Bracket+Fungus

Bracket Fungus: //Ganoderma applanatum//
Angel's Bracket fungus.... || ....also called Artist's Conch ||
 * [[image:P1140223-1.JPG width="186" height="272"]]

**Bracket Fungus:** //Ganoderma applanatum//
Angel brought a Bracket Fungus into the museum recently. As usual, the Dinolite microscope revealed some fascinating and beautiful structures.... Lumpy brown, spore-dusted cap with white spore suface below. || Artists etch the white pore surface to draw pictures. ||
 * [[image:bracket_fungus_top.jpg width="373" height="258"]]

An excellent wood recycler!
White pore surface which bruises brown easily (below) || Woody tubes underneath the pores. || The age of the fungus? Count the pale bands of old tube layers. || Pores dusted with powdery spores. The fungus produces trillions of spores over its 5 year life span. || || The hyphae are the cobwebby part of the fungus that feed, grow and produce new fungi. || White rot fungus? ||
 * [[image:bracket_fungi-26.jpg width="363" height="273"]]
 * [[image:bracket_fungi-40.jpg width="373" height="251"]] || [[image:bracket_fungi-39.jpg width="357" height="249"]]
 * [[image:bracket_fungi-24.jpg width="368" height="268"]]
 * [[image:bracket_fungi-20.jpg width="375" height="295"]] || [[image:bracket_fungi-16.jpg width="354" height="277"]] ||
 * [[image:bracket_fungi-12.jpg width="370" height="292"]]