Monstrous Tree Mushroom
Do you believe in the spirit of nature?
Dr Abe V Rotor
Also called bracket fungi or shelf fungi, they produce woody, shelf- or bracket-shaped or circular fruiting bodies. Most polypores, as they are called, inhabit tree trunks or branches consuming the wood, but some soil-inhabiting species form mycorrhiza with trees. Specimen was found growing on fallen coconut trunk, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, author's residence.
Suddenly it appears, fresh and alive
- and growing before your very eyes.
The spirit of Nature in disguise
coming in full view. Believe!
What happens ultimately to this shelf fungus? To its substrate - coconut trunk?
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