Wednesday, December 09, 2009


This handsome clump of fungi on the base of a fallen elm tree on the nature trail. Can someone tell me what its called?

3 comments:

Nimrod said...

I'd guess at honey agaric (Armillaria melles) Kay, but difficult to tell from a photo!

Nimrod said...

Sorry, I'm a rubbish typist...should be mellea

Phil said...

Like Nimrod says, difficult to tell from a photo, but I'd say it was the Dryad's Saddle fungus(Polyporus squamosus )