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Ochre Bracket

trametes ochracea

The Ochre Bracket is a type of mushroom that grows on trees and logs. Its colorful, fan-shaped caps can brighten up any forest floor!

Lebensraum: They live in forests, growing on decaying wood.

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The Ochre Bracket has a shelf-like body, often growing in overlapping tiers. Its upper surface displays concentric zones of ochre, yellow, and brownish hues, with a distinct pale or whitish margin. The underside is white, covered in thousands of tiny pores.

ReichFungiStammBasidiomycotaKlasseAgaricomycetesOrdnungPolyporalesFamiliePolyporaceaeGattungTrametes

Ochre Bracket

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

0/5 · Keine bekannte Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Even though it's tough, it helps make forests healthier by cleaning up dead trees.

Instead of gills, it has thousands of tiny pores underneath to release its microscopic spores!

It often grows in beautiful overlapping layers, like tiny natural shelves!

This mushroom gets its name from its lovely yellowish-brown color, like the pigment ochre.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Ochre Bracket can break down tough dead wood because it produces special enzymes that help recycle nutrients.

Ochre Bracket has countless tiny pores on its underside that release white spores, helping it spread to new places.

Ochre Bracket can survive harsh weather conditions because its tough, leathery body resists decay and drying out.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 0.5-2 cm
Edibility: inedible
Cap Diameter: 3-10 cm
Wachstumssubstrat: wood
Saison: Ganzjährig
Sporenfarbe: White

Ernährung und Fütterung

Decomposes dead hardwood, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

European Oak

Quercus robur

Decomposes dead oak wood, returning nutrients.

depends on

European Beech

Fagus sylvatica

Feeds on fallen beech branches and trunks.

eats

Spanish Slug

Arion lusitanicus

Slugs sometimes graze on the fungal surface.

Merkmale

Einzelgänger

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Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.