#Phlebia radiata

[fromkloroform]

[lichenaday]

Hello :) I recently brought down a dead limb on my 70+ year old willow oak, in the south-eastern US, and saw some interesting lichen I don’t recall seeing before. The gray-blue lichen grows on all the trees, predominantly on north-facing sides of trunks. But this orange lichen, which I thought was fungus when it was still 25-30’ above me, is one I don’t think I’ve ever seen. It seems to only be on the dead wood. I would love to know more about it :)

The orange one is not a lichen, but is some sort of saprophytic fungus. You can tell in part from how it is growing out of cracks in the bark, and from its general puffiness. Maybe Phlebia radiata?

[artofmaquenda]

Phlebia radiata

Wowsers :D

[inaturalist-unofficial]

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Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) © Doug D.

[Image 1 Description: An owl sits within a cavity of a grey and white patched tree during daytime. The owl is reddish-brown with a white belly. It has earlike tufts on it’s head. /End ID.]

Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) © Steve

[Image 2 Description: A grey-brown salamander has dark eyes and rows of yellow spots down both sides of it’s back. /End ID.]

Megarhyssa macrurus ssp. macrurus © Matt Claghorn  

[Image 3 Description: A wasp with long legs, antennae, and abdomen stands on a leaf. The wasp is dark reddish-brown with a few narrow yellow bands on it’s abdomen. /End ID.]

Wrinkled Crust (Phlebia radiata) © Rob Curtis

[Image 4 Description: A purple-tinged orange fungus growing amidst moss. It is bumpy with column-like structures of different heights. The tops of the structures appear more orange. /End ID.]

Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) © Joseph Morlan

[Image 5 Description: A red-furred bat rests upside-down under a tree branch during daytime. /End ID.]

Paintedhand Mudbug (Lacunicambarus polychromatus) © Brian Wulker

[Image 6 Description: A greenish crayfish with a darker tail crawls out of the water onto a rock while raising it’s claws. /End ID.]

Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) © Donna J. Parry

[Image 7 Description: A black skink with many pale lines down it’s body-length walks on a log and is looping it’s tail. It’s tail transitions to a solid bright blue colour. /End ID.]

Canadian Lily (Lilium canadense) © bendingtree

[Image 8 Description: A close-up of several lily flowers with pink petals. The stems turn down so the flowers face the ground. A person holds one flower to focus on the inside, showing a yellow centre which is speckled with dark red. /End ID.]

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[madmushlove]

Phlebia radiata Wrinkled crust fungi

Love biology and sunsets?

Then Phlebia radiata is perfect for you!  As it spreads, its surface wrinkles and bursts, producing a spectacular range of texture from its folded margins to its mountainous interior.

Of course its range of color is just as fabulous.  Purple, burgundy, orange, mauve, fuchsia.  

It can sometimes look more like a lava flow than a fungus.

Practically every specimen hosts a new range of color.

Who says crusts are boring? 

[mushrooms-switzerland]

Orangeroter Kammpilz, Phlebia radiata

[chaerea]

Phlebia radiata (orange one) by Chaerea Via Flickr:

[mountrainiernps]

Landscape Language Resupinate (adj) – upside down, inverted Not all fungi have typical mushroom structures as their fruiting bodies. Instead, crust fungi are resupinate, where the “back” of the mushroom is attached directly to the log (or another surface), with only the “underside” visible. This example is possibly Phlebia radiata, aka “wrinkled crust fungus”, which seems to describe it quite well. Have you seen other crust fungi in the park? ________ NPS Photo. Description: A flat patch of wrinkly orange-brown fungus growing on a fallen log. ~kl

[boudhabar]

Phlebia radiata

[troika33]

Wrinkle Crust (Phlebia Radiata)

With colder weather and disappearance of gill fungi, bracket mushrooms take a prominent place in the woods and one can enjoy their diversity of shapes and colors.

Loantaka Brook Reservation Park, NJ November 2012

[madmushlove]

Phlebia radiata  Wrinkled crust fungi

(yeah, THIS again)

Okay, I’m obsessed

I know I’ve shared some of my pics of this crust fungi before, but I can’t get enough of it.

I came across some beautiful growths the other day.  Some young little bumps coming up through moss, and a gorgeous violet cascade that dazzles the eyes.

Just shows how this fungi never stops surprising me.  Not bad for a boring ol’ crust, right?

[boudhabar]

Phlebia radiata

[boudhabar]

Phlebia radiata