Dryad’s Saddle, The largest capped mushroom in the UK starting early in the year and sometimes lasting until the end of Summer.
summer fungi atop a fallen tree, Polyporus squamosus, commonly referred to as Dryad's Saddle, grows in overlapping clusters and tiers on broad-leaved trees. (A dryad is a mythical wood-nymph.) The fruit bodies appear in summer and autumn. Insects quickly devour these large brackets, and in warm weather they can decay from full splendour to almost nothing in just a few days.
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