Example of tree ears (or shelf fungi) on a tree. (Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) Mushrooms growing on the trunks of your trees? Tree ears (or shelf fungi) are signs of disease and rot ...

Will they eventually kill the tree? A: It sounds like your tree has been visited by bracket fungus growths. These are saprophytic (meaning that they are not parasitic) funguses that attack ...

The willow blister fungus, also known as Cryptomyces maximus, was found on a coppiced willow tree at Rutland Water during a bat box survey by an officer from Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

The fungus inonotus tamaricis, which lives on tamarisk trees, is known in Maltese as lixka tal-bruk. Lixka is the Maltese name for shelf or bracket fungi. In fact, this species characteristically ...

DEAR JESSICA: A tree in my yard was cut down about four ... What you're seeing is a many-zoned polypore (Coriolus versicolor), a common bracket fungus adorned with colored rings that grows stacked ...

Bracket fungus grow on a variety of native trees. The vegetative part of the fungus, known as mycelium, grows under the bark of fallen wood or living trees, and will eventually break down and rot ...

One of the UK's rarest fungi has been found in Northern Ireland for the first time – growing on an ancient oak tree in Belfast. The bracket fungus, known as oak polypore (Piptoporus quercinus ...