Submitted 3 weeks ago by hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works to mycology@mander.xyz
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Location of the tree is roughly the middle of the lower peninsula of Michigan.
You would need some more close up pictures to get any sort of identification, there are thousands of species that grow on trees. Also if you know the species of the tree and your location that would help.
FYI, for any folks untrained by an experienced mushroom forager: always always always assume it is poisonous and will kill you.
And not only kill you, but perhaps kill you slowly and painfully
Oh yeah no way I was gonna try eating this
That's supper, right there!
Laetoporus, aka Chicken of the Woods (also Sulphur Shelf, for the color).
Any of them. That tree is half dead.
Are you sure these aren’t insect nests?
I don’t think any insect would have so many scattered nests of such varied sizes across a tree like this.
I admit I didn’t get closer than this picture, I was on my way somewhere. But it was so shocking I had to stop and take a picture. That was last week.
I assumed mushrooms. And then was reminded today when I saw this article.
It’s eating the dead/dying truck. Conks of some kind? If it’s near any building I’d cut it down.
Could be golden oyster
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There are lots of saprotrophic fungi. That tree has a lot of problems for a fungi to bloom that pervasively. That oak is a goner. Dead trees are important to surrounding ecology however!
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
yeah i’d actually recommend OP to report this to the local government, because they’ll probably want to prune the branches off or in the extreme case cut it down entirely to prevent damage as it comes apart.
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s on the edge of the road by an intersection, so yeah probably should be handled