marley2984 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Greetings. First time posting on this site. I live in Virginia and have been looking at mushrooms since I've been reading about medicinal mushrooms. On a recent hike I discovered these. Anyone know what they are. I know they are brackets but not sure what. Any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Boy Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 I would guess PERHAPS some type of Phellinus. Do you know what kind of tree they were on? If you get some potassium hydroxide (or lye) and drip a bit on them, the spots will turn black if it's a Phellinus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 How many different fruit bodies are shown in the photos? I agree that "Phellinus" seems like a good guess for the first few. But the 4th photo (from the top down) looks like Fomes fomentarius to me... could just be a Phellinus conk that's shaped like Fomes, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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