :-)