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 This shelf mushroom was collected from a tree stump on the pipe track in Table Mountain. Top image is of the stump with the shelf mushrooms attached. I thought the pale pink ones looked interesting so I collected my sample from the top mushroom of that cluster. I then thinly sliced the porous part of the mushroom (near the base) with a scalpel to look at it under my foldscope (bottom two images).
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 The structure of this part of the mushroom was full of irregularly shaped holes that function to release spores, according to www.mushrrom-appreciation.com. I had a fun time with this fungi!
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Table Mountain Fungus

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