Dryad's saddle fungi (Polyporus squamosus) on a log. This edible fungus is parasitic and eventually kills its host. Photographed in Cornwall, UK, in M

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Dryad's saddle fungi (Polyporus squamosus) on a log. This edible fungus is parasitic and eventually kills its host. Photographed in Cornwall, UK, in May.

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