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11 years ago

A friend in Seguin sent these pictures of 'mushrooms' all over the trunk of one of her trees. I've never seen them growing so thickly! Have you?

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bostedo: 8a tx-bp-dfw

11 years ago

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That probably is the most I've ever seen on a standing tree. Maybe split gill fungus? It's pretty common and colonizes trees stressed by heat, sunburn, drought, or major wounds..... which could be just about any tree in Texas since 2010. Whatever it is, don't think it bodes well for the tree :-(

Edit: Just noticed what appears to be the underside of one in 3rd photo with no "gills" - so probably something else. Great photos. Hoping wantonamara finds that book :-)

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wantonamara Z8 CenTex
11 years ago
Very interesting. Is her tree dying? I have a TX mushroom/fungus books somewhere around here somewhere.
PKponder TX Z7B
11 years ago
I wondered if the tree was dying or dead also.
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mamachile
11 years ago
Interesting indeed Ragna, my mom used to harvest these similar tree mushrooms and made delicious green/yellow curry stew with fish or any meat and we would all sit on the floor mat and demolished it with white rice. Then i did the same thing at college, i harvested buckets from their wooded areas. Later on i learned that they are called schizophllyum commune but i can tell you that they are yum yum.
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mamachile
11 years ago
Yum yum mushroom
mamachile
11 years ago
Now, there were some Asian tourists did the very same thing I did. They travelled to California and picked some fungi from their outdoor trekking and cooked them in their hotel room and they died of liver failure.
mamachile
11 years ago
My mom called it 'Kulat Sisir'. she is a natural forager. She went out into the woods and always came back with stuff like baby fiddle ferns, wild bananas, mushrooms, wild yams etc. and I am an HEB forager.
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