Joe -
I'm not so sure that is turkey tail - it isn't curving up much for one
thing...
- I don't think we have good enough shots,anyway - (from a mycological
point of view ) - to tell that
and , also, the shelves don't look like quite the right shape to me...
and there is no scale, either.. -- remember, too - David is in New
Zealand...
Dave, the general name for a variety of fungi that have that kinda look
is " shelf fungus" also called " bracket fungus."
The only way to tell for sure what a specific species of fungus is
involves taking spore prints. There are only a very
few varieties in the wild that one can be sure of as to what they are
and their edibility without a lot of study.
So, was this big stuff?
I'm curious... I joined the Mycological society of New York back in the
80's for a brief spell mainly for wanting to be able
to ID the fungi I was photographing - then I learned how difficult it
was... I got pretty interested for a while but most of the
members were mainly into the gourmet aspect of it . But I digress.
anyway, I challenge Turkey Tail , as we say in the Scrabble biz :-)
ann
Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Jul 23, 2010, at 20:54 , David Mann wrote:
I've spent the past few days lying about at home with a cold so I
went out for a walk this morning to keep the cabin fever at bay.
The main pic is a view looking upward from underneath. I've
included a top-view for anyone who'd like to identify it.
http://www.multi.net.nz/fungus/
This is a quick edit on my laptop screen so the usual disclaimers
apply...
Nice treatment of a funky subject Dave.
This is commonly called "Turkey Tail" fungus.
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/turkey_tail.htm
Joseph McAllister
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