Close-up of a large grey fire-bracket fungus (Phellinus igniarius) growing on a tree trunk in the New Forest, Hampshire, UK. It is a parasite causing

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Close-up of a large grey fire-bracket fungus (Phellinus igniarius) growing on a tree trunk in the New Forest, Hampshire, UK. It is a parasite causing white heart rot in many trees.

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Photo credit: © NIGEL DOWNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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