As leaves thin and rain darkens old logs, late autumn unveils the woodlands’ most sculptural residents: bracket fungi. From cocoa-brown Ganoderma ledges to blazing orange chicken-of-the-woods, these shelves are identified by pore color, texture and crust rather than shape. Meet hoof-like tinder-makers once carried by Ötzi, rare cinnabar and red-belted polypores, and weeping conks that bead with amber droplets. Explore maze-like undersides, kaleidoscopic turkey tails, the rare blue-cheese tint of Postia caesia, and the trees—beech, oak, birch, willow and pine—that host them. If you’ve ever wondered what those lumpy steps on trunks are, this friendly, photogenic primer brings London’s bracket brigade into focus.
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