#FungiFriday#Mushtodon + a cheat for #ThickTrunkTuesday
I see lots of #fungi on #trees living and dead here, and lots of #mushrooms on the ground or fallen wood, but I do not often see regular looking, stemmed mushrooms on standing trees! In fact I think I've only seen it once before, and it was quite near this one- in a stand of Populus balsamifera /Balsam Poplar, in moist/mesic mixed woods on the farm. I forget, for sure, but this may be a dead standing tree. @nature#BorealForest#Alberta
@cohanf Good Morning Conan! Those look huge. Not something I’ve seen. Not that high up anyway. I think I’ll bet on the shrooms winning… 🥇Have a great Sunday! @nature
@jeanoappleseed@nature I haven't seen it much, either, still looks odd! I forget for sure, but think the tree was dead. Both of our native poplars tend to be not super long lived and end up full of fungus (though they do get larger than this one)
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