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<\/a><\/p>\nThis particular fungus, judging by photos, appears to be Laetiporus gilbertsonii,<\/a> a bracket fungus, a fungus that grows on trees. In L. gilbertsonii’s case, particularly eucalyptus trees. This stump is what’s left of the last eucalypt to blow down several years ago, taking the newly built pergola with it before the pergola was weeks’ old. But the pergola did save the house from the brunt of the impact. It would seem the tree really picked its moment to fall.<\/p>\n Mine doesn’t have the distinctive shelf-like shape, but in all other areas it seems to fit the ID<\/a>. And, don’t laugh, it’s also called chicken-of-the woods. Yep, it supposedly tastes like squawk. Supposedly<\/em>. That’s something I doubt I’ll ever know first-hand.<\/p>\n Those old eucalypts just keep on giving.<\/big><\/p>\n I found this neon-yellow eruption on a eucalyptus stump this morning. I swear it wasn’t there yesterday, but that doesn’t seem possible.\u00a0 I always stand on this stump, in the southeast corner of the back garden, to cut back the … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"