cohanf, 10 months ago

#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

Same mushroom and site as described in previous photo's alt text, this is a much closer view, showing some texture on the mushroom and close up of the tree bark.