Cracked Cap Polyphore is so intimately associated with black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) that the fungus’s binomial memorializes it: Phellinus robiniae. Hard to find the tree without the fungus. Right next to this black locust is another, and it also sprouts some of these shelf-like fungal growths.
Bracket Fungus
Published January 3, 2020 Fieldnotes Leave a CommentTags: Brooklyn, fungus, Prospect Park, trees
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