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Dryad's Saddle - Cerioporus squamosus Habitat: Rotting stump in a mixed forest. It grows here every year. And every year, I watch it grow and decay. Cerioporus squamosus,Dryad's Saddle,Geotagged,Polyporus squamosus,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Dryad's Saddle - Cerioporus squamosus

Habitat: Rotting stump in a mixed forest. It grows here every year. And every year, I watch it grow and decay.

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    Ernst
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    I bet the fungus says yes there she comes to see me grow again. Posted 5 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Lol, I do occasionally talk to it..."Hey, there you are again. Poor fungus. Nobody has picked you, yet again." Posted 5 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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By Christine Young

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Uploaded May 14, 2020. Captured Jan 25, 2020 12:08 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/3.2
  • 1/166s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.