#oak bracket

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Guttation on Oak Bracket (Pseudoinonotus dryadeus) growing from exposed root

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Weeping polypore, (Inonotus hispidus). (Larger 1, 2).

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Barnet, London, UK, September 2019

Weeping polypore / Oak bracket (Pseudoinonotus dryadeus)

I was excited to go on my first autumn mushroom walk and find so many of my favourite inedible mushroom species - including this fantastic polypore bracket fungus, which leaks amber droplets that slowly turn blue as they oxidise. Unfortunately, it’s far too tough and bitter to be edible, which is a shame because the droplets are appealing, in a honey-like way.

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A giant oak bracket fungus!! Definitely a stranger fungus I’ve seen

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Weeping polypore, (Inonotus dryadeus) by Steve Cox.

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Guttation of a weeping polypore (Inonotus dryadeus) by Frédéric Suffert on Twitter.

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Weeping polypore (Inonotus dryadeus) by Colin Varndell.

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Barnet, London, UK, August 2018

Weeping polypore / oak bracket (Inonotus dryadeus)

As I was in the area, and was keen to see a mature specimen, I went back to check on the Weeping polypores that I found earlier in the week. They’ve grown to almost twice their previous size, and are simply stunning.