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Bracket colony among ferns

Trametes or Stereum Genus

Low–moderate confidence TM0078 8 August 2026 · 09:52 2 frames
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Angles captured. 2 frames of one subject.

Morphology

A dense line of small thin pale cream to buff brackets, each 1–3 cm, shelving closely along a fallen branch among Christmas fern.

Habitat & substrate

A fallen branch in a fern glade.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

Too small and distant to separate the usual pair.

Found at Goodnow Rd area, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 09:52. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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