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Dryad's Saddle - Cerioporus squamosus Looking very pretty on a snag with some geraniums and poison ivy.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Meadow edge<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/104261/dryads_saddle_-_cerioporus_squamosus.html" title="Dryad&#039;s Saddle - Cerioporus squamosus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/104261_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=QZGX7Ih0MS4kT11vjvsxK1NW1S0%3D" width="144" height="152" alt="Dryad&#039;s Saddle - Cerioporus squamosus Looking very pretty on a snag with some geraniums and poison ivy.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Meadow edge<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/104255/dryads_saddle_-_cerioporus_squamosus.html Dryad&#039;s Saddle,Geotagged,Polyporus squamosus,Spring,United States" /></a></figure> Cerioporus,Dryad's Saddle,Geotagged,Polyporus squamosus,Spring,United States,fungus,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge

Dryad's Saddle - Cerioporus squamosus

Looking very pretty on a snag with some geraniums and poison ivy.

Habitat: Meadow edge

Dryad's Saddle - Cerioporus squamosus Looking very pretty on a snag with some geraniums and poison ivy.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Meadow edge<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/104255/dryads_saddle_-_cerioporus_squamosus.html Dryad's Saddle,Geotagged,Polyporus squamosus,Spring,United States

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    Flown Kimmerling
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    Nice!! Posted 4 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Thanks! It grows here every year. No one harvests it though bc of the PI. Posted 4 years ago

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The Dryad's Saddle

"Polyporus squamosus" aka "Cerioporus squamosus" is a basidiomycete bracket fungus, with common names including dryad's saddle and pheasant's back mushroom. It has a widespread distribution, being found in North America, Australia, Asia, and Europe, where it causes a white rot in the heartwood of living and dead hardwood trees.

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Similar species: Polyporales
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Uploaded Nov 11, 2020. Captured May 22, 2020 20:28 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO320
  • 100mm

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