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The Cryptogams Gallery

Fungus with forms other than mushroom shapes

Mushrooms and molds are fungus.  A fungus is not a true plant.  It does not photosynthesize light into a food source.  The structures we see and call mushrooms are the reproductive parts of a fungus that lives underground or under bark.

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? Common Name **zf 1** Scientific Name

This orangey/coral colored fungus is about 3" long.  Surface is sponge-like.  The stick was originally at the broken end.  Grew on a tree in a thicket.

This is not a stinkhorn.  It grew horizontally and does not have a "tip".

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2003

(Native ?)

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? Common Name **zf 7** Scientific Name

White fungus mats on dead log are about 1" wide.

Photo taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005

(Native ?)

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