DSC_8101300 Turkey-tail porebracket (Trametes vesicolor) found all year round and on all types of wood. Forming thin, dry, leathery rosettes and ruffles. This fungus produces Polysaccharide K which is of interest to science. Many polysaccharides have been shown to boost the human immune system to fight infection and certain types of cancers. Bealey River *
11008-13302 Turkey-tail porebracket (Trametes vesicolor) found all year round and on all types of wood. Forming thin, dry, leathery rosettes and ruffles. This fungus produces Polysaccharide K which is of interest to science. Many polysaccharides have been shown to boost the human immune system to fight infection and certain types of cancers. Omokoroa *
DSC_4656 Artist’s conk fungus, or Artists bracket (Ganoderma af. applanatum) on dead red beech trunk. A common, woody bracket fungus are often seen as large shelf-like structures on dead and some times living trees. The underside is white when developing, but turns brown on maturity, with brown spores often coating the trunk beneath the bracket. Waikaia Bush *
