Piptoporus betulinus. Birch Bracket fungi on a silver birch tree trunk. UK

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It is a necrotrophic parasite on weakened Birches, and will cause brown rot and eventually death, being one of the most common fungi visible on dead Birches

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Location: England
Photo credit: © Tim Gainey / Alamy / Afripics
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