Birch polypore
The birch polypore only grows on Birch trees. This leathery bracket fungus has a rounded, coffee-coloured cap that was once used for sharpening tools, hence its other name: the 'Razorstrop…
The birch polypore only grows on Birch trees. This leathery bracket fungus has a rounded, coffee-coloured cap that was once used for sharpening tools, hence its other name: the 'Razorstrop…
We tend to become aware of fungi when we see mushrooms and toadstools in the autumn but they are present all around us and play a vital and complex role in maintaining the ecosystem.
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This beautiful pink fungus appears in late summer and autumn.
This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.
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The angle shades can be well-hidden among the leaf litter - its pinky-brown markings and scalloped wings giving it the perfect camouflage. It is on the wing in gardens, woods and hedgerows from…