Close-up of Fomitopsis pinicola or Red Banded Polypore a polypore mushroom in Nature Reserve Cuzu Mire Kurzeme Latvia

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The brackets of fruiting bodies of bracket-fungi are of different shapes and colours can be seen on alive and dead wood. Fungi invade trees as spores, develop filament-like hyphae within the trunks, and later the fruiting bodies appear. They feed on wood gradually destroying it. In Latvia, more than 130 species of bracket-fungi are recorded.

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Location: Nature Reserve Cuzu Mire, Kurzeme, Latvia
Photo credit: © Armands Pharyos / Alamy / Afripics
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