Another post filled with awesome photos. I really enjoy seeing your view of the world :)
…any idea what kind of mushrooms those are?
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Another post filled with awesome photos. I really enjoy seeing your view of the world :)
…any idea what kind of mushrooms those are?
Its name: Amadouvier, Fomes fire-lighter.
It is a fungus which was previously used for lighter wicks. I attach you a link on a French site where you will see other photos. I also made you a small translation of part of the explanation of this mushroom.
The amadouvier is a formidable parasite, it attacks both felled trunks and old weakened trees of different deciduous species: birches, poplars, oaks, plane trees but especially beeches, to which it afflicts a white rot.
As it is a perennial fungus (which continues its life over several years), it can be seen all year round with a frank growth in early spring and sporulation in April-May (whitish deposits all around and over a good meter and sometimes also, above the mushroom itself!).
Tinder has long been used as a hemostatic agent due to its highly absorbent texture and high tannin concentration. Very flammable, the flesh of this mushroom was also used in the preparation of tinder (origin of its vernacular name: amadouvier) which was used, among other things, to make wicks for lighters.
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Holy mackerel, this is a WAY better answer than I anticipated! Thank you!!!