RHH's photos with the keyword: polypore

I believe (thanks to J. Gafarot) that this is Polyporus squamosus or Dryad's Saddle, a Bracket Fungus. It was photographed in Dowagiac Woods in Michigan and is an example here of guttation, mushrooms and plants producing beads of "sweat". Dowagiac Woods is in southern Michigan and an area where some of the original forest has been preserved.

This is an example of guttation in fungi and other plants, the exudation of drops of "sweat", a process by which a plant rids itself of excess moisture. The mushroom is Polyporus squamosus or Dryad's Saddle.

I believe that this is a fungus called Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus squamosus). It is exhibiting a strange phenomenon called guttation, the exudation of drops of moisture.

This, if I am not mistaken, is a fungus known as Dryad's Saddle, Polyporus squamosus. It is exhibiting a phenomenon known as guttation, the exudation of drops of moisture.

Another photo and another fungi from our hike at Slide Mountain. It must be the right time of year but we saw more fungi and mushrooms than I have ever seen before on any one excursion.

This is one of the shelf fungi often found growing on dead trees or fallen trees.

This photo was taken on our recent field trip with the Washington Native orchid Society - the forest was very dry at the time, there was no dew or moisture on any of the plants except this immature shelf fungus. When we returned the next day we found the same thing and can only guess that the temperature of the fungus was cooler than the temperature of the air, causing the drops of water to form.

These fungi are very common in our area and are often found in the early morning "sweating" even when there is no dew. These were photographed on the Thunder Creek Trail in the North Cascades.

Just a big name for the Red-banded Polypore, a shelf fungus, that we see all the time on our hikes. My wife is fascinated by mushrooms and fungi and rarely misses an opportunity to photograph them. This is her photo, taken last spring on the grounds of the Au Sable Institute near Coupeville on Whidbey Island. The colors of this Polypore were enhanced by the rain which was falling at the time. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/07/another-tri...