Dryad’s Saddle!! (Cerioporus Squamosus)
The other common name is a Pheasant Back Mushroom, which is derived from the patterning, while the name Dryad’s Saddle comes from the old folk tale that fairies (dryads) would sit on these mushrooms.
The young versions of this mushroom are edible, but older specimens will get tough and indigestible. (This post does not serve as your identification guide, don’t eat random shroomies if you aren’t 100% sure what they are)
They’re parasitic or saprotrophic, in this case, the specimen was saprotrophic because it was gaining nutrients from the decaying log.
Shroomies are so fun!


















