Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) without the tinder beetle in this moment. With a pretty pristine white rim. We humans have a long known relationship with this mushroom. Using it to make tinder for fire and clothing, it also has medicinal uses. Ötzi the Iceman from 5000 years ago was found with pieces of this mushroom. Called gewone tonderzwam in Dutch.

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I find this oddly satisfying, the two of them doing their thing.

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Chicken-of-the-woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) bright and pretty fresh

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Finally found one that hasn’t passed it use by date 😋
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A big polypore fungus was hiding in the tall grass not so far from where I live. It might be a black-staining polypore since it is coloured black when scared. They usually grow on stumps, so one is probably hiding somewhere underneath the huge fruiting body.
It is not the prettiest shroom out there, but I find these fungi deserve some love too!
Found in Hjallese, Odense, Denmark.

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Milk-white toothed polypore (𝘐𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘹 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘴), from Thompson Park:

(With bonus little spider friend, species unidentified.)

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Things I found under a polypore.

A single shelf fungus can support a community of organisms--living in and on it. Here I found three beetles and a pseudoscorpion. The very tiny rove beetle (genus Gyrophaena) and shining fungus beetle (genus Scaphisoma) are dependent on fungi. The larger beetle is a clown beetle (genus Platysoma)--they live under bark and feed on fly and beetle larvae.

#biodiversity #beetles #insects #macrophotography #fungi #polypore #pseudoscorpion #ecology #nature

Restoration of the Late Miocene polypore, Ganodermites libycus. Spot the pleasing fungus beetle, PPS #sciart #ganoderma #ganodermataceae #miocene #libya #polypore
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