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Coral-Pink Merulius (Phlebia incarnata) Growing side-by-side with Stereum ostrea on rotting wood in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia.<br />
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Coral-Pink Merulius (Phlebia incarnata)

Growing side-by-side with Stereum ostrea on rotting wood in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's so unusual, don't recall having ever seen a pink fungus. Posted 7 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  I'll try to get some better shots of it this year! It is a merulioid fungus (with a really cool fertile surface) that is almost always found growing alongside Stereum ostrea. I don't know of any research done on this relationship, but it is an association that has been made by many a mycologist! Posted 7 years ago

Mark Ridgway

Lion

Another cool one we don't see here. Fabulous pink.
Interesting link to S.ostrea. Posted 7 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Mark! Posted 7 years ago

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The Coral-pink Merulius

''Phlebia incarnata'' is a species of polypore fungus in the family Meruliaceae.

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Similar species: Polyporales

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling

By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Jun 17, 2018. Captured Oct 15, 2017 10:27 in 381 Dally Cove Rd, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.

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