Good morning, FungiFriends!
Here is my contribution to #FungiFriday by 
@ewkaw :)
Today I'm sharing some photos I took last Sunday, when I went for an 18 km walk. A few meters after leaving home, still less than 1 km away, I came across a tree stump in front of a restaurant that was very famous here in my town. Unfortunately, Covid and changing financial and market conditions have thrown this establishment into bankruptcy. Of the "spoils" left behind, there remains a stump of what would have been a leafy tree outside (I remember it had a generous canopy of green foliage, which offered pleasant shade to those waiting for a table outside on hot, sunny summer afternoons).
Today it is nothing more than a remnant of a trunk in a concrete pot (a former sewage manhole), which has more or less been transformed into a garbage can for passers-by.
But it was neither the garbage nor the stump that caught my eye. A group of concentrically arranged, fan-shaped fruiting bodies, superimposed on top of each other in groups that seemed to have been deliberately placed to arouse the curiosity of passers-by, managed to captivate me for a few brief minutes.
Obviously, I stopped to take a closer look... With the presence of pores in the hymenium, and without a real hat, this fungus, which is considered a parasite and not edible, subtly decorates what was once a generous canopy.
Now at home, and with the help of Google Lens, the classification of this fungus was practically instantaneous... Which, for a guy from 1978, is something of a surprise (even though I'm fully aware of technological developments, I still remember, in my secondary school days, having to go to the municipal library in a neighboring town (by train or bus, a 20-minute journey), to look for books in the library that could help me satisfy my curiosity). Fortunately, Biology and Health, as well as Geography, were subjects I didn't have to leave home for. I had several encyclopedias at home and I put them to good use... Afternoons and evenings spent leafing through their pages, eager for knowledge, and always amazed to discover the world around me through a set of books that I considered, and still consider, to be invaluable! Even today it's hard for me to underline the books that are mine, such was my habit of treasuring textbooks at school. Ahahah
I was saying, this fungus is a pathogen that causes white root rot in hardwood trees. Their semi-circular, firm bodies (I didn't touch them... I didn't want to spoil the "gift" for another curious guy like me), have a golden brown color on their upper side, with a whitish underside, which progressively changes color until it reaches a greyish brown complexion during the maturation process.
First taxonomically included in the Boletos family, it was later assigned the genus Daedaleopsys - a reference to Daedalus - Architect of Labyrinths in Greek Mythology, and curiously also a full node cryptocurrency wallet from the Cardano blockchain! Ahahah What a coincidence, right? 馃
I hope you enjoyed my post today!
I'm looking forward to posting more in this community!
Thank you for taking the time to read my post
Bem Hajam馃崁
Photographic edition with PhotoScape X