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Bracket on a standing trunk
Unidentified fungus Uncertain
Angles captured. Four frames, two of the trunk and two closer on the fruitbody.
Morphology
A pale tan bracket, 8–12 cm across, thin in section, growing directly from standing dead wood.
Habitat & substrate
Standing dead trunk beside the trail.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Too little of the pore surface is shown to place it.
To confirm this identification
The underside — pores, gills or teeth.
Found at Coldbrook Rd area, Hubbardston, MA on Friday, 14 August 2026 at 11:21. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
Others in this group
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Small zoned bracketTrametes sp. · Jul 31Moderate–high
Cinnabar polypore on oakPycnoporus cinnabarinus · Aug 1High
Orange-gilled bracket on a logTapinella or Phyllotopsis · Aug 6Moderate
Brown cap on a birch logUnidentified · Aug 6Low
Zoned brackets on rockTrametes or Stereum · Aug 6Moderate
Birch polyporeFomitopsis betulina · Aug 6High
Cinnabar polypore on a stickPycnoporus cinnabarinus · Aug 6High