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What fungus would do this to a tree? Huge blooms. I know nothing about mushrooms. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works to c/mycology@mander.xyz

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Location of the tree is roughly the middle of the lower peninsula of Michigan.

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There are lots of saprotrophic fungi capable of doing this. That tree has a lot of problems for a fungi to bloom that pervasively. That one is a goner. Dead trees perform important ecological services however!

It looks like northern sawtooth fungus to me but do not take an internet sleuth's word for it.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yeah i'd actually recommend OP to report this to the local government, because they'll probably want to prune the branches off or in the extreme case cut it down entirely to prevent damage as it comes apart.

[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

It's on the edge of the road by an intersection, so yeah probably should be handled