The Fungi world (75) : Birch polypore.
In winter fungi are rare, but they do exist.
This is a very old specimen of a Birch polypore, a fungus that grows almost exclusively on weakened birches as a parasite and causes brown rot and (nearly always) death of the host tree.
With age, the fruiting body of this species becomes corky and develops a smell of green apples.
The specimen in the shot has an age older then 1 year.
This fungus was also carried by the “Ötzi Iceman”, the incredibly well-preserved 5000 year old Neolithic man found in 1991 in a glacier near the border of Austria and Italy. It is presumed the Iceman has used this fungus to fight bacterial infections.
Dutch name : Berkenzwam
German name : Birkenporling
Latin name : Piptoporus betulinus
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Creativo Zorton 10/03/2010 23:24
Estupenda toma.Saludos.
Jan Rillich 25/02/2010 20:26
natural sculpture :))nice
Jan
Vitória Castelo Santos 25/02/2010 0:04
Klasse...Fantastische Idee... das gefällt mir sehr gut!!!LG Vitoria
Magdalenia 24/02/2010 20:11
Superbe image, d'une excellente netteté.Un arbre incroyable !
Amicalement,
Magdalenia
Canan Oner 24/02/2010 19:45
This looks like Goofy without his long ears :-)))Interesting one Mark..Great shot as always my friend.
Cheers,
Canan
Sylvia Schulz 24/02/2010 18:00
den habe ich schon oft gesehen, Dank Deiner Auskunft weiss ich nun wie er heißt!Sehr gut footgrafiert Mark,
es grüßt Sylvia
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 24/02/2010 17:04
Wunderschön!!!Das hast du absolut perfekt hinbekommen, super!!!!
LG Bergjäger
Ryszard Basta 24/02/2010 16:51
perfekt fotografiertCsomorLászló 24/02/2010 16:27
Brute, and then he has an eye!bw
CsL
Fons van Swaal 24/02/2010 14:21
EXCELLENT SHOT......Beautiful sunny light and colors.....
Looks like a face this Fungi...
Greetings,
F....
Christine Ge. 24/02/2010 12:51
Eine fantastische Aufnahme! Aus dieser Perspektive wirkt der Fruchtkörper wie ein Tierschädel.Der Text war für mich dieses mal besonders informativ.
Gruß Tina
Gruber Fred 24/02/2010 12:15
Der hat schon einiges mitgemacht.Du hast ihn sehr schön in Szene gesetzt.Das Licht gefällt mir besonders gut.LG Fred
JESUS MARTIN HERNANDEZ 24/02/2010 11:47
Excelente y preciosa imagen con una gran nitidezsaludos
† Ushie Farkas 24/02/2010 10:48
WOWWWWWWW, Mark, fascinated and fantastic!Ushie
BRYAN CRUTE 24/02/2010 10:20
Good exposure to this fungi, thanks for the information on it.Seems these are the cancer of the tree world ?
Regards
Bryan