#dryads saddle

[shrugging]

Found a delicious Dryad's Saddle mushroom!

[staticfinch]

Why so nervous ?

[dsatyr]

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Dryad's Saddle

A dryad's saddle fungus sprouting from a moss covered fallen branch, in Southwick Wood.

[fungiwitnessed]

Dryad’s Saddle (Boston, MA)

>> Cerioporus squamosus

Edible polypore that is both saprotrophic and parasitic

Found growing on dead hardwood tree in mixed forest

Observed on: May 11, 2024

[belfastroadster]

A remarkably undamaged Dryad’s Saddle fungus near a local supermarket 🍄‍🟫

[moe-mycelium]

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!

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Dryad's Saddle