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The Fungi World (316) : Birch Polypore

The Fungi World (316) : Birch Polypore

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Mark Billiau.

Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

The Fungi World (316) : Birch Polypore

December. It’s getting gradually darker and colder in the forest, but there are still fungi growing there.
The party ain’t over yet……. :-))

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The birch polypore is a fungus that grows almost exclusively on weakened birches as a parasite and causes brown rot and (nearly always) death of the host tree.
With age, the fruiting body of this species becomes corky and develops a smell of green apples.

This fungus was also carried by the “Ötzi Iceman”, the incredibly well-preserved 5000 year old Neolithic man found in 1991 in a glacier near the border of Austria and Italy.
It is presumed that the Iceman has used this fungus to fight bacterial infections.

Dutch name : Berkenzwam
German name : Birkenporling
Latin name : Piptoporus betulinus

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