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Bracket Fungus

Stictoponera hyalina

Bracket fungus is a type of mushroom that grows on trees. It looks like a shelf sticking out from the trunk. These fungi help break down dead trees and recycle nutrients back into the forest.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Bracket Fungus is a tough, shelf-like growth, often grey-brown on top with a white underside. It grows horizontally from trees and logs, becoming woody with age. Its flat, porous surface will bruise dark brown when touched.

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Bracket Fungus

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient people used slices of certain bracket fungi as natural bandages for wounds.

Even when a tree falls down, the bracket fungus growing on it can keep living for years!

Some types of bracket fungi were once used to carry glowing embers for starting fires!

The oldest known bracket fungi can live for 80 years or even more on a single tree!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Bracket Fungus has a white pore surface that darkens permanently when scratched, letting artists 'draw' on it.

Bracket Fungus can break down tough dead wood, returning nutrients to the forest floor like a natural clean-up crew.

Bracket Fungus has fruiting bodies that can live for many years, adding new growth each season without dying off.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 2-10 cm
Edibility: inedible
Cap Diameter: 10-60 cm
Wachstumssubstrat: wood
Saison: Ganzjährig
Sporenfarbe: Brown

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

grows on its decaying wood

depends on

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

grows on its decaying wood

depends on

American Beech

Fagus grandifolia

grows on its decaying wood

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