My parents had this maple tree between our and our neighbors houses since before I was born but at some point during my teenage years it started to rot. I don’t know when it began or what caused it but I watched the maple tree I used to climb and who’s leaves I used to play in every fall develop a crevasse in its truck that got larger every year. Eventually it began to lean and discussion regarding its removal began. It was around that time though that my affinity for fungus began to develop (started growing them in my closet lol) and I noticed pearl oysters fruiting from that crevasse. Anyway I convinced them to keep a portion of its trunk and every time it fruits is a feast! The tree lives on in my stomach as well as my heart. There’s a hole in the ground where it used to be that also grows reishi which is pretty cool